Grantee Spotlight

  • Grantee Highlight: The Waterways Collective – Reseeding Our Roots

    The Waterways Collective is an Anishinaabe paddling collective whose interests are retracing their ancestral waterways.

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    Grantee Highlight: Sagkeeng Youth Group – Gitigandaawiin

    Sagkeeng Youth Group partnered with Sagkeeng Anicinabe High School to create Gitigandaawiin, a solar-powered 3-season Greenhouse that is run by students at the school.

  • A group of Indigenous youth attending a cultural workshop. They are standing around a table making something in individual bowls

    Grantee Highlight: Youth4Youth Canada

    Youth4Youth Canada creates and manages projects to improve the lives of youth in Canada through arts, culture and health education.

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    Grantee Highlight: Inspiring Indigenous Youth Success Conference

    We formed in December 2021. Logan pitched the idea of having an Indigenous Youth Conference in our community to a number of dedicated individuals, and they all believed it was a great idea

  • Grantee Highlight: Red Tent of the Prairies – Indigenous Birth Project

    We are an Indigenous-led initiative helping womxn reconnect to ancient cultural teachings through providing access to education, resources and community.

  • Grantee Highlight: Muskrat Collective – BIPOC2COP 

    The BIPOC2COP Project is a peer-support initiative, by and for BIPOC youth, launched in 2021 as a resource for Indigenous and racialized youth participating in the yearly United Nations climate change conferences. The project builds on over a decade of experiences from Indigenous, racialized, and youth climate activists in so-called Canada who have been advocating for climate justice in the yearly Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). At these conferences, governments from around the world discuss global cooperation in the fight against climate change.

  • Grantee Highlight: Spilling Labrador Tea Under Cedar Trees Podcast

    Our project is Season two of our podcast Spilling Labrador Tea Under Cedar Trees. Season 2 is titled: “Colonialism Around the World”, and we’ve been interviewing Indigenous youth from different parts of the world to learn about their colonial experience and cultural revitalization. So far, we’ve covered First Nations, Metis, and Inuit in Canada; then we interviewed folks from Korea and Mexico. Next up is Aotearoa (New Zealand), Zambia, and many more.

  • Grantee Highlight: Mi’kmaw Cultural Foundation

    The Foundation exists to ensure cultural documentation and promote the involvement of youth and Elders in cultural activities. We strive to inspire our people to proudly embrace their heritage, empower them to continue the traditions of our Ancestors, and restore the spirit of Mi’kmaq culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. This specific project focuses on hosting monthly arts and crafts workshops over zoom to bring together Indigenous youth from both on and off the island.

  • Grantee Highlight: Daughters of the Land

    Daughters of the Land is an Indigenous non-profit organization whose mission is to provide women, children of all ages, and at-risk youth with the opportunity to experience traditional and contemporary land-based education, language, and culture. Activities are conducted in safe, nurturing environments and help them cultivate a sense of identity. The Urban Youth and Families Food Sovereignty Project was aimed at providing urban youth and their families with education on food security and growing foods, as well as immersing them with land-based experiences such as hunting, fishing, gathering foods, and the many techniques used to preserve and sustain foods for long term storage.

  • Grantee Highlight: Safe Water Studios

    Safe Water Studios is a not-for-profit organization created in 2019 to support Indigenous youth artists and clean water solutions. We operate primarily in what is currently known as Ontario and host workshops that are available across so-called Canada. We aim to create a safe and fun e-space for Indigenous youth and youth artists to learn and create. Our group was formed by two Red River Métis artists Jacob and Garrett Vickery. This is the second project we have collaborated on with CRE.

  • Grantee Highlight: Future Artistic Minds

    Future Artistic Minds is an affirming space where youth can explore and develop their creative practice. Having access to mentorship, equipment, and space to grow and learn has helped FAM youth artists to explore their identity, build their skills and uncover new career paths related to art

  • Grantee Highlight: Waterways Recreation Inc.

    Waterways is an Indigenous-led non-profit based out of Winnipeg. We run land-based programming for Indigenous youth mainly surrounding canoeing. We are currently funded for a few projects by CRE. These include our Cross Lake, Bloodvein, and Peguis/Fisher Lake programs. We are also a trustee for Bison Local and run programs in conjunction with them for their "Back to the Water" Program.