Ayoub Farah
Program Coordinator - Community Healing Project at Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
LivingWorksJun, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health Commission of CanadaJan, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Young Black Leaders
Harriet Tubman Community CentreNov, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Conflict Resolution
TNGSep, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Mindfulness Training for Emotional Resilience
St. Stephen's Community HouseSep, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Crisis Prevention and Intervention
Toronto Youth Partnerships & Employment (TYPE)Apr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Combatting Anti-Black Racism
YouthREXFeb, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Peer Support
Community Healing ProjectDec, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Grass Roots Leadership
Trustee HubFeb, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Community Healing
Community Healing ProjectAug, 2019- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Coordinator - Community Healing Project
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Jan 2023 - Present
The Community Healing Project for Crime Prevention and Intervention is a prevention project aimed at addressing trauma as a root cause of youth violence and gang involvement. The project supports development of mental health literacy and resiliency in youth 12-24 who have been exposed to community violence. Through peer support certification and trauma informed community workshops, youth learn about trauma, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hypersensitive flight/fight responses.
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Black Muslim Youth Worker
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Dec 2021 - Feb 2023
* Manage a caseload up to 50 youth between ages of 14-24.* Develop and provide personalized aid on a case by case basis.* Provide 1-1 mentorship and opportunities in order to help youth reach their personal goals.* Align youth with culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate resources to provide them with further assistance and guidance.* Raise awareness of, and facilitate access to, locally available prevention and intervention resources by providing information and referrals that address individual needs and risk factors and reinforce strengths.* Foster communication and linkages among community agencies/organizations to improve access and mitigate barriers to services and supports, and coordinate youth activities and service. Show less
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Toronto Youth Cabinet
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Safety Lead
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May 2022 - Present
The Community Safety Working Group strives to create a safer Toronto by developing initiatives concerning policing and violence prevention. The Community Safety Working Group strives to create a safer Toronto by developing initiatives concerning policing and violence prevention.
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St. Stephen's Community House
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Peer
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Oct 2020 - Present
Community PEERS is a community-based, peer initiative that provides a variety of youth services to address the growing youth service needs and impacts as a result of community violence and community violence exposure. Community PEERS brings a peer approach to community violence prevention and response through engaging communities, youth, frontline workers of youth serving agencies, and/or connecting young people to long-term supports.
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Youth Phone Line Worker
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Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
The Community PEERS - Peers Elevating & Extending Resources & Supports - is a collective of youth and young adults who are invested in supporting the well-being of youth ages 13 – 29 through a non-crisis phone line. Youth can access the phone line for non-crisis related calls between Monday-Saturday during the hours of 12:00pm-8:00pm ESTMajor Responsibilities:• De-escalation of non-crisis phone calls• Identification of calls that need to be escalated to a crisis• Tracking number of callers as well as reason of calls per shift• Content development focused on outreach of the phone line to partnering agencies andorganization via email and Instagram• Attend and participate in all monthly phone line meetings• Highlighting and creating document of community resources Show less
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Director of Outreach and Communications
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Jan 2014 - Present
The organization was born out of a dire need to address the dramatic increase in gun violence, incarceration rates, and drug use within the black youth Diaspora and how they correlate with a decrease in socio-economic opportunities within that community. All the members of this group ave been affected by these issues personally, and after seeing a lack of impact derived from top down efforts, we decided to take matters in our own hands by utilizing a bottom down approach to our work. What started off as a series of successful events to bring youth in priority neighbourhoods together, in a safe healing space, eventually transformed into a movement that brought about the collaboration of a number of different grassroots organizations that were committed to using the arts as a way of expressing ourselves in a healthy manner and having equally as important community forums to discuss how we can help uplift each other in a beneficial interpersonal communication which respects all regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. * Plan, organize, and host monthly events for the community to get together in a safe space to heal through conversations about social issues, while using the arts as a medium to express themselves. * Delegate members to different roles according to their different fields of expertise, strengths, and weaknesses. * Create relations with different funders for the purposes of continuing our work and finding the resources to open our own community centre. * Facilitate a number of different workshops ranging from capacity building to poetry workshops. * Maintain a calendar of outreach activities, including community events, workshops, appearances, and other communication opportunities. * Assist in the organization of special events, including donor/volunteer appreciation events and other fundraising initiatives. Show less
