Indigenous Priorities Fund Articles

After-school nature-based therapy program for Indigenous youth in partnership with Songhees Nation and Pauquachin Nation.  

Renovate already existing space to provide a gathering place for urban Indigenous youth to practice culture, learn to cook with traditional foods, and have a place to gather as a community...

Community kitchen program empowers Métis youth, fosters resilience, and provides peer community gathering space to share meals, by educating them on health, nutrition and traditional diet...

Project addresses the need for well-being, belonging and connectedness among both Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth. Provides opportunities for Indigenous youth participants to connect...

In collaboration with WSÁNEĆ Leadership Council (with Tsartlip engagement and support) control the destructive fallow (non-indigenous) deer population with Tsartlip hunters following...

Purchase books and resources for Craigflower Elementary Library that reflect Indigenous voices and stories. School population is 48% Indigenous. 

Metis participants are connected with a community of Michif Language Learners to speak  Michif regularly through both in-person and digital programs.  

Provide Indigenous-informed care and support to unhoused Indigenous people in the region.  

To provide longer-term up to three years of housing with Indigenous-culture based treatment services for those in recovery from addiction after leaving initial treatment programs. 

Structural improvements to camping and recreation services to support long- term economic sustainability for the Nation.  

Also known as Sc’ianew First Nation: Renovate and repair the Nation's Big House for community events and gatherings. 

Sea Garden Gathering and Restoration Project for Nation members centering on Indigenous knowledge and practices to restore sea gardens for traditional food harvesting and increased food...