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...

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...

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...