NDHR

Community Grants

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:03:52 +0000

NDHR is offering 11 grants in the amount of $1100.00 each to support events that communities will host on June 11, 2012.

DEADLINE for applications April 9, 2012.

To read our criteria and fill out our forms click HERE»

THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF AN ELIGIBLE NDHR PROPOSAL

EVENT MUST OCCUR ON JUNE 11TH 2012 – No exceptions

A MINIMUM OF 2 LETTERS OF SUPPORT MUST BE INCLUDED WITH GRANT APPLICATION

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE NDHR OFFICE NO LATER THAN APRIL 9, 2012

FULL AND COMPLETE FINAL REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ON JUNE 29, 2012 OR FUNDING WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO GRANT WINNERS

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING YOUR PROPOSAL

Creativity & Description of Events- be sure to give details about the uniqueness of the healing and reconciliation activities you are planning
Connection to Healing and Reconciliation- How might the activities planned for NDHR have a lasting impact on your community?
Awareness- How do the planned events and ongoing projects in the community incorporate awareness of healing and reconciliation? How will you reach people who don’t know about our collective history in Canada, healing and reconciliation?
Quality of Activities- How will you ensure that healing and reconciliation is truly the focus of your NDHR activities?
Cost Effectiveness- How will the community utilize the grant funding in an effective manner to enhance the NDHR activities you are planning? What other resources are you accessing to ensure that your NDHR activities are sustainable?
Support- Does the community have the support of various partners, including leadership, for the entire planning and implementation process? Do the letters of support demonstrate this level of commitment?

Name of Group/Organization(required)
Event Coordinator Name(required)
Event Coordinator’s Telephone(required)
Cell phone
Supervisor’s Name(required)
Supervisor’s Telephone(required)
Supervisor’s Email(valid email required)
Address(required)
Fax
Email(valid email required)
Website if available
Make Cheque payable to: (Cheques will not be made to individuals)(required)
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION
In one paragraph, tell us why your community is in need of healing and reconciliation? How would an NDHR event make a lasting impact on your community?(required)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PROPOSED EVENT
In planning an NDHR event it is important to have community partners involved to assist in the implementation and to spread the word that the event is happening. Who are your community partners? Which organizations and individuals are involved in your planning committee? How will they be directly involved with your NDHR event?(required)
IMPORTANCE OF HEALING AND RECONCILIATION
Explain how healing and reconciliation are important to your community. How will your activities create awareness about healing and reconciliation? How will you reach people who are not aware of our collective history and the healing and reconciliation movement in Canada?(required)
PROPOSED NDHR 2012 EVENT
Describe in as much DETAIL as possible what you plan to do for NDHR 2012. What sets your proposal apart in your approach to creating awareness and addressing issues of healing and reconciliation relating to our collective history in Canada?(required)
FUNDING AND RESOURCES
It is important to remember that the success of NDHR has always been the innovation and commitment of the people in the communities. NDHR grants are intended to enhance NDHR events, not to fully fund them. How will you ensure your NDHR event happens if you don’t receive the grant? NOTE: The grant does not cover capital costs such as purchasing of equipment, furniture, or wages. (required)
LETTERS OF SUPPORT
Please include a MINIMUM of two letters of support. Letters of support should specify how the organization providing the letter plans to support your event. Note: When submitting letters of support please be sure to include the name of group/organization applying for the grant and the event coordinator’s name. You may upload your letters here, or either FAX your letters to 780-428-0187 or email to: charlene-bearhead@ncsa.ca
Upload Letter #1
Upload Letter #2

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Promotional Items

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:07:55 +0000

Each year we offer campaign materials to organizations and communities considering the launch of their own activities for the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation.

The promotional items for NDHR 2012 are now available free of charge to community organizers. This year we have:
• Draw Sting Back Packs
• First Aid Kits
• Stress Balls
• Twig Pens

We have a map of our partners across Canada that can check by clicking HERE. Are you on the map? You can check your order by clicking on the red dot closest to the address you provided is with in your order form.

If you are not on the map, but would like to receive free promo items, Click here to order»

Deadline to order is April 9, 2012

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There are many things you can do to celebrate NDHR in your community. Some examples of activities from participants last year are:

* Cultural ceremonies
* Candle ceremony to honour those who passed on
* Barbecue with entertainment and speakers
* School displays
* Church services
* Discussion groups on diversity in schools
* Community Walk
* Health Fair
* Play
* Feast
* Sharing circles
* Cultural camp
* Video screening
For more ideas, Order your INSPIRATION BOOK RIGHT NOW!!!

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Here is the map of our partners across Canada. Are you on the map? You can check your order by clicking on the red dot closest to the address you provided is with in your order form. If you are not on the map, but would like to receive free promo items, fill out our forms above!

HEALING HAPPENS Challenge

admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:06:46 +0000

The NDHR team is excited to announce the “Healing Happens Challenge”. Each contestant will receive 200 recycled healing happens posters to use in the creation of an artistic expression of healing and reconciliation. Contestants will be required to utilize all 200 posters in the creation and to send a picture of their healing and reconciliation masterpiece to the NDHR team. The “Healing Happens Challenge” will be limited to the first 80 entries due to limited supplies of recycled posters.

All entry photos will be featured on ndhr.ca and will be displayed in a place of prominence to promote the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation in the community in which they are created.

There will be prizes awarded to the top 3 contests winners and the first prize winning creation will be shipped to the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation head office for display. Log on to ndhr.ca and click on “Healing Happens Challenge” to enter and receive your posters.
Deadline for submission of photos for judging purposes is May 11, 2012. Winners will be announced on May 25, 2012.

Please send me my 200 Healing Happens recycle posters and enter me in the Healing Happens Challenge»

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Project of Heart – Partner Highlight

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:05:03 +0000

Project of Heart is a hands-on, collaborative, intergenerational artistic initiative that brings awareness of the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools to all Canadians.

Project of Heart was created by a teacher, Sylvia Smith, in Ottawa, Ontario to commemorate the lives of the thousands of Indigenous children who died as a result of the residential school experience. Since the inception of the project over one hundred schools from across Canada have implemented Project of Heart in their own classrooms.

In December 2011 Sylvia Smith received the Governor General’s Award for Project of Heart. NDHR and Project of Heart are working in partnership to bring this very important project to as many schools across Canada as possible.
Log on to www.projectofheart.ca to find out how to bring Project of Heart to your school or your community.

To watch a short video and read more about Project of Heart, click HERE»

Project of Heart is an innovative educational tool kit designed to engage students in a deeper exploration of indigenous traditions in Canada and the history of Indian residential schools. It is a journey for understanding through the heart and spirit as well as facts and dates.

Indigenous concepts of education and literacy, such as Grandmother and Grandfather teachings and reading the environment, are fully incorporated into the curriculum. Elders from First Nation, Metis and Inuit communities become regular participants in classroom presentations and discussions. Students lead many of the project outcomes, demonstrating their learning through videos and multimedia presentations and decorating small wooden tiles. Each tile becomes a meaningful artifact, representing one of the thousands of young lives lost due to the effects of the Indian residential schools system.

A key objective of the program is to encourage “ownership” of this historic injustice by enacting gestures of reconciliation for the past and continued oppression of Aboriginal people in Canada. Project of Heart continues to be shared with elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools in other regions of Canada. It was show-cased at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first national event, held in Winnipeg in June, 2010.

Partners

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:40:45 +0000

Every community organizer or community organization that orders promotional items to utilize at the community event that they are planning becomes an NDHR Community Partner. Please use our map below to see who is a community partner in your area and who our community partners are across the country.