Aboriginal

Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
The objectives of the KAYA project are to promote and raise awareness of youth-friendly ways for Urban Aboriginal youth in the Greater Vancouver Regional District to be informed advocates within their community. KAYA will encourage youth to take more interest in their community and invest their own time, energy, spirit, and ideas which will make them feel like an active and respected member of their community. 

Two major themes of the project:
Promote and motivate societies, organizations, government, schools, and the Aboriginal community to respect youth and to reduce systemic barriers to youth participation. Assist and encourage urban Aboriginal youth to express their opinions and decipher issues & processes so that they can make informed decisions that affect their own lives and life in their community.

RedWAY BC
The RedWAY BC Project is an evolving, growing website completely driven, designed, created and maintained by Urban Aboriginal Youth in the Lower Mainland. Over 45 youth researched over 340 pages of content and helped ups publish 30 e-zines since November, 2003. RedWAY BC has a broad but critical mission of: Harnessing Technology to Inform, Honour and Connect Urban Aboriginal Youth to Services, Opportunities, the Community and Each Other."

Redwire Native Youth Media
Redwire is an organization that exists to empower and bring together Native Youth. Based out of Vancouver, it publishes two quarterly magazines:

• Redwire Uncensored, a national magazine - provides a place for Native Youth to express themselves and share thoughts & ideas about Native Youth issues
• Red Directions, a provincial job & career resource guide for Native Youth

Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA)
Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) delivers programs and services to Native youth. It is also a safe place for Native youth to go and find out about other services offered to them in the community. UNYA offers:

• life skills development, job training, and education
• counselling, a drop-in centre, a clinic, and other personal supports

A Native Youth Centre is currently in the works. Check this section of the site for details.

The Healthy Aboriginal Network - Educational Comic Books
The Healthy Aboriginal Network has released a series of preventative comic books for Aboriginal youth. The newest is called “An Invited Threat,” which is about a young boy who likes to eat junk food more than anything else, and the local store manager who has the ability to change the dietary habits of his people and prevent diabetes.