Please note the table in the Backgrounder has been corrected.
Yukon youth will benefit from more than $68,000 awarded to 16 community groups through the Youth Investment Fund. The groups received funding for a variety of arts, recreation and educational programming, including horse-back riding, cycling and a teen mentoring program.
The Youth Investment Fund provides financial support to short-term projects aimed at youth under 19 years old with fewer opportunities.
The Youth Investment Fund continues to support important opportunities for marginalized youth throughout the territory. I want to thank the community groups for their initiative in offering programs that will create positive social and recreational opportunities for Yukon’s youth, our leaders of tomorrow.
Premier and Minister of the Executive Council Office Sandy Silver
The Youth Investment Fund provides funding twice a year to qualifying community groups. Eligible groups can apply for funding between $501 and $5,000. The application deadline for the next round of funding is October 1, 2021.
The Youth Investment Fund is administered by the Youth Directorate, a branch of the Executive Council Office.
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Recipients - Spring 2021 |
Project |
|---|---|
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Association Franco-Yukonnaise |
Wilderness Leadership Camp |
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BYTE Empowering Youth |
2021 Annual Skate Comp & Workshops |
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Freedom Trails Therapeutic Riding Assoc. |
Therapeutic Horseback Riding |
|
Industrial Arts & Technology Society of Yukon |
Dawson City Youth Welding Club |
|
Klondyke Highway Music Society |
Dawson City Summer Music Camp |
|
Music Yukon |
Arts in the Park 2021 |
|
Nakai Theatre Ensemble |
Tomorrow Today After School Creative Drop-In |
|
Northern Steel Fighting Society |
Northern Knights Youth Training Class |
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Skookum Jim Friendship Centre |
Keish Camp |
|
Town of Faro |
Faro’s Kids Club and Youth Group |
|
Village of Carmacks |
Carmacks Youth Supporting Youth BYTE Experience |
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Village of Teslin |
Teslin Bike Camp |
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Youth of Today Society |
Youth DJ Workshop |
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Yukon First Nations Cultural and Tourism Association |
Youth Drum Making Workshop and Drum Circle |
|
Yukonstruct |
Boatbuilding Youth Camp |
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U Kon Echelon Bike Club |
U Kon Cycle Youth Engagement |
Renée Francoeur
Cabinet Communications
867-334-9194
renee.francoeur@yukon.ca
Alexis Miller
Communications, Executive Council Office
867-456-6507
alexis.miller@yukon.ca