Indigenous Stream

Connection Stream - $25,000 for one year

Projects funded through this stream will:

• Include Indigenous team members and strong relationships with Indigenous communities and other partners throughout
• Advance relationships with Indigenous communities, families, and organizations to co-develop an impactful project proposal (such as building an Advisory, Equitable Research Agreement, Ceremony and Cultural Events, Community Gathering, etc.)
• Recognize the diversity of Indigenous nations across Canada and respect local governance, cultural protocols, and self-determination.
• Builds trust and mutual understanding with Indigenous academics and the communities being served.
• Include meaningful engagement of people with lived and living experience throughout all project stages.
• All Knowledge Mobilization activities fully recognize and include the participation of Indigenous partners.
• Methodology respects Indigenous-led principles (e.g., OCAP, CARE, FAIR, etc.).
• Advance outcomes for children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families across at least one of three KBHN challenge areas: Early Identification; Access to Interventions/integrations; and Family Supports

Community Impact Stream - $100,000/ year for two years

Projects funded through this stream will:

• Have robust partnerships with the community, with co-developed priorities identified by Indigenous families, leaders, and Knowledge Keepers, etc.
• Include Indigenous team members and strong relationships with Indigenous communities and other partners throughout
• Advance solutions that are feasible, scalable, and sustainable within Indigenous contexts.
• Recognize the diversity of Indigenous nations across Canada and respect local governance, cultural protocols, and self-determination.
• Builds capacity, including non-western knowledge capacity, of Indigenous academics and the communities being served.
• Include meaningful engagement of people with lived and living experience throughout all project stages.
• All Knowledge Mobilization activities fully recognize and include the participation of Indigenous partners.
• Methodology respects Indigenous-led principles (e.g., OCAP, CARE, FAIR, etc).
• Advance outcomes for children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families across at least one of three KBHN challenge areas: Early Identification; Access to Interventions/ integrations; and Family Supports