Absolute Leadership Development, founded in 2000, is a federally incorporated charity. From taking hundreds of students to engage in humanitarian relief work to presenting a message of hope to hundreds of thousands, each year Absolute continues to empower a generation to live with purpose - and to change their world.
Vision
To empower emerging generations to change their world by living their lives with purpose.
Strategic Observations
- Youth are the key to affecting social change on a national level
- The most efficient avenue to reaching an entire generation is the education system
- The foundational needs in North American youth are purpose and perspective
- Although we are far from it, it is well within the reach of our society to end world poverty
Core Objectives
- To reach every teen with a message of purpose
- To offer every teen an opportunity to develop a global perspective
- To provide every teen a listening ear when they need it
- To mentor young leaders in a changing world
- To enable education, business and social institutions to work together to address global issues on an intergenerational level
Corresponding Programs
High School Presentations. Teams of trained young adults travel all across Canada, and internationally, bringing our Think Day program to schools. This is a comprehensive package that leverages our one hour presentation by adding workshops and other modules. Think Fast, our one-hour presentation, consists of live music, personal stories, multi-media and a hard hitting message of purpose and hope. This is the most demanded program of its kind in Canada. At this point, these presentations are reaching over 200,000 students each year.
Online Student Help Line. After students see an Absolute presentation, they often need someone to talk to. Absolute has set up a chat service that is linked to our website, which is staffed by qualified volunteers. Thousands of students utilize this service and get help. In conversations on this help line, students receive a new sense of hope, and in the process, numerous suicides have been averted.
Hero Holiday. Quite possibly the most popular program that Absolute runs, we take large numbers of students to developing nations to participate in humanitarian efforts. Hero Holiday is growing at an exponential rate with over 450 participants in only two years of operation. For our upcoming third year, we are planning more than 10 trips, with the potential to bring over 600 students to such countries as Dominican Republic, Mexico, Thailand and Cambodia.
School of Leadership. This is a one year program for students who are done high school and would like to “make a difference” in Canada. The participants are mentored in character, personal development and leadership and then added to one of the traveling road teams. Here, the students will become an integral part of the presentation and put their training into practice in a relevant environment.
The Hero Network. Absolute has been consistently encouraging schools to form advocacy groups for socially responsible students and staff. The Hero Network provides a structure for business, education and other social systems to be involved in social improvement programs. Scholarships, group trips and curriculum make up the core of this program.
Heyy, its brittany from leduc..lol.
HEYY!!!!!this is heather umm….that hundred fold band was SOO cool!!! (and hott!)
hehe uhh…r there n e pics or vids here??? cause they’re AMAZIN!!! heyy it’s me Brittney and it totally sucks that i didn’t get to meet u guys or get autographs because i had to catch the stupid bus:( soo sorry now byee!!
hey, just wanted to say, u guys wer awesome.
hi this is morgan you were at my school xavier on october 22/07 i ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOU GUYS!!! You were awsome! Are you coming back to deer
Lake? ☺ if you are i would you to e-mail me and tell me ok.
Oh by the way I loved your shoes there WICKED!!!I wasin the front my hair was blonde and i was right in front of the big block.<3 got to go biie biie I would love to hear from you soon so dont forget to write kk biie love ya
Morgan xoxo <3 ******
hey you guys where awsome thenks for coming to hebville acdemy we all really loved you coming and we hope to see you next year from morgan and all the other teens at hebville have a good x mas and we are sad to see you go
Hey just wanted to stop by and say you guys really rocked it out there:)im so happy you came and im sure all the other kids at our school were tooXD..write back soon:)
hey it is samantha i wanted to say thanks for coming to marmount academy i had a blast and learned alot of information and heard some heart felt stories. The band was totally wicked and am so buying the c.d before christmas. It is so cool what you guys do and is very helpful to teens around the world.hope you guys come back to sudbury! Have a great christmas and i will write another email soon bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heyy guys ,
You played at our school, Marymount Academy,
You gave us your guitare picks too
thanks for those by the way. you guys are so awsum!! you guys should go famous ,
Well hope to see you sooner ,
xoxoxo
You guys rawk all other bands i have to say
keep rocking on !!!-
this is a student from hanley school, and i’d like to say thank you for coming to our school. many people were touched by the stories that were told to us, and several of the students were asking themselves,”why did i do that?” they had realized how much of their lives that they had messed up. personally, i’d say that you need to come back! everyone enjoyed the band (STEREO TRAP). again, thanks for coming.
omg the came to our school and all left out was AUSOME!!ya and lena has got it going on she is so KEWL!
it was a really good show the you guys put on at BPS .. the dance off was very funny … and cool… welll l8ter guys take care of your selves..!!!!:)
Wow, that show was amazing today! You guys rock, and I was really touched by what you guys do for the Heor Holiday, i want to get involved with it, and you’ve inspired me to become a teacher and HOMESCHOOL
Wow, that show was amazing today! You guys rock, and I was really touched by what you guys do for the Hero Holiday. and your music, is amazing, and that story Meagan, was sooo touching, and totally what our school needed.
Thank You All :)!
ROCK ON;).
and
your bus isnt that bad looking;):P
hey that was a great show awesome ur music is good and kait is hot ken ur kool
Hey, i thought you guys were great. Really got me motivated and made me think. Im from Montreal, Pointe-Claire, u were @ Saint Thomas High School and i thought u changed me
~ All Left Out was good also. i think the Hero Holiday would be nice to be apart of but my parents wouldnt let me :/
Peace,
TysoN
Hi guys,
Not sure if you got my first message; but I have talked with Mel since then and I understand that everything is going very well.
So glad that you are enjoying the trip and working hard to help the local people. I’m sure your efforts are very much appreciated and the difference you are making in their lives goes further than you can probably imagine.
Love you guys (soooo much) and am extremely proud of you.
xoxo
I loved it when you guys came to my school I had such a blast and had fun I would go to school like everyday if that happened or was at my school My friend Kayla had fun too and I need to ask Absolute something in an email too
Hai! You guys came to our school, D.W.K.S, it was sooo awesome! Did you like seeing the kids get dunked in the dunk-tank?
That Band “All Left Out” was wicked cool, the concert was awesome. We really enjoyed the music!
Meagan- that was such a sad story, but it made my friends and I to promise that, NO matter what, we would always stick together and live life to it’s fullest. And tell Gem that her story also taught me to never give up.