We had a wonderful time visiting Greater Gatineau Elementary School to teach our Métis Music, History, and Culture workshop for students from Kindergarten to Grade 6.
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Learning, Laughter, and Bannock at Front of Yonge Elementary School
Y4Y Canada recently travelled to Mallorytown to facilitate a bannock-making workshop with students at Front of Yonge Elementary School. Throughout the day, we led four workshop sessions with approximately 27 students in each group, reaching students from Kindergarten to Grade 6.
Sweet Treats and Community Connection at the NAC Summer Indigenous Market
We looked forward to taking part in the NAC Summer Indigenous Market this year. This opportunity allowed us to sell a variety of our homemade chocolates, fudge, brownies, bannock, jams, and prairie favourites.
Y4Y Canada Joins Indigenous Awareness Week 2026 at the Public Health Agency of Canada
From May 19-20, 2026, we were honoured to participate in Indigenous Awareness Week at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in Ottawa. We took part as both vendors and presenters, sharing information about Y4Y Canada and the projects we lead.
A Sensory Experience of Métis Culture at an Aboriginal Head Start Program
At Youth4Youth Canada, we care deeply about creating spaces where culture is not only talked about, but experienced through mind, body, heart, and spirit
NAC Adàwàning: Indigenous Women’s Art Market
This holiday season, Youth4Youth Canada was honoured to take part in the December 2025 NAC Adàwàning: Indigenous Women’s Art Market. This market brought together artists, families, and community members to celebrate creativity, culture, and connection. It was a wonderful opportunity to fundraise for our Kisac Cultural workshops for Indigenous youth <25 years old in the Ottawa area. Our 2026 workshops will continue to focus on youth leadership, wellness, skills building and peer support.
Canoeing and Outdoor Cooking Workshop
Our thanks to Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) and Nanook Expeditions for making our inaugural Canoeing & Outdoor Cooking workshop a huge success.
NAC Summer Indigenous Art Market 2025
Youth4Youth Canada extends our sincere gratitude to the NAC Indigenous Theatre Team for providing us with the space to fundraise at the Summer Indigenous Art Market on June 6. This vibrant event celebrated Indigenous culture and showcased the incredible talents of Métis, Inuit, and First Nations artists.
Y4Y Handmade Chocolates and Bannock
We just finished up a rush order for our handmade Indigenous chocolates and mini blueberry bannock loaves for a local conference.
A HUGE thank you to all of the organizations who place orders with us. Youth4Youth Canada is a youth-founded, female-managed grassroots organization. Your support is what allows us to fund Y4Y initiatives, including our Kîšâc cultural workshops! 🥰
Write to us at y4yCanada at gmail.com for more information or learn more here.
Bannock Pizza Workshop
Another new activity for 2023!