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Stella's Place
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Canada
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Peer Mentor
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Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Peer Mentors are in charge of curating and leading training for new potential healers within the city of Toronto. The content of this training includes conflict resolution, how to facilitate a workshop, and active listening among many others. Other important tasks assigned to Peer Mentors is ensuring the mental well-being of all participants of the project, and being the emotional support and back-bone of the project. I was given this position after showing a keen interest and proficiency in my previous role as a Healer with the Community Healing Project Show less
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Rogers Communications
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Canada
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Program Director
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Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
* Planned, guided and oversaw the summer camp program. * Operated all aspects of the summer camp program (including policies and procedures) in a safe, timely, efficient and relevant manner in accordance with current standards. * Provided an accurate reflection of the camp mission statement in camp programs, staff training, policies , publicity and overall management. * Provided leadership to the Seasonal Staff team through regularly scheduled team meetings, as well as one on one meetings to establish clear objectives and review performance, both informally and on an ongoing basis. * Created the camper info and meds list for the staff with the Medic. * Coordinated general site inspections to prevent accidents, injuries, damage with the Medic. * Consulted and scheduled meetings with counselling staff on the well-being of each camper. * Assisted counselling staff with camper issues beyond counsellor’s control, and works out solutions. Show less
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Toronto Community Housing
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Program Leader
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
* Co-designed an 2 month camp program for children aged 6-12. * Planned weekly schedules which included ceative activities, physical activities, and character development activities. * Helped manage administrative tasks and interacted with parents regarding their child’s progress and * behaviour. * Co-facilitated the camp program virtually through zoom. (2020) * Worked co-operatively with other Camp Counsellors to ensure campers are safe, while maintaining adequate health and hygiene measures. * Built relationships with all campers by showing compassion, empathy and understanding, and provided positive feedback for parents. Show less
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Community Healing Project
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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Healer
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Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
The initiative started in 2014 as a City funded project for crime prevention and intervention. It supports development of mental health literacy and resiliency in youth 12-24, who have been exposed to community violence. We work in, and partner with, 10 communities and agencies across the GTA. After a 13-week training period to be certified as a Healer, I had the opportunity to lead workshops in Bay Mills and Alexandra Park for youth to discuss well-being and resiliency through art and communal healing techniques such as conflict resolution, coping techniques etc. These workshops took place every week, for a 4-month period. The most important objective we had during this time was to help empower the communities we worked with, and allow the youth to embody the change in their communities in the midst of any challenges they may face. To this end, we curated a brave, safe, and vulnerable space for youth to be vulnerable and authentic. Show less
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Junior Program Leader
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
* Co-designed an 2 month camp program for children aged 6-12. * Planned weekly schedules which included ceative activities, physical activities, and character development activities. * Helped manage administrative tasks and interacted with parents regarding their child’s progress and * behaviour. * Co-facilitated the camp program virtually through zoom. (2020) * Worked co-operatively with other Camp Counsellors to ensure campers are safe, while maintaining adequate health and hygiene measures. * Built relationships with all campers by showing compassion, empathy and understanding, and provided positive feedback for parents. Show less
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Dr. Roz's Healing Place
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Peer Mentor
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Jan 2010 - Apr 2017
* Provided an empowering brave and safe positive space that youth found comfort in addressing concerns that relate to their personal, work or academic life. * Assisted youth with school work, resume building, cover letter writing and proper researching skills. * Helped organize events for youth to participate in different verbal art forms such spoken word to express themselves as creatively as possible. * Facilitated pre-employment and skills program focusing on skills, talents and academic success. * Created fun activities for the youth to be engaged, in while also learning valuable life lessons in the process. * Observed youth and children to proactively identify issues/concerns with emotional or physical development, working with parents and supervisors to address concerns. * Observed play activities to identify positive behaviours and areas in need of assistance, implementing behaviour redirection when appropriate. * Kept record system of behaviour challenges, food served, and medications administered to children. Show less
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Education
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Lighthouse Labs
Full Stack Developer -
MacEwan University
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