Right To Play Youth Leadership Program for Aboriginal Youth receives funding from Ontario
PROMOTING LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR ABORIGINAL YOUTH
McGuinty Government and Right To Play Expand Life-Skills Program with $1,000,000 Investment
TORONTO (August 3rd, 2011), Ontario is helping more than nine hundred Aboriginal youth get the support and skills they need for future success.
Over the next year, the Youth Leadership component of the Promoting Life-Skills for Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program will expand into an additional 30 Ontario First Nations communities. The program helps youth build leadership skills, increase their self-esteem and confidence, and improve their ability to set goals and create plans for the future.
The youth leadership training workshops were piloted successfully in Moose Cree First Nation, a remote northern Ontario community last year. The workshops inspire and motivate youth to lead cultural and sporting events, build relationships with Elders and other community members, and plan activities to help address local social issues.
PLAY was developed by Right To Play in partnership with the Ontario government, First Nations communities and other organizations.
For an application and more information please visit
http://www.righttoplay.com/canada/our-impact/Pages/PLAYProgram.aspx