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October Virtual Learning Circle
September 23, 2025
| 12:00pm Central
Reintroducing the YOLO Community with Zahra and Shea
This month’s Virtual Learning Circle will be hosted by Shea and Zahra, who will reintroduce the YOLO Community Network and share all the features it has to offer. Together, they’ll walk through the network’s vision, website, program map, and much more, while highlighting opportunities for connection, collaboration, and resource-sharing. Whether you are new to the YOLO Community or already part of it, this session is a chance to explore how the network can support your work with youth on the Land and learn more about ways to get involved.
Land and Peoples Relationship Ways Mentorship Program
October 1, 2025
- May 2, 2026
Land and Peoples Relationship Ways Mentorship Program
Grounded in the principles of the Land and Peoples Relationship Model, Elder Copper Joe Jack will guide participants through an 8-month program on building respectful, caring, and collaborative sustainability solutions.
Participants will come together twice a month for two hours virtually (October 2025 – May 2026) to learn and share together. Participants will receive:
- In-depth learning about the Land and Peoples Relationships Model and the teachings that ground this collaborative planning tool
- Overview of Canada’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (with a specific focus on No. 13: Climate Action, No. 14: Life on Land, and No. 15: Life Below Water)
- Space to connect the Land and Peoples Relationship Model to participants’ work and life through a reflection and action project
- Teachings on how the Land and Peoples Relationship Model can be applied within each participants’ individual context
- Space to consider how the Land and Peoples Relationship Model relates to a broader national and international context
- A certificate of completion (upon fulfillment of the criteria)
- Invitation to apply for the Summer 2026 land-based course in Kwanlin (Whitehorse, Yukon)
Session Dates
5-7pm Yukon time (Yukon does not participate in daylight savings time; therefore, while session times might change in other regions, they will remain consistent for those in regions who do not change).- Oct. 8 & 22
- Nov. 5 & 19
- Dec. 3 & 17 (no session Dec. 31)
- Jan. 14 & 28
- Feb. 11 & 25
- Mar. 11 & 25
- Apr. 7 & 22
- May. 6 & 20
Emerging Climate Champions Award
August 15, 2025
Fexible, multiyear gifts of $1 million each to youth-led organizations advancing climate solutions across the globe. For this Open Call, youth is defined as ages 15-35, and leadership pertains to youth who hold an executive staff position or a board member position in an organization. The Award invites applications from organizations with at least two years of operation (as of the registration deadline – August 15, 2025). Interested organizations must register to apply before 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Friday, August 15, 2025. Complete applications are due before 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Monday, September 22, 2025.