We are committed to keeping our assemblies inclusive and accessible for First Nations & Indigenous learners, along with all learners from all backgrounds. We would be happy to join you in a conversation with your Indigenous Lead.

Our content aligns closely with what each grade level would be learning in the classroom. See the dropdown list above for more information.

Director of Student Life Oliver Amiel and Wellness Coordinator Moyra Bell at Queen Margaret’s School sum up our cultural, emotional, and developmental appropriateness in this video linked here.

Cultural humility involves understanding the personal and systemic biases that influence our message. As presenters, we continuously work to acknowledge and understand our own biases. Through this awareness, we evolve as thinkers — and our presentations evolve with us.

With respect to the biases we hold, we do not provide a specific solution to a specific problem. Instead, our presentations simply share an uplifting perspective that can apply to a diverse body of experiences. We provide the empowerment necessary for each student to assess their individual experiences and make positive growth based on their unique cultural makeup.

If we could sum up our assemblies into one sentence, this would be it.

See our resource list and our descriptions of both talks: Love the Skin You’re In and A Breath of Fresh Air.

With respect to cultural inclusivity, we confirm the cultural makeup of the student bodies before the assembly date and adapt our slides accordingly, particularly in terms of the role models we show.

Our talks are designed through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens. Conversations around representation are an important part of popular and social media literacy. We assess the demographics of each school and individually tailor our talks to ensure that students see themselves in the content we share, both in the area of critical media literacy and with healthy role models

Given the variety of intersectional experiences within the schools we service, our presentations simply share an uplifting perspective that can apply to a diverse body of experiences. We provide the empowerment necessary for each student to assess their individual experiences and make positive growth based on their unique cultural makeup.

We ask that a minimum of 2 staff members be present in the room during the assemblies. Before every talk, we provide a trigger warning and encourage participants to seek staff in the room at any time to be accompanied if they feel uncomfortable or triggered. We encourage school counsellors to be present in the days following the talk in case a student seeks extra TLC. 

Our presentations bring feelings of understanding, empowerment and camaraderie to all. While we do acknowledge problems and risk factors, the majority of our content is an expression of love and the belief that all students possess the ability to overcome adversity. At the end of Love the Skin You’re In, young women are invited to the stage to dance to a hip hop song. A Breath of Fresh Air closes with an Eve Ensler-created montage of diverse men putting forth a vision for aspirational manhood. Students walk away from our assemblies imbued with the possible. This fits perfectly with BC’s strength-based model.

Our presentations are a combination of audio and visual delivery. We also include differently abled role models in our content.

In our commitment to accommodate school schedules, our presentations fall around the 60-minute mark, but we are flexible and happy to work with your school’s unique parameters. Following each assembly, each student is invited to write their thoughts on a feedback card. This provides students with an opportunity to self-reflect and engage with their thoughts and feelings in relation to the message shared onstage. We are happy to lead large-group follow-up discussions in schools that have the flexibility to allow a greater time window for our offering. We also encourage schools to provide a container for class-sized debriefs so that youth can further reflect on the topics covered. As the Director of Student Life at Queen Margaret’s School on Vancouver Island shared following our 2024 masculine-identifying talk, “From all accounts our breakout conversations amongst the boys were outstanding, and a great opportunity to hold space and focus on the issues you ‘cracked open.’”

Our talks are trauma-informed. With respect to cultural inclusivity, we assess the demographics of each school and individually tailor our talks to ensure that students see themselves in the content we share, both in critical media literacy examples and images of healthy role models.

Unfortunately, our presentations are only offered in English.

When we approach a school district, School District Mental Health Leads are often our first stop. We request a meeting to share our content and desires. Following the completion of the decision tool, we encourage booking a virtual meeting so that we can answer your important questions. Click here to book a meeting.

The dropdown list above describes our content overlap for all grade levels we speak to.

We will travel to your school and deliver the assemblies in person.

Here is a sample email to send to parents/caregivers regarding our assemblies. We also offer parent events in the evenings.

We would be happy to speak to any teacher, guidance consellor, phys-ed lead, or administrator about the content and purpose of our assemblies. Click here to book a meeting.

The dropdown list above describes our content overlap for all grade levels we speak to in accordance with BC’s health curriculum. We encourage schools to review their own district and school policy to confirm its alignment.

We know that many British Columbia school boards include a policy to reduce or eliminate, where possible, sex-segregated activities. As you are likely seeing in your school hallways and online, since the arrival of Andrew Tate and the manosphere in general, addressing gender construction has grown complicated. While we wholeheartedly support the spirit and mental health research that champions all-genders guidelines, after a decade of piloting all-genders events, we believe a two-talk model more effectively challenges embedded gender norms.

Both talks encourage authentic expression over straitjacket gender roles. As Carson Graham counsellor Gayle Weyell wrote in her letter to former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson encouraging the City of Vancouver to support this work, “Brie offered not only a connection with our students, but an outlet for support and identity…As a Secondary School counsellor, Brie’s presentation checked all of the boxes in terms of messages I needed my students, Grades 8 through 12 to hear.” As one non-binary student remarked following Love the Skin You’re In, “These are the ideas that I like to preach about, especially as someone who is Queer, who isn’t white, who isn’t skinny, who isn’t even cis-gendered.”

Please review our FAQ and our statement on our two-talk model to learn more.

We are sensitive to these important considerations. We connect with staff and student leaders in advance of our talks to absorb the unique struggles facing each school site. We then acknowledge the local context in which our message will be received. Brie has spoken at over 40 schools across British Columbia and reached 130,000 students across the world. We believe our core message is universal, but we are happy to tailor our talks to the current experiences within your community.

Following the completion of this checklist, we would be happy to answer any further questions via virtual meeting. Click here to book a meeting.

The dropdown list above describes our content overlap for all grade levels we speak to in accordance with BC’s health curriculum. We encourage schools to review their own district and school policy to confirm its alignment.

We know that many British Columbia school boards include a policy to reduce or eliminate, where possible, sex-segregated activities. We believe a two-talk model is necessary for the effective delivery of our message — a message that encourages all youth to express themselves however they feel most authentic instead of adhering to strict gender roles.

Please review our FAQ and our statement on our two-talk model to learn more.

We encourage school counsellors to be available in the days following the talk in case a student seeks support.

Brie Mathers has been working in the field with adolescent girls for thirty years. Love the Skin You’re In has reached over 130,000 students worldwide with consistently positive feedback. In 2019 she launched the Girls Resiliency Education Fund in partnership with the Center for Partnership Systems and the Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation. Brie has partnered with Governor General Award winner Ashanti Branch, YWCA Power of Being a Girl, One Billion Rising, and Stanford’s Franchise for Humanity Conference. Our new offering, A Breath of Fresh Air, has been offered at ten school sites across British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec with wonderful outcomes. Click here to learn more about our impact.

Our presentations usually last 60 minutes, leaving adequate time for buffer and for questions following the presentation in a typical 75-minute period. However, we are flexible and happy to work with your school’s schedule.

If students are used to standard class periods each day, they should have no problem attending our assembly. We alternate between speaking, video content, and interactive activities to retain audience engagement.

Our content aligns closely with what each grade level would be learning in the classroom. See the dropdown list above for more information.

If you would prefer a closer review of our content, our team would be happy to provide this via a virtual meeting. Contact us to book one here.