Urban Native Youth Association

Published purpose

Through this 52-month project, Urban Native Youth Association will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on urban Indigenous youth in Vancouver. This will be achieved by: onboarding a Fund Development Manager to secure stable funding sources in support of UNYA's 20+ youth programs (many focused on prevention, early intervention and crisis support for youth vulnerable to and experiencing GBV); developing and implementing a funding sustainability plan; delivering a donor engagement and marketing strategy; staff training to enhance staff ability to serve impacted youth, and the development of UNYA's Youth Advisory Committee. By the end of the project, Urban Native Youth Association will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in their existing programs by strengthening organizational capacity to better deliver UNYA’s Philosophy of Care to their 20+ programs and empower the voices of impacted youth through the Youth Advisory Committee to steer future programming. With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Urban Native Youth Association moves from establishing the foundation to embedding it within a focused sustainability mission. This phase implements integrated, long-term sustainability measures that future-proof Urban Native Youth Association’s fund development, events, community engagement, and communications functions. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.