Katimavik Volunteers arrive in their new host communities this week, ready to make their contributions towards shaping a better Canada. These 66 young people will take part in the Katimavik National Experience, a 6-month volunteer service opportunity funded by the Government of Canada as part of the Canada Service Corps. This diverse group of youth aged 18 – 25 years old arrive on July 3rdto their new host communities, where they will discover a new region of Canada and will live and work together for 3 months before travelling to another community to continue their volunteer experience. The communities that…

Katimavik Volunteers will be returning to communities across Canada in 2018, ready to make their contributions towards shaping a better Canada. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, announced the government’s new Canada Service Corps, which includes funding to restore Katimavik’s national community-based youth development experience. “Diverse youth from across the country will now have an exceptional opportunity to connect and to act. The NEW Katimavik National Experience builds on our proven foundation, enriched to provide young people with the skills they need to make positive change and to thrive in the 21st century.” –…

November is Financial Literacy Month, a great time to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence that are needed to make financial decisions. “Learning about finances is not always the most exciting thing, especially for youth, but it’s undeniably important for succeeding in life. We are thrilled to integrate Forward Vision Games into our learning curriculum to provide an interactive and engaging way of preparing youth for their financial goals,” says Andy Garrow, Director of Youth Development at Katimavik. Katimavik Youth Services prepares young adults for achieving their personal and professional goals through volunteer service, experiential learning, and an introduction to…

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba and Katimavik have announced an agreement to collaborate on community-based youth development projects. This collaboration will ensure that Truth and Reconciliation is a key pillar of all Katimavik’s youth development initiatives, in alignment with the objectives and principles of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. This agreement recognizes the importance of educating, empowering and engaging diverse youth volunteers in the development and implementation of a new relationship based on mutual respect, trust and justice between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. On March 1st, 2017, Ry…

Providing more opportunities for Indigenous youth to pursue their life goals through successful post-secondary learning and developing job market skills for the 21st century is the cornerstone of a new partnership between First Nations University and Katimavik. With restored funding for Katimavik, this agreement will enable the partners to work together to provide opportunities for Indigenous youth to participate in Katimavik community service volunteer employment while studying at the First Nation University of Canada, with campuses in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, SK. “This is a great opportunity for Indigenous youth to continue their higher education including their traditional culture and language”, says Dr. Mark Dockstator, President…

Trent University & Katimavik Sign Agreement to Support Reconciliation & Indigenous Youth Programming New partnership to foster intercultural learning between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples Educating, empowering and engaging diverse youth volunteers in a new and reconciled relationship of mutual respect, trust, and justice between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada will be the goal of a new partnership agreement between Trent University and Katimavik. This new agreement, which brings together the knowledge of the Trent academic community with the diverse development opportunities offered through Katimavik, will see partners collaborating on civic engagement learning approaches and tools. As well, Trent…

Montréal, February 2nd 2017 – The Katimavik Board of Directors announces that it will have to permanently shut down the organization and submit its charter at the end of this fiscal year if no adequate commitment is confirmed from the Canadian federal government. This follows efforts for more than a year trying to engage with the federal government in discussions on youth services, with no response. In 2012, the previous federal government ended Katimavik’s funding, which resulted in suspending the national program shortly after. Since then the organization has used its limited resources to pilot new programming, focusing on Indigenous…