The Promoting Life-skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program currently partners with 93 First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities and urban Indigenous organizations across Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. The Fall Seasonal Report provides a snapshot of the different events and programs facilitated by Community Mentors, Right To Play staff and youth themselves between September and November 2018.

Fall Seasonal Report Table of Contents
Fall Seasonal Report Community Stories
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
  • 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
  • President’s Choice Children’s Charity
  • 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
  • The Chill Foundation
  • CTMS
  • Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
  • Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario
  • James McDonald Photography
  • John Chabot
  • Lifeguard Outreach Society
  • My Turtleneck Design
  • Nexus of Guardian Art
  • Nishnawbe Aski Nation
  • Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
  • Ontario Ultimate
  • PR Associates
  • Project Journey
  • The Psychology Foundation of Canada
  • Sara Cornthwaite
  • Toronto District School Board
  • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Human Kinetics
  • Wasaya Airways

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

  • Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Lakehead University
  • Chief Duke Peltier, Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve
  • Gillian Paul, OKT Law
  • Jody Alexander, Ottawa District School Board
  • Kaitlin Ritchie, OKT Law
  • Laura Arndt, Six Nations Of The Grand River