EleV: Taking Flight Together

Welcome to Season 1: Young People Know! Young People Know, a special five-part podcast seriest hosted by Sam Bird, explores best practices in becoming youth-led through conversations with nine Indigenous changemakers from across the country. Subscribe now for this important series featuring young Indigenous leaders launching on June 20, 2023! Young People Know is produced by the Mastercard Foundation EleV Program and Good Influence Films in partnership with Indigenous 150+. To learn more about the Mastercard Foundation EleV Program please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter: https://mastercardfdn.org/elev/#sign-up Join our community of changemakers @EleVIndigenous on socials. Let us know what you think!

We can’t just hope that the right leaders come along: Youth Engagement & Leadership Development 07/18/2023

How does this support the bus ride home?: Youth Engagement & Compensation 07/11/2023

How does this support the bus ride home?: Youth Engagement & Compensation How should young people be compensated for their time and expertise? What constitutes fair remuneration? What challenges do young people face when it comes to requesting compensation? Host digs into these questions as well as the hidden costs of youth engagement that Indigenous young people often bear when they are consulted. The episode guests include: - Former member of the Prime Minister's Youth Council, Vanier Scholar, and former Student Trustee with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (Anishinaabe, Eabametoong First Nation). - CEO, National Association of Friendship Centres, Board Member of the Indigenous Bar Association, and Advisor to the Ontario Indigenous Youth Partnership Project. - Concordia University Young Alumni Council, McGill University Faculty of Law - Faculty Council, (Kanien’kehá:ka from Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake). - President of the Provincial Métis Youth Council & Former USask Student Union President (Métis). Tutchone Dunfield - Former member of the Provincial Youth Council for Métis Nation of Alberta (Métis & Cree). - Former member of Premier’s Council for Youth Opportunities, Independent First Nations Youth Working Group, and Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council, and lawyer at OKT Law (Anishinaabe, Whitesand First Nation). Elycia Monaghan - a Kitikmeot Inuk medical student at NOSM University, and a former member of the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre Youth Council. See here for more on and a both of which are discussed in this episode. Our theme music is from Minou-Pimatiswen by Nigel Irwin and the Chippewa Travellers. Supplemental music provided by Nagamo Publishing. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to share it with others and give it a five-star rating. To learn more about the Mastercard Foundation EleV Program, and the voices and visions of Indigenous young people visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. You can also follow us on our socials: A transcription of Episode 4 is available /episode/index/show/e51b0e4f-585a-4df1-97bf-d50550f6e066/id/27422874

Let’s chat about good policy that works for people: Youth Engagement & Policy Change 07/04/2023

Let’s chat about good policy that works for people: Youth Engagement & Policy Change How are young people reforming practices within youth councils? How have Indigenous young people led policy change that has improved the lives of Indigenous people and Canadians more widely? How are youth creating systemic change in the institutions they are a part of? Host explores these questions with a range of youth leaders including: - Former member of the Prime Minister's Youth Council, and former Student Trustee with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (Anishinaabe, Eabametoong First Nation). - Concordia University Young Alumni Council, McGill University Faculty of Law - Faculty Council (Kanien’kehá:ka from Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake). Autumn LaRose-Smith - President of the Provincial Métis Youth Council & Former USask Student Union President (Metis). Tutchone Dunfield - Former member of the Provincial Youth Council for Métis Nation of Alberta (Métis & Cree). - Former President of the National Inuit Youth Council (Inuit from Nunatsiavut). - Former member of: Premier’s Council for Youth Opportunities, Independent First Nations Youth Working Group, Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council. (Anishinaabe, Whitesand First Nation) A copy of the MOU between U of Saskatchewan and the U of Sask Student Union discussed in the podcast can be found Young People Know is a co-production between and the Our theme music is from Minou-Pimatiswen by Nigel Irwin and the Chippewa Travellers. Supplemental music provided by Nagamo Publishing and . Other featured artists include Justin Delorme, Mimi O'Bonsawin, David R. Maracle, Silla, and G.R. Gritt. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to share it with others and give it a five-star rating. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to share it with others and give it a five-star rating. To learn more about the Mastercard Foundation EleV Program, and the voices and visions of Indigenous young people visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. You can also follow us on our socials: A transcription of /episode/index/show/e51b0e4f-585a-4df1-97bf-d50550f6e066/id/27324207

I love that you think we deserve suits: Youth Engagement & Participation 06/27/2023

This stems back to being named after my great grandmother: Youth Engagement & Identity 06/20/2023

Season 1: Introducing Young People Know 05/16/2023

EleV: Taking Flight Together

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