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Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards

Recipient Name: Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: 2011-03-17
Value: $81,280.00
Type: Grant
Purpose: The 24-month project will develop/adapt approaches to engaging youth in violence prevention. Youth will identify the issues of violence affecting girls and young women in their communities, expand their knowledge of these issues, develop leadership skills, and deliver innovative youth-led projects to address the issues within their communities. This project will provide peer lead workshops and mentorships to youth concerning gender based violence. The project will target young women and men as well as girls and boys in British Columbia including the North and Aboriginal groups in Northern communities.
Comments: Multi-year project of 24 months