The Promoting Life-skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program currently partners with 95 First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities and urban Indigenous organizations across 7 provinces/territories: Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario and Yukon. The Fall 2019 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 2019.

Fall Seasonal Report Table of Contents
Thank You to Our Funding and Implementing Partners

FUNDING PARTNERS

  • BC Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services
  • Bill Volk Celebration Golf Classic
  • Brad Duguid
  • Chamandy Foundation
  • The CIBC Children's Foundation
  • Coast Capital Savings Federal Credit Union
  • Crown vs. Defence Annual Charity Hockey Event
  • Dean Connor and Maris Uffelmann
  • Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation
  • Eric Tripp & Maria Smith
  • Goldcorp Inc.
  • GoodLife Fitness
  • Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life
  • The Harold E. Ballard Foundation
  • Ivari
  • Jays Care Foundation
  • John and Tracy Friedrichsen
  • KPMG Foundation
  • The Lawrence and Judith Tanenbaum Foundation
  • Little Ice Tribe
  • The Government of Manitoba
  • Masterbuilt Hotels
  • Microsoft Canada
  • MLSE Foundation
  • National Bank of Canada
  • Nixon Charitable Foundation
  • Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
  • Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skill Development
  • Patricia Gouinlock
  • PepsiCo Canada Foundation
  • Peter Gilgan Foundation
  • Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • President’s Choice Children’s Charity
  • RBC Foundation
  • Riverside Natural Foods
  • Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
  • SC Johnson
  • Shell Canada
  • The Slaight Family Foundation
  • Suncor Energy Foundation
  • Sun Life Financial
  • Thomas Sill Foundation
  • The Calgary Foundation- Daryl K. Seaman Canadian Hockey Fund
  • The Nuclear Waste Management Organization
  • The Winnipeg Foundation

IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS

  • 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
  • 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, ON)
  • Debra Trask (West Moberly First Nations, BC)
  • Dennis Joseph (Squamish Nation, BC)
  • Ernie Sandy (Rama First Nation, ON)
  • Gerry Martin (Mattagami First Nation, ON)
  • Gloria McGregor (Whitefish River First Nation, ON)
  • Nancy James (Cowichan Tribes, BC)

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