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CREation Advisory and Review Circle Application (2023)

CREation is a multi-level funding program supporting strengths-based, community-focused and youth-led projects in communities across Canada. Grassroot youth groups/collectives can apply for funding to support community programs and projects while receiving mentorship, training and capacity-building opportunities. Over the next year, CRE will provide over $3M in funding to projects/groups that create impactful community change and increase the wellness, resiliency and engagement of Indigenous youth.

Timelines:

Applications due Tuesday March 7, 2023
Meet and greets booked between March 13, 2023 and March 27, 2023
Orientation training will be Tuesday April 4, 2023 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EST
Advisory Circle meeting will be determined via a Doodle poll that will be sent out in April 2023

Learn more about CREation here: https://canadianroots.ca/programs/creation/

Application

What is your legal name?(Required)
What is your full mailing address?(Required)
What is your age category?(Required)

Are you Indigenous?(Required)
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.
Please select all identities you carry (and feel comfortable sharing). These represent some of our priority groups, but please share any other identities you would like to include in the "other"(Required)

At this time we are prioritizing Indigenous voices on the Review Circles and Advisory Circle and are not accepting applications from non-Indigenous community members. If you would like to be notified if we change this, just hit the submit form button.

Opportunities

We have two opportunities open for community members.

If you are applying for the Advisory Circle, you do not need to apply for the Review Circle. All Advisory Circle members sit on at least one Review Circle.

CREation Advisory Circle Description
CREation is led by an Advisory Circle of 15 Indigenous youth and community members. Members meet five times a year (online) to provide guidance and leadership around the direction of the funding program. Advisory Circle members also sit on a minimum of one Review Circle/Panel and help make funding decisions. Advisory Circle members will receive an honorarium for recognizing their expertise ($500 for supporting a Review Circle, and $150 for each meeting they attend). Advisory Circle members serve for a term of two years.

Review Circle Description
CREation is also looking for Indigenous community members and youth to sit as a part of 1-2 Review Circles. The review circles will happen throughout the year. Reviewers will participate in training, be responsible for approximately 15 hours of application review, and join Review Circle meetings. The Review Circle meetings occur during each stream launch at CREation and are the space where funding decisions are decided. There is a $500 honorarium for participating in each review process.

What are you applying for?(Required)
I understand that by sitting as a part of the CREation Advisory Circle means that I will need to attend 6 meetings (May, July, September, November, January, March) and participate in at least two Review Circle (there will be 6-7 to choose from; time commitment is about 15 hours).(Required)

Other application questions


Please answer the following questions using this form
Are you currently apart of a group that has applied or has plans to apply for funding? (if yes, that's okay!)(Required)
What types of community initiatives interest you?(Required)
Select all that apply

Availability for Review Circles

We have four Review Processes scheduled this next year.
Please indicate which ones you would be available to review for.
We have multiple Review Processes over the next year. Please indicate ALL that you would be available to review for. Reviewers can review more than one stream, and we will cycle through to give everyone an opportunity.

How did you hear about CREation?

Where/how did you hear about this opportunity?

Thank you for your application


Please click “submit” to complete your application

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