Exploring Theme: "Government Programs"

Call to Action 66 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls upon the federal government to establish multi-year funding for community-based youth organizations to deliver programs on reconciliation, and establish a national network to share information and best practices. Since 2019, the government has been working with Indigenous Youth Roots, a national youth-led organization that...

NationTalk: Provincial funding for grassroots organizations helping connect more young people to supports in their community TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing more than $13.5 million through the Youth Opportunities Fund to support 38 youth-focused grassroots projects across the province that will help children, youth and families develop new skills, overcome social and economic...

CBC News: There’s a pleasant buzz of noise as youths, elders and other community members bustle around the House of Hope in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. Some of them are baking and cooking in the kitchen. Others sew, play cards, strum guitars and chat with each other. For Nathan Kuptana, it’s a world of difference from where...

Youth Employment and Skills Program is funding Algonquin College to deliver hands-on job training and employment skills related to the impact or effects of the pandemic training to 250-275 Indigenous youth. The program is delivered by 11 federal departments, agencies and Crown Corporations to help young people gain work experience and skills they need to...

2020 Youth Opportunities Fund, a province-wide initiative that creates opportunities for young people and empowers and supports parents, guardians and caregivers. The 2020 Youth Opportunities Fund will provide financial support to 43 community organizations that will benefit youth aged 12 to 25, and their families. Projects receiving funding this year include: Earthling Art Collective ― to...

Investing $675K over three years in PAX Dream, a successful youth-led mental health and addictions prevention program. The new funding will support PAX Dream Makers, a youth engagement and leadership initiative that will provide two years of training and engagement to an additional 88 youth from Northern First Nation communities, Rolling River and other school...

$1,227,016 over 3 yrs (2018-21) The Aqqiumavvik Society with the support of Crown – Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is developing and delivering a program where Inuit youth have the opportunity to monitor the local impacts of climate change, helping Nunavummiut address the impacts they are already experiencing, and build resilience for the future....

Government will engage with Indigenous leaders and communities to identify proactive programs, such as the Outland Youth Employment Program, that could provide restorative justice opportunities for youth. Doing so will ensure that young offenders are held accountable while enabling them to receive an education, work experience, and learn critical life skills....

The Government of Canada, through Budget 2019, has allocated $15.2 million over three years, starting in 2019-20, for an Indigenous youth pilot program delivered by the Canadian Roots Exchange. This pilot program will establish a national network that reflects the diversity amongst Indigenous youth; support reconciliation-focused youth activities across Canada, including urban, northern and remote communities; and recommend a...

IndigeSTEAM is a youth outreach program that was established to bring more diverse perspectives and seeks to eliminate barriers Indigenous youth face in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). As of September 30, 2018, the Association for Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta reports that of it’s total membership base of 76,400 members only 323...

Funding supports on-the-ground initiatives to: Promote Youth Leadership Support Indigenous youth to plan and establish a youth leadership forum Support Indigenous youth engagement in community projects that promote environmental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being through the Ontario Indigenous Youth Partnership Project Build Pathways to Wellness Support the work of five remote communities in Nishnawbe Aski...

$2.2M over 5 yrs Federal funding for crime prevention program that connects youth with culture, land and each other. Project Venture operates on six values: let go and move on, speak your truth, care for self and others, be safe, be here and set goals. It’s expected to involve about 450 high-risk Indigenous youth from...

Establishment of a new Indigenous Youth and Community Wellness Secretariat to work closely with Indigenous partners, including Nishnawbe Aski Nation, and the federal government to ensure efficient and effective coordination of efforts and resources to address the youth suicide crisis....