The Promoting Life-skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program currently partners with 95 First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities and urban Indigenous organizations across Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Labrador. The Spring Seasonal Report provides a snapshot of the different events and programs facilitated by Community Mentors, Right To Play staff and youth themselves between March – May 2019, including many exciting youth leadership opportunities host to youth from across the PLAY program, sharing their ideas and supporting one another.

Spring Seasonal Report Table of Contents
  • Spring 2019 By The Numbers

    Spring 2019 By The Numbers

  • Spring 2019 Sport For Development Program Update

    Spring 2019 Sport For Development Program Update

  • Youth Leadership Symposiums

    Youth Leadership Symposiums

  • Community Mentor Remote Trainings

    Community Mentor Remote Trainings

  • Right To Play Representatives Learn and Share at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    Right To Play Representatives Learn and Share at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

  • Right To Play Youth Turn Up the Volume in Parliament

    Right To Play Youth Turn Up the Volume in Parliament

Spring Seasonal Report Community Stories
  • Youth Try New Things & Connect to Their Culture in Tk’emlups, BC

    Youth Try New Things & Connect to Their Culture in Tk’emlups, BC

  • Youth Leader advocates for youth voice in Aroland First Nation, Ontario

    Youth Leader advocates for youth voice in Aroland First Nation, Ontario

Thank You to Our Funding and Implementing Partners

FUNDING PARTNERS

  • BC Ministry of Education
  • BC Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services
  • Bill Volk Celebration Golf Classic
  • The CIBC Children's Foundation
  • Coast Capital Savings Federal Credit Union
  • Deloitte Canada
  • Eric Tripp & Maria Smith
  • Goldcorp Inc.
  • The Government of Canada
  • Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life
  • The Harold E. Ballard Foundation
  • Indigenous Services Canada
  • Ivari
  • Jays Care Foundation
  • Jane & Donald Wright Fund at Toronto Foundation
  • KPMG Foundation
  • The Lawrence and Judith Tanenbaum Foundation
  • LesLois Shaw Foundation
  • Little Ice Tribe
  • The London Community Foundation
  • Microsoft Canada
  • MLSE Foundation
  • National Bank of Canada
  • Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
  • Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  • Patricia Gouinlock
  • PepsiCo Canada Foundation
  • Peter Gilgan Foundation
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • RBC Foundation
  • Riverside Natural Foods
  • Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
  • Shell Canada
  • The Slaight Family Foundation
  • Suncor Energy Foundation
  • Sun Life Financial
  • Thomas Sill Foundation
  • The Winnipeg Foundation

IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS

  • Aboriginal Sport & Wellness Council of Ontario
  • Andrea Warnick Consulting
  • Bereaved Families of Ontario
  • The Big Little Caravan of Joy
  • Callum Pinkney Photography
  • Canadian Lacrosse Association
  • Canucks Autism Network
  • Cody McCormick
  • CTMS
  • Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
  • Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario
  • James McDonald Photography
  • Lifeguard Outreach Society
  • Lizanne Murphy
  • My Turtleneck Design
  • Nexus of Guardian Art
  • Nishnawbe Aski Nation
  • Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  • Project Journey
  • The Psychology Foundation of Canada
  • Sara Cornthwaite
  • Toronto District School Board
  • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Human Kinetics
  • Wasaya Airways
  • Ontario Minor Hockey Association

ELDERS AND KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS

  • Bear Standing Tall, Onion Lake Cree Nation
  • Debra Trask, West Moberly, BC
  • Ernie Sandy, Rama First Nation
  • Gerald Robinson, Gitlaxt’aamiks, BC
  • Gerry Martin, Mattagami First Nation
  • Gloria McGregor, Whitefish River First Nation

PLAY ADVISORY CIRCLE MEMBERS

  • Alabama Bressette
  • April John
  • Candice Assiniwe
  • Chelsea Perreault
  • Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
  • Damon Johnston
  • Dmitri Ashawasegai
  • Gloria McGregor
  • Jody Alexander
  • Joyce Peters
  • Kaitlin Ritchie
  • Kara Tremblay
  • Laura Arndt
  • Leonard Genereux
  • Mitch Baird
  • Nora Boyer