Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Canadian Roots Exchange (CREation) is inviting applications for its Education and Training Stream to support indigenous youth-led groups, non-profits and school groups that running programs and initiatives that focus on supporting Indigenous youth to enhance their skill-building and stay engaged in educational spaces.
Priorities
There is a priority in this stream to support:
- Indigenous grassroots groups and collectives
- Schools, Indigenous student centers and School Groups
- Groups that have some experience running programming and projects, but are looking to scale to a new level or try something new
- Projects that have an appropriate scale and scope for the funding provided (i.e. engagement numbers and frequency make sense for the funding requested)
Focus Areas
Successful projects will fall within the following areas:
- Building a Student Community (Post-Secondary)
- Projects will focus on supporting Indigenous Student Centers and Indigenous Student Groups who work to keep Indigenous youth connected and supported, including running programming that works to build a stronger student community, connect students with resources and culture and provide engagement opportunities.
- Building a Student Community (Elementary and Highschool)
- Projects will focus on supporting Indigenous Student Centers and Indigenous Student Groups who work to keep Indigenous youth connected and supported, including running programming that works to build a stronger student community, connect students with resources and culture and provide engagement opportunities.
- Creating Mentorship Opportunities
- Projects will engage youth in mentorship opportunities with community leaders, partners and peers. The intention of community mentorship opportunities is to connect youth with mentors who will empower them to stay engaged in school, return to school or pursue further education and career opportunities.
- Education Resources and Supports
- Projects will develop supportive resources to help keep students engaged and supported. Supportive resources can include educational supports (e.g. disability supports, specialized education resources, tutoring, study groups, homework clubs, etc), the development and purchase of hardcopy and digital supports (e.g. resource packages, library books, etc) or providing basic necessities for students (i.e. breakfast and lunch programs)
- Strengthening Our Skills
- Projects will focus on providing training and development opportunities to Indigenous youth, whether that focus is on employment skills, trade skills, developing leadership skills, training opportunities, conferences (where the focus is on capacity building), etc.
- Some important notes:
- All training/opportunities must take place in Canada;
- Projects must benefit a group of youth;
- Projects funded in this category must outline a plan to share knowledge or expertise with other Indigenous youth (e.g. 5 youth participate in a leadership training and then run a community event where they share skills and learnings).
Funding Information
The Education and Training stream will provide funding of up to $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be led by 3+ Indigenous youth (ages 15-29) who are meaningfully involved in project guidance, planning, implementation and/or evaluation.
- Eligible groups and projects include:
- Unincorporated/grassroots youth groups and collectives
- Small, incorporated youth groups (note: CRE defines a small organization as groups that have 1-8 full time employees and an operating budget of less than $500,000)
- Youth Councils
- School groups/Student Groups
- Indigenous Student Centres
- Ineligible groups and projects:
- Projects that are not focused on supporting Indigenous youth (ages 15-29)
- Individuals
- Projects that are not youth-led (or where the majority of leadership is 30+)
- Non-Indigenous organizations
- Projects taking place outside of Canada
- For profit corporations and businesses
Please note: for the purpose of this program CRE defines Indigenous as status and non-status First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada, living both on and off reserve.
For more information, visit https://canadianroots.ca/programs/creation/