VIDEA
VIDEA Indigenous Wellness Wednesdays Location: BC Description: Indigenous Wellness Wednesdays will build on a 6-month pilot project funded by the Women’s Foundation of Canada, to deliver, twice weekly culturally immersed online Indigenous support meetings/wellness activities and cultural storytelling evening with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, youth, including LGBTQI2+, and youth with disabilities. Website: https://videa.ca/ Amount […]
La Converse
La Converse Human-centric fellowship for youth Location: QC Description: This program offers a paid anti-oppressive training curriculum delivered by a team of bipoc freelancer journalists that will teach all the basic abilities in journalism and provide media literacy. This fellowship will allow the 8 youth selected for the program to have a full time experience […]
Helping Hands Platform
Helping Hands Platform Helping Hands Location: ON Description: Helping Hands, will help youth facing barriers to education find early career exploration/volunteer opportunities in order to fulfill their graduation requirements and in turn improve their employment and civic engagement outcomes. Website: https://helpinghandsapp.com/ Amount Awarded: $250,000
Portage la Prairie Revitalization Corporation
Portage la Prairie Revitalization Corporation The Roving Campus Location: MB Description: The Roving Campus is an experimental classroom for non-attending students that reduces barriers and increases graduation rates. The Roving Campus was originally piloted in the 2020-2021 school year at Portage Collegiate Institute as a classroom for students who were considered “non-attenders”. Website: https://www.portagecrc.com/ Amount […]
Power to Girls Fdn.
Power to Girls Fdn. Power of a Girl Location: ON Description: Power of A Girl is a virtual and in person program for girls between the ages of 12-19 to develop their entrepreneurial skills as a tool for leadership and economic freedom. The program will be available online and in-person at Toronto Catholic District School […]
Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region
Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region The Youth Creativity Fund Location: ON Description: The Youth Creativity Fund will empower young people in Waterloo Region to develop their confidence and sense of belonging by connecting them to microgrants and community mentors to support their own creative idea. Website: https://www.bepwr.ca/ Amount Awarded: $50,000
New Brunswick Community College
New Brunswick Community College Every New Brunswicker Location: NB Description: NBCC will provide innovative credential recognition and certification pathways for people not participating in PSE workforce to increase New Brunswick’s PSE attainment rate (currently rated last in Canada). Website: https://nbcc.ca/ Amount Awarded: $300,000
United Way of Calgary and Area
United Way of Calgary and Area All in for youth Location: AB Description: UW Calgary will expand their mission of providing supports to vulnerable Calgary youth in their high school completion journey and in the next phase in their lives and ultimately contribute to a thriving community. Website: https://calgaryunitedway.org/ Amount Awarded: $250,000
CNIB Foundation
CNIB will reach blind or partially sighted Canadian youth through a series of experiential learning opportunities allowing them to develop confidence and essential skills to create brighter futures. Amount Awarded: $300,000
Pathways to Education Canada
Pathways to Education Canada Growth Through Innovation Location: QC Description: Pathways will carry out a large-scale expansion of its program in Quebec. This includes (1) the continued growth of (Verdun, Lachine, Pointe St-Charles, Sherbrooke, Shawinigan, Masteuiatsch) and, (2) 6 new locations as of 2020-2021 (Longueuil, Laval, Gatineau, Joliette, Quebec City and Drummondville). Main Goal = […]