JAYU Festival Inc.
JAYU Festival Inc. iAM Program Location: ON Description: The iAM Program provides arts and social justice mentorship to equity-seeking youth aged 12-26 leading to exhibition, leadership, and employment opportunities. Website: https://www.jayu.ca/ Amount Awarded: $185,000
Weston Frontlines Centre
Weston Frontlines Centre B-You and Find Your Fit Location: ON Description: B-YOU and Find Your F.I.T. is part of an overall innovative initiative under the Black Youth Opportunities Over Unemployment (B-YOU) initiative of Frontlines that seeks to address the issues of economic disparities in Black young adults between the ages of 18-29 by helping them […]
Foodshare Toronto
Foodshare Toronto Black Creek Community Farm (BCCF) Youth Program Location: ON Description: BCCF Youth Program supports youth in our Jane and Finch community build leadership capacity in urban agriculture and food justice. Website: https://foodshare.net/ Amount Awarded: $227,533
Association Of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia
The YAP umbrella provides a total of 43 programs for preteens, high school youth, newcomer (permanent residents and refugees) youth and young adults. Throughout the week, we will provide a variety of activities that focuses on three main pillars: 1) Leadership and pre-employment development, 2) Mental health and wellbeing support, and 3) Gender equality support […]
Students Commission of Canada
Students Commission of Canada #CanadaWeWant Inclusion in Action Strategy Location: ON Description: The #CanadaWeWant Inclusion-In-Action Strategy seeks to invest in 10 NEET identified youth leaders across Canada by working with them to develop community action projects that build essential skills and re-engages them in education and employment opportunities. Website: https://www.studentscommission.ca/en Amount Awarded: $275,000
Ever Active Schools
Ever Active Schools Still I Rise ᓰᐱᐦᑭᓯᐤ Turtle Island Location: AB Description: Still I Rise ᓰᐱᐦᑭᓯᐤ is a movement to connect Indigenous youth across Turtle Island to their culture, and to each other, to support their well-being and learning outcomes. Still I Rise ᓰᐱᐦᑭᓯᐤ Turtle Island facilitates wellness-focused cultural learning experiences with Indigenous students in […]
Ethọ́s Lab Educational Society
Ethọ́s Lab Educational Society Ethọ́s Lab at 2nd and Main Location: BC Description: Our initiative will endeavour to increase the number of Black youth and Girls in STEM. The activities towards this outcome will include: 1) Organizational Capacity Building 2) Research and Design 3) Community Engagement and 4) Implementation and Evaluation. Website: https://ethoslab.ca/ Amount Awarded: […]
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