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#LANDBACKLEADERS Writing Contest

Do you enjoy writing? Would you like your work to be published and shared online? CRE is looking for submissions from Indigenous youth to include in our new online journal!

Co-Development of Distinctions-Based Health Legislation

Over the next few months, CRE will be hosting 4 Sharing Circles, and a Policy Hackathon. Doing this will help make sure that the proposed legislative options for improving access to and quality of care truly respond to diverse Indigenous realities.

Art Show: The Stories They Don’t Tell

The culmination of our first virtual art residency, "The Stories They Don't Tell" features 4 artists who participated in the Black Indigenous Creative Youth Solidarity Initiative.

Virtual Two Spirit Regalia Making

The Virtual Two-Spirit Regalia Making Program will teach the basics of regalia making as well as foster cultural and social connections through a series of online sessions.

Black and Indigenous Solidarity Program

Youth Leaders will develop and deliver programming on themes related to: global Indigeneity, anti-Blackness, teaching Black History Month on reserves, and what true solidarity can look like.

Indigenous Youth Research Grants

This program provides small grants of $1000 to Indigenous youth who want to design, develop, and implement their own community-based research projects in Canada.

Group photo of 2019 YRI

Youth Reconciliation Initiative (YRI)

The YRI builds the capacity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth to envision and realize their versions of reconciliation at a local, regional, and national level.

CREation Community Grants Program

CREation is a multi-level funding program that supports strengths-based, community-focused and youth-led projects taking place in communities across Canada. Grassroot…

Peer Program

Peer Program

The Peer Program is a 4-year program, designed specifically for youth across Canada who have had limited access to education and employment experience, will work to advance the personal and professional capacity of Indigenous youth (18-29).