A Guide to Supporting Students with Epilepsy
An educational resource focused on improving awareness, safety, and support for students living with epilepsy. The guide helps educators and school communities better understand seizure recognition, student well-being, and creating safe, inclusive learning environments.
A Bun In The Oven: Pregnancy Education & Resources
A supportive educational resource created to help young people navigate pregnancy, parenting decisions, school, health, and community supports. The guide provides accessible information and local resources to help students make informed choices and stay connected to education and support services.
FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)
BSEC uses FASD-informed approaches to support students with diverse learning and behavioural needs. These strategies help create structured, supportive environments that encourage student success, emotional regulation, and positive learning experiences.
SWEET (Students Who Experience Extreme Trauma)
A trauma-informed framework developed at BSEC to help educators better understand and support students who have experienced significant trauma. SWEET focuses on building relationships, creating safe learning environments, and recognizing student strengths through compassion and understanding.
The Beat of Boyle Street
The Beat of Boyle Street was a music and recreation program created through Boyle Street Education Centre (BSEC) in partnership with the University of Alberta. Through music production, spoken word, hip-hop culture, and digital media, youth were given the opportunity to share their stories, experiences, and creativity in their own voices.
The project became the foundation of Brett D. Lashua’s 2005 doctoral thesis, Making Music, Re-making Leisure in The Beat of Boyle Street, which explored the realities many BSEC students faced — including poverty, racism, homelessness, addictions, foster care, and displacement — while also highlighting their resilience, identity, and hope.
Nearly two decades later, many of the issues raised in this work remain deeply relevant. The Beat of Boyle Street stands as both a historical record and a reminder of the importance of spaces where youth are supported, heard, and empowered to create.
“The Beat goes on.”
Read the full thesis: Making Music, Re-making Leisure in The Beat of Boyle Street by Brett D. Lashua (University of Alberta, 2005).