Indigenous Youth Grant Recipients
Featured Grant Recipients
To provide a safe, inspiring space for at-risk youth to gather and access culturally-informed social supports.
To facilitate the intergenerational knowledge transfer of traditional teachings, skills, and food harvesting techniques.
To engage and motivate youth and their families through a community-supported basketball program.
To promote reconciliation between young learners in Canada through The Cradleboard Teaching Project curriculum and partnership program.
To improve mental health, wellbeing, and leadership outcomes for urban Indigenous youth through a land-based climate action program.
To enable a welcoming and accessible online gathering space for facilitated learning around identity, culture, support, and education.
2022/2023 Grant Recipients
During the launch phase of our Indigenous Youth Grant Program, the Peter Gilgan Foundation awarded grants to 10 important Indigenous-led initiatives, empowering young people from coast to coast.
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4Rs Youth Movement$25,000
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Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family & Community Services$50,000 over two years
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Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre$50,000 over two years
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Outside Looking In$25,000
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Red Deer Native Friendship Society$20,000
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SchoolBOX Inc.$20,000
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Shinah House Foundation$25,000
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Urban Society For Aboriginal Youth$50,000
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VIDEA$25,000
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Women of First Light – Wapna’kikewi’skwaq$25,000