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.
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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.
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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 |
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Industrial Arts & Technology Society of Yukon |
Dawson City Youth Welding Club |
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Klondyke Highway Music Society |
Dawson City Summer Music Camp |
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Music Yukon |
Arts in the Park 2021 |
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Nakai Theatre Ensemble |
Tomorrow Today After School Creative Drop-In |
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Northern Steel Fighting Society |
Northern Knights Youth Training Class |
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Skookum Jim Friendship Centre |
Keish Camp |
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Town of Faro |
Faro’s Kids Club and Youth Group |
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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 |
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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