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Indigenous youth rise to artistic challenge for Salmon Arm non-profit – Vernon Morning Star
Nov 7, 2023 Rise Up Indigenous Wellness hope mural of old-growth forest Janessa Wilson and Jeremiah Vergara are expanding their artistic abilities while painting a forested expanse for Rise Up Indigenous Wellness. The two Grade 11 students are among a group of Indigenous youth participating in a mural painting project organized by Rise Up’s Launa […]
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Indigenous youth rise to artistic challenge for Salmon Arm non-profit – SA Observer
November 6, 2023 Rise Up Indigenous Wellness hope mural of old-growth forest Janessa Wilson and Jeremiah Vergara are expanding their artistic abilities while painting a forested expanse for Rise Up Indigenous Wellness. The two Grade 11 students are among a group of Indigenous youth participating in a mural painting project organized by Rise Up’s Launa […]
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Community programs better choices than gangs and violence for Nanaimo youths – Nanaimo Bulletin
City of Nanaimo announces funding recipients as part of federally funded youth resilience strategy The City of Nanaimo hopes that community programming will appeal to at-risk youths and lead them toward better choices than gangs and violence. The city announced seven programs designed to help deter youths from entering into lives of gun and gang […]
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Meaghan Walker-Williams: MAID is a threat to vulnerable Indigenous youth – National Post
Sep 27, 2023 Assisted suicide must not be promoted as an option for those most at risk In 1975, my biological Indigenous mother’s life came to a tragic end in a reported suicide. As a Sixties Scoop survivor, my lifelong personal journey back to my community of Cowichan has also been marked by the painful […]
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FireSmart BC Launches New Youth Education Program Following the Worst Wildfire Season in BC’s History
Victoria, BC, Sept. 25, 2023 — This back-to-school season comes after the worst wildfire season in BC’s history. To help students and educators learn about wildfire prevention and awareness, FireSmart BC has launched new teaching resources geared towards educators and students. The FireSmart BC Education Program offers free, comprehensive lesson plans and materials that introduce […]
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FNLC Statement on the Failures of MCFD in Permanency Planning Obligations to Youth in Care
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) This week B.C. Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released a report titled “MISINFORMED: How the Ministry of Children and Family Development failed in its permanency planning obligations to a youth in care.” The Ombudsperson investigated the case of Alexandra, a youth who was in and out of the foster […]
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First youth outreach centre launches in Downtown Eastside
Sept. 8, 2023 VANCOUVER – Young people struggling with housing instability, mental and physical-health challenges in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) will have access to more and improved mental-health and substance-use supports with the launch of the first DTES Youth Outreach Centre. The DTES Youth Outreach Centre, operated by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and located at […]
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RCMP and Indigenous youth set for Okanagan canoe trek – Vernon Matters
Aug 18, 2023 An annual event that aims to create stronger ties between aboriginal communities and the RCMP is set to hit the water next week. The Okanagan RCMP and Indigenous Youth Canoe Journey will take place from Monday, August 21 to Friday, August 25 across Okanagan Lake. About 30 youth and RCMP officers will […]
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Indigenous youth joining RCMP in paddle from Vernon to Penticton – Vernon Morning Star
Aug. 17, 2023 Canoe journey will travel the extent of Okanagan Lake Around 30 Indigenous youth and RCMP members will be taking on a monumentous task next week in crossing the entirety of Okanagan Lake in canoes. The annual Indigenous Youth Canoe Journey returns from Aug. 21-25, organized by the West Kelowna RCMP Indigenous Policing […]
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First Nations youth make their mark by cultivating ancient food systems in their territories – National Observer
August 15th 2023 Two dozen young men spilled out of their tents just after dawn, pulled on gumboots and work gloves, and lugging shovels and buckets, trudged down a logging road to a remote bay on Vancouver Island’s wild West Coast. There was a moment of calm punctuated by the breaths of two killer whales […]
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