Awakened Learning
Awakened Learning is creating the world’s first Holistic Learning Strategist Certification to equip educators with evidence-based, neurowelcoming strategies that transform how students learn, feel, and thrive in school and in life.
Education is facing a quiet crisis. Across K–12 and post-secondary systems, students are struggling to learn effectively, mental-health concerns are rising, inequities persist, and educators are burning out. All the while, education institutions face growing pressure around retention and student success.
Over decades of supporting thousands of learners, we discovered a critical gap at the heart of this challenge: students are rarely taught how to learn. Why? Because educators are rarely taught how students learn. Teacher education programs focus on content and curriculum, but overlook the art and science of learning, to say nothing of holistic interventions that support well-being. In Canada, there is currently no formal certification in learning strategies at all.
Awakened Learning was born from this realization, and from a deep belief that learning can feel humane, empowering, and sustainable. Neurowelcoming, anti-oppressive, and rooted in Universal Design of Learning, Groundwork, our Holistic Learning Strategist Certification Program trains educators in practical, research-aligned tools that strengthen academic skills while tending to upstream student mental health, self-regulation, motivation, and persistence. Participants learn how to apply these strategies in classrooms and curriculum design, and across campuses and student support services, creating ripple effects that benefit entire learning communities.
Building on our position as Canada’s leading learning strategy agency, and the best-selling success of Feel Good Learning and Raising Well Learners, this certification establishes a new professional standard while scaling impact across North America through accessible digital delivery. Grounded in a multi-solving, co-benefit approach, educators will gain a meaningful professional pathway, institutions will strengthen retention and inclusion, demand on counselling and accessibility centres will ease, and students across the ages, stages, programs, and years will experience success in learning.
