This interactive session introduces the ”Engage, Empower, Connect” (E2C) program, focusing on cybersmart skills development and empowering marginalized youth to be leaders of their own digital safety and online communities. Using deficit and fear-based models to teach online safety is not working. E2C reimagines teaching digital citizenship and cybersecurity by engaging marginalized youth (e.g., young women, trans, femme, and non-binary students; racialized youth; and those facing socioeconomic challenges) through a model mobilizing empowerment, community building, and digital skills development. The...