About Us
We exist to educate and empower young people with the knowledge, strategies and tools to confidently navigate life.
Launchpad: Skills for the Real World is a life-skills program offered by The Landing that addresses the age-old question: “why did no one ever tell me that when I was younger?”
The curriculum promotes transferable skill development, confidence-building, and the development of self-efficacy through a hands-on, interactive and strength-based approach.
The program focuses on four pillars: mental health and resilience, upstream violence prevention, workplace readiness, and financial literacy. Workshops are developed and facilitated by subject-matter experts, including Registered Clinical Counsellors and those with hands-on experience in business and finance.
You may know us as ‘ShEvalesco’
In 2025, ShEvalesco formally became a part of The Landing Youth Centre Foundation, becoming a program stream entitled 'Launchpad: Skills for the Real World’’.
This strategic move reflects a long-standing relationship between our teams and boosts our collective capacity to serve more youth across British Columbia and beyond.
Importantly, this organizational change does not impact the scope or delivery of existing projects. All ShEvalesco initiatives, staff, and core programs, including the curriculum and registered clinical counsellors, have come with us on this journey.
The Launchpad Team
Meet the faces (and hearts) behind what we do!
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Veryna Schwuchow
Alison McKenzie
DIRECTOR
PROGRAM MANAGER & DIGITAL DESIGN
FINANCIAL LITERACY
+ WORKPLACE READINESS
MENTAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE + SAFE MINDS
Tara
Lalehparvar
Emma
Kiss
PRE-TEEN MENTAL HEALTH
+ WORKPLACE READINESS
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Tav
Dhillon
Angela
Strong
PRE-TEEN MENTAL HEALTH
+ WORKPLACE READINESS
MENTAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE
+ SAFE MINDS
Priya
Sangha
Jadon
Wanless
1648 East 1st Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V5N 1A7
info@thelandingyouthcentre.ca
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We acknowledge that The Landing Youth Centre is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of this land from time immemorial.
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