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We’re Hiring: Are you our Development and Finance Director?

We’re Hiring: Are you our Development and Finance Director?

Youth4Nature is hiring for a new Development and Finance Director. Are you strategy and detail-orientated? Do you enjoy working with and designing spreadsheets? Are you a strong writer and relationship-builder, with experience raising money for change? Then you might be who we are looking for!

National Indigenous History Month & Canada’s Indian Residential School Systems

National Indigenous History Month & Canada’s Indian Residential School Systems

In Canada during the month of June, not only do we celebrate pride month, but we also celebrate National Indigenous History Month. Celebrating June in this way began in 2009, after a unanimous motion passed by the House of Commons. Normally it is a time to celebrate the “history, heritage and diversity” of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples in Canada. However, this year's celebration has been stained with sadness for Indigenous People across Canada after the news released Thursday, May 27th of 215 children’s bodies found beneath the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Join Sarah at the 2021 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)!

Join Sarah at the 2021 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)!

Being labelled as an educational forum for YDC, I knew incorporating Youth4Nature would be instrumental in my own participation. As an Indigenous youth, education is a two way exchange where both myself and the organizations I work with must benefit. My work at Youth4Nature has been focused on Indigenous engagement to both honour my roots, but also to help create better spaces for Indigenous youth to share how important nature and climate are to us as Indigenous Peoples. Being young…

Youth Reflections on Country Commitments from the UN Biodiversity Summit

Youth Reflections on Country Commitments from the UN Biodiversity Summit

On September 30, 2020 countries from around the world convened for the UN Biodiversity Summit. Following on the heels of the #NatureForLife Hub, hosted by the UNDP, UNEP and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and taking place just weeks after the 5th Global Biodiversity Outlook was released, the theme of the Summit was Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. This theme was presented as a way for global leaders to present ambitious commitments for biodiversity ahead of the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which will focus on action - the strategies and financial requirements needed to turn these commitments into realities.