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Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

WAVAW's "Counselling and Support for Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit Survivors and their Families Program" addresses the need to provide accessible and culturally-relevant support services to Indigenous survivors of violence and their families. The project will include Elder-supported one-to-one and group counselling sessions held at WAVAW, at community partners locations across Vancouver and via telephone. The Counselling services combat isolation and support Indigenous survivors to feel safe and included through culturally-relevant and holistic healing practices.

Following the opening of the new Centre des archives fransaskoises, the organization plans to deliver a meaningful project for the Fransaskois community, with support from several partners and mentors (Library and Archives Canada, Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, etc.). The project aims to digitize, index and provide access to L’Eau vive, Saskatchewan’s Francophone community newspaper; compile and showcase preserved documentary heritage; rally the community around the new Centre des archives fransaskoises and meet the urgent needs of researchers.

Following the opening of the new Centre des archives fransaskoises, the organization plans to deliver a meaningful project for the Fransaskois community, with support from several partners and mentors (Library and Archives Canada, Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, etc.). The project aims to digitize, index and provide access to L’Eau vive, Saskatchewan’s Francophone community newspaper; compile and showcase preserved documentary heritage; rally the community around the new Centre des archives fransaskoises and meet the urgent needs of researchers.

The New Horizons Program is looking to expand their currently funded project to address identified service gaps to further support justice involved Indigenous and New Canadian Youth who currently make up over 90% of Restorative Circles Initiative's actual clientele. More specifically, programming will target youth serving a custodial and/or community-based sentence, who are involved with gangs and at high risk of recidivism. Wraparound programming will be delivered in a culturally appropriate and competent manner and draw from two evidence-based models: the Relentless Outreach and the Intensive one on one Mentorship. Over the course of the project, approximately 60-75 youth and their family will receive support to help reduce/prevent breaches and recidivism.

The YMCA of Northern Alberta will implement a new program called the "Youth Detour Program" to support youth ages 12-17, with moderate to high involvement with the justice system who are transitioning from incarceration to community and/or residing in rural communities. The programming will include one-to-one support, skill development workshops, peace keeping circles, leisure and volunteer activities as a way to address underlying issues impacting youth's protective factors and create a network of supports that help them find both short and long-term success. Over the course of this pilot project, it is anticipated that approximately 60 to 80 youth will benefit from the programming.

The Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society will develop, implement and evaluate a culturally relevant and gender-based intervention program for Indigenous youth involved in the criminal justice system. The intervention will include an Indigenous Youth Outreach Navigator whose role will be to provide community supervision support and facilitate access to cultural resources for Indigenous youth. A collaborative service delivery model, involving family members and other community partners, will also be organized to provide the best continuum of care for Indigenous youth in support of their reintegration back into communities.