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Hi there,
Fall is a busy season here at Communities Building Youth Futures, with many youths, educators and community programs restarting school, work or starting new projects or engagement activities. On the land, communities are harvesting crops and berries, giving thanks for the season and preparing for the winter ahead.
In this edition, we explore land-based practices and their interwoven history with traditional Indigenous medicines from our team member Angelina. We also learn more about Yellowknife’s Youth-led Innovation Lab and how they centered young people’s ideas for their community.
We also have a host of exciting events and conversations over the coming months to continue supporting youth-led change.
Dive in!
Sincerely,
Nathalie and the CBYF team at the Tamarack Institute
Amplifying the voices of young people is a crucial part of working together toward a brighter future.
As we look ahead to COP27, we are keen to focus on how Canadian youth can adapt climate action and knowledge sharing to go from local to global. We will explore topics such as adapting messaging, maintaining momentum and having a positive impact on international platforms.
This year, we want to see what collaboration and community means to you. Using photography as a method of visual storytelling, what elements of your community do you most want to showcase and celebrate?
In the last few years, finding connection has been especially difficult, which is why we are so excited to see the unique ways youth are coming together to find joy in community. Be as creative and specific to your experience as you’d like!
Free to enter! Prizes will be awarded. For ages 15 to 30.
The halfway mark through the summer months can sometimes feel like a perpetual Sunday evening, with many of us counting down the days until the return to school and a milder climate. However, if you grow your own foods or live off the land, this time of year is highly anticipated.
There are also many traditional Indigenous medicines that are ready for harvesting at this time of year. The four sacred medicines are sage, sweetgrass, tobacco and cedar and they represent the four directions. As Elders have explained to me, no matter where you live and travel across Turtle Island (North America) you will find at least one of these medicines growing naturally.
The Communities Building Youth Futures (CBYF) Yellowknife Community Innovation Lab (CIL) was a three-evening event aimed at bringing the community into the forefront of the CBYF initiative and implementing immediate actions that aligned with our community’s common agenda.
There were 15 participants, two teams and a total of three project ideas being pitched. At the end of it, one community project won the prize of access to CBYF Yellowknife funding (up to $40,000.00) and support from the CBYF Yellowknife backbone team to implement the project in the community.
In this webinar, a panel of young national researchers and advocates discuss what they and their peers hear, see and think about climate, poverty and affordability issues, and how we can and should address these challenges simultaneously.
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