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Patsea Griffin, whose Thunderbird Sisters Collective’s Youth Artists Council will receive $255,000 over three years, says the grant will finally allow her organization to properly fund its mentorship program, aimed at helping Indigenous youths in Ottawa, ages 12 to 29, build connections and learn about or reclaim their cultures through art-based workshops and elders’ guidance.
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“We already had our first workshop, led by (Ottawa’s English poet laureate) Albert Dumont, with future Indigenous writers. People came in from as far away as Sioux Lookout, which was exciting.”