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Stream 2 – Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities deadline Mar 11th, 2024

March 11

Stream Two seeks to provide opportunities for Indigenous people to participate in meaningful sport, recreational, and physical activities that support one or more of the Stream Two social development goals.

Eligible Applicants

  • Indigenous organizations

For the purposes of this funding program an Indigenous organization is:

  • A First Nation or Band Council recognized by the Government of Canada.
  • A Tribal Council recognized by registered First Nation Bands.
  • An Inuit community as recognized by the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and other recognized provincial/territorial/federal agreements with Inuit populations.
  • A Métis Nation or Government recognized by the Government of Canada.
  • Representative not-for-profit organizations who are Indigenous-owned and/or Indigenous-operated (51%+ Indigenous board members and/or staff) and who primarily serve Indigenous peoples, for example: have a mandate to provide services, programs or lobbying for Section 35 rights holders (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) and urban and non-status Indigenous peoples.

Project Requirements

To be eligible for SSDIC Stream Two funding, your project must:

  • Propose activities that create opportunities for Indigenous people, including Indigenous people with a disability, to participate in culturally relevant sport or physical activity and which address one or more of the following social development goals drawn from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action:
  • improved health;
  • improved education;
  • improved employability;
  • reduction of at-risk behaviour.
  • Address the needs identified by participants and communities being served.
  • Be designed in a way that allows for demonstrated improvement of the health and well-being of participants.
  • Propose activities occurring between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.

Funding

  • up to $249,999 per project

Deadline

  • March 11, 2024, by 11:59pm EST

Apply here