The Northern Bridge Community Partnership (NBCP) has been dedicated to nurturing healing, empowering youth and fostering leadership in Indigenous communities of northern Canada for over a decade.
The Literacy Circle’s (TLC) Learning for Life initiative provides English literacy training and essential math skills to Indigenous Elders and adults, including Residential and Day School Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors. This initiative was born out of a need expressed by Elders in the Snuneymuwx (Nanaimo) area, many of whom lacked formal education due to their experiences in Residential and Day Schools
The Peers Victoria Resources Society, a grassroots agency in Victoria, supports the Indigenous-led QomQem Coastal Connections program. Together, the groups run a Drop-In Centre that offers cultural programming, food from a local Songhees cook, Elder visits and cultural education delivered by local knowledge keepers.
The village of Yuquot, the traditional home of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations, is located on Nootka Island, British Columbia. At the heart of the village stands St. Pius X Church, a symbol of cultural significance and community unity.
The Indigenous Outreach Workers (IOW) Network, also known as ey stelnexw ("good medicine" in Lekwungen), was formed in 2020 in the Greater Victoria, British Columbia area to support relatives and friends who are living unhoused, precariously housed or who may be using substances.
Ahousaht First Nation, a Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation on Vancouver Island, BC, embarked on an initiative to rekindle their cultural identity through a performance-based experience.
In the summer of 2023, the Kici-Anishnabek Kananakachiwewat Community Services Cooperative (Cote First Nations Elders' Council) of eastern Saskatchewan hosted the second annual Youth Culture Camp, about 100 km north of the Cote First Nation, on the aptly-named Peepaw Plains — elders say it means “the place where life begins.”
The People Bridge Advocacy (PBA) is a non-profit organization that builds positive relationships among diverse communities. In 2017, PBA partnered with Elder and Knowledge Keeper Harry Lafond and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation to bring together Indigenous and New Canadian communities to exchange knowledge on Indigenous history and cultures.
Returning to Spirit (RTS) is an organization that fosters reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in Canada. Their work includes workshops that speak to Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and communities, deepening the reconciliation conversation across communities.
The oskayak kéhté-ayak atoskewin project (Youth and Elders Working Together) was a collaborative effort between Ochapowace Nation and Chacachas Cree Nation in the Archdiocese of Regina. The goal of the initiative was to foster understanding, healing and reconciliation through a gathering of Indigenous youth, Elders, survivors and non-Indigenous participants at Camp McKay, the historic site of the Round Lake Indian Residential School in Crooked Lake Valley.
