Leadership Training and the National Celebration

Leadership Training:

Virtual leadership training events will be held for the benefit of all youth participating in both streams of the program. 

Youth from up to 12 projects selected from the art and essay stream will be invited to attend a learning session geared towards their age group around allyship and cultural awareness.

Youth from up to 15 projects selected from project stream will be invited to attend learning sessions about allyship, cultural awareness, having difficult conversations, and project management.

If the number of youth involved in a project are quite numerous, the NCTR reserves the right to determine the number of participants it is able to accommodate in leadership training and the national celebration.

2022 Leadership Training:

In April 2022, youth from both streams gathered virtually to hear from speakers about reconciliation, resilience, the residential school experience, Treaties, and about Indigenous cultures from across Canada.

Additionally, youth from the G6-12 stream gathered at an additional time to learn about Indigenous entrepreneurship, using their talents to support their projects, and about project management and how to secure additional funding for future projects.

Speakers included: Elder Carl Stone, Michele Young-Crook, Shirley Delorme-Russell (Louis Riel Institute), Andrea Gallagher – Courteau (TRCM), Lila Bruyere, Adam Nipon (IGM Financial Inc.), Alyssa Luttenberger and Jessica Alegria (Canadian Roots Exchange), and Carter Chiasson.

2023 Leadership Training:

In April 2023, youth from both streams gathered virtually to hear from speakers about reconciliation, resilience, the residential school experience, Treaties, and about Indigenous cultures from across Canada.

Speakers included: Elder Carl Stone, Nyla Innuksuk, David A. Robertson, Noah Wilson (Futurpreneur Canada), Alyssa Luttenberger and Patricia Martin (Canadian Roots Exchange), Cole Kippenhuck (Crow Kinship Consulting), and Jay Bailey.