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Indigenous 150+ Podcast Series Launches During National Day of Indigenous Peoples Week

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As part of the Indigenous150+ Youth Ambassador program, Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth from over a dozen communities came together online to engage in cross-cultural learning and develop recording, editing, and storytelling skills. The result was the creation of over 40 podcasts by Indigenous youth, thought leaders, artists, and storytellers. The campaign launched during the week … Continued

Restoring the Sacred Bond Community Launch

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The Southern First Nations Network of Care (SFNNC) and Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag invites you to a sacred feast and ceremony to honour and bless it’s new initiative, Restoring the Sacred Bond. This initiative is aimed at reducing the number of Indigenous infants in government care in Manitoba. This historic launch will take place on June 17th, on … Continued

New venture capital fund helps Indigenous businesses scale

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A new Indigenous-led venture capital fund will provide capital and support to Indigenous social enterprises across the country. “We’re an Indigenous intermediary working with Indigenous businesses, bridging the space between non-Indigenous private capital and the Indigenous businesses,” says Jeffrey Cyr, a managing partner at Raven Indigenous Capital Partners. Mr. Cyr and managing partner Paul Lacerte … Continued

ChangeUp Grants on CBC Cape Breton’s Information Morning

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Our ChangeUp Grants are open until September 25, 2017. Inspirit’s Manager of Grants and Media Impact Funding Chris Lee was on CBC Cape Breton’s Information Morning to talk about the projects we’ve funded through ChangeUp, the kind of initiatives we’re looking to support and why they’re important in creating greater inclusion in Canada. Listen to … Continued

For Canadian Muslims, recent disturbing events part of familiar narrative

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Originally published in The Toronto Star, February 3rd 2017   U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban against Muslims came as no surprise to Canadian Muslims, though they did not expect how harshly and quickly it happened. Then came the massacre at a Quebec City mosque that struck another blow to a community already numbed by the … Continued

Inspirit grants help two Edmonton charities inspire youth leaders

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Originally published in The Edmonton Examiner, December 3, 2014   Two local non-profits are getting help to inspire youth to embrace diversity and take a leadership role in driving intolerance from our communities thanks to a grant from the Inspirit Foundation. “We believe that young people can drive the social changes needed to ensure everyone … Continued