Offering a deep listening experience to youth and to engage them in prototyping concrete solutions for supporting wellness.

The Wellness Innovation Lab is a school-based initiative created to engage youth in developing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies and improve well-being, mental health and school climate. Students, teachers and staff were led through a design thinking process which included several ideation and prototyping activities to explore and test ideas for supporting youth aged 15-29; building their capacity to care for their mental health and create positive change in their lives.

OUR ROLE

Percolab assisted LEARN Quebec in developing and implementing the Lab. This involved hosting workshops, creating a toolkit, and gathering stories from participants to understand their challenges and needs better. We offered coaching to LEARN’s team so they could lead and facilitate the design thinking process with youth across the Quebec.

01 – LAUNCHING THE INNOVATION LAB

Initial development and setting clear intentions and ambitious goals. Coaching the LEARN team to use design thinking approaches.

02 – HOSTING LAB WORKSHOPS

Facilitating workshops to offer discussion and deep listening spaces while ideating and prototyping youth-led ideas for improving wellness.

03 – CREATING THE TOOLKIT

Developing a workshop toolkit including participant exercise sheets, a facilitator guidebook, and videos.

IMPACT

The project had a significant impact on the youth participants, with many expressing feelings of hope, happiness, and pride. For the LEARN team and school staff, they better understood student needs and were able to implement concrete solutions for caring for well-being. The workshops and activities helped normalize conversations around mental health, encouraged participants to be themselves, and fostered meaningful relationships.