Children and Youth

Promoting Life-skills In Aboriginal Youth (PLAY)
Helps youth improve their health, self-esteem and leadership skills by participating in sport and play activities.

Akwe:go and Wasa-Nabin
Provide urban Aboriginal children with support and tools to make healthy choices.

Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children
Helps all Aboriginal children in Ontario to get the best start in life.

Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Offers programs and services to benefit Aboriginal children and youth.

Education

One Laptop Per Child
Provides computers for First Nation, Métis and Inuit children between the ages of 6 and 12.

Aboriginal Education Strategy 
Helps First Nation, Métis and Inuit students achieve their full potential.

Financial Aid
Provides information about financial aid and links to bursary and scholarship programs.

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Offers student bursaries and enhanced programs and services to benefit Aboriginal postsecondary students.

Health

Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy
Helps to improve Aboriginal health and reduce family violence.

Healthy Communities Fund
Supports projects that benefit people who don’t have access to health promotion programs.

Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
Increases the availability of culturally-appropriate services to better serve children and families who are Aboriginal.

Aboriginal Tobacco Program
Helps Aboriginal communities create health promotion strategies to decrease and prevent the misuse of tobacco.

Aboriginal Off-Reserve Housing Program

Provides affordable housing for approximately 880 off-reserve Aboriginal households.

Aboriginal Justice Strategy

Provides fair, coordinated, effective and responsive criminal justice services to all Aboriginal people in Ontario.

Aboriginal Affairs Working Group

Uses a coordinated national approach to close the socio-economic gaps that exist between Aboriginal people and other Canadians.