The Trudeau government is targeting $15.2 million over three years to an Indigenous youth reconciliation pilot program.
The funding was announced Tuesday morning by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at the University of Saskatchewan.
The program will be administered by Canadian Roots exchange.
It will establish a national network that reflects diversity amongst Indigenous youth.
The funding is in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to action 66.
The money for the program was set aside in this year’s federal budget.
(PHOTO: Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett. File photo.)