Grantee Spotlight
Techa Oaye is an Indigenous youth-led non-profit organization under the Non-Profit Incorporations Act. We are a young Indigenous collective working towards social change through our mission to showcase Indigenous youth leadership.
Introducing youth to the world of traditional food systems and food sustainability through a land-to-table gardening and food truck social enterprise project.
The Building Our Bundle (BOB) program is a mental and spiritual health initiative for Indigenous youth ages 14-29. The program blends Indigenous healing practices, mainstream mental health approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and the nurturing of youth care therapeutic relationships.
Our current project is developing "Sasher," an Indigenous communication/education platform. This site, devised with an Indigenous web designer from Treaty 1 territory, aims to network, educate on Indigenous history in Canada, and facilitate participation in relevant conversations. It will emphasize inclusivity and empowerment for Indigenous, newcomer, Black, and POC youth through a modern, social media lens.
The Maamwi Noojmadaa collective is comprised of four Indigenous youth from Manitoulin Island who work to support and promote youth healing. Since starting in 2020, the collective has hosted 3 Youth Gatherings, two taking place in-person and one virtually. The events brought together youth aged 12-29 to participate in programming and workshops that promote spiritual, physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
This collective is running through December- February offering a virtual, low engagement space for Two-Spirit/ Indigiqueer community helpers to have support in their work and focus on their own healing. This collective is based around care and learning. With 7 Two-Spirit/ Indigiqueer youth, we meet for monthly drop ins, monthly workshops, and provide different microgrants to support the community work of each collective member.
We are three youth coming together to help our youth have more opportunities and awareness for themselves to grow and thrive here and out of our community. Learning different teachings and skills can really help gain balance in shaping who we are as Indigenous Youth in Canada, with our overall knowledge and experiences of our wellbeing and wellness with the land and our inner self.
We are trying to have an outdoor classroom built so kids can have experience learning outside on the land.
Our group consists of Indigenous youth from grades 9-12. For our project, we are focused on community building, environmental restoration, and cultural activities.
Letters to the Land is an always evolving community-based arts and connection project that aims to support Indigenous, Black and Racialized youth in connecting with the land. We aim to do this through a loving connection to Mother Earth grounded in love letters, community wellness and individual and community ceremony.
Our team initiated a transformative project, organizing a 3-day fish camp for urban Métis youth from Winnipeg in the Métis community of St. Laurent. The camp aimed to connect youth with traditional harvesting skills, fostering a sense of community and cultural empowerment.
Seeding & Beading: A Community Land-Based Method to Counter-Memorializing Sites of Difficult History is a MAED thesis project, that looks at community and land-based practices to transform our relationships to difficult sites of histories.
