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positive change for Friendship Centre youth through inclusion,
empowerment and culture by:
Increasing communication;
Increasing training and development opportunities;
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Increasing youth involvement, both internally and externally
to the Friendship Centre Movement;
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Facilitating the development of Youth leaders;
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Providing awareness on issues facing urban Aboriginal
youth;
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Encouraging and supporting the on-going spiritual, mental,
emotional and physical development of urban Aboriginal
youth;
Involving youth at all levels of the Friendship Centre
Movement, both internally and externally; and,
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Preserving and promoting our culture and heritage.
The AYC discusses and identifies youth priority issues,
including: stay in school initiatives; healing and wellness;
suicide; preserving culture and heritage; cross cultural
awareness; homelessness; youth leadership; employment
and training; youth involvement at all levels of the Friendship
Centre Movement; and more specifically, youth involvement
in the decision-making processes of the Movement.
The AYC defines youth as being between the ages of 14-24.
Aboriginal Youth Council
Members:
AYC President
Sean Vanderklis
Home Friendship Centre: Niagara Regional Native Centre
Nation : Ojibwe
Email : nbs_4life@hotmail.com
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AYC Vice President
Gabriel Uqaituk
Home Friendship Centre Native Friendship Centre of Montreal
Nation: Inuit
Email: nuraki2@hotmail.com
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AYC Treasurer
Chelsea Legge
Home Friendship Centre : Mi’kmaq Friendship Centre
Nation:
Email : cmrl_23@hotmail.com
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AYC Secretary
Megan Clarkson
Home Friendship Centre : Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Nation : Dene
Email: megs_j_Clarkson@hotmail.com
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Northern Representative
Sophia Tien
Sophia Tlen
Home Friendship Centre :Skookum Jim Friendship Centre
Nation:
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BC Representative
Maria Bell
Home Friendship Centre : Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
Nation: Tsimshian
Email : maria_pbell@hotmail.com
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Manitoba Representative
Kody Taylor
Home Friendship Centre : Riverton & District Friendship Centre
Email: Canadian_angel103@hotmail.com
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Alberta Representative
Kelly Funk
Home Friendship Centre :Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary
Nation: Cree/Métis
Email : funkkelly@hotmail.com
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Saskatchewan
Representative
c/o Kikinahk Friendship Centre
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Ontario Representative
Ashlee Cochrane
Home Friendship Centre : United Native Friendship Centre, Fort Frances, ON
E : ashleeno14@hotmail.com
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Quebec Representative
Tina Mapachee
Home Friendship Centre: Val D’Or Friendship Centre
E: tmapachee@hotmail.com
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Eastern Representative
Christopher Sheppard
Home Friendship Centre : St. John’s Friendship Centre
Nation: Inuit
Email : chrisgsheppard@hotmail.com
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Youth Executive
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MAIN OFFICE:
275 MacLaren St.
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0L9 |
Phone:
(613) 563-4844
Fax:
(613) 594-3428
Email:
nafcgen@nafc.ca
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