Read bio’s on our Project Team Members HERE.

Read our RedWAY BC News Project Announcement HERE.

What the RedWAY (Website for Aboriginal Youth) Project is…
This is a comprehensive, dynamic website that will be designed and updated by the Urban Aboriginal Youth of Greater Vancouver. The goal is to provide Urban Aboriginal Youth with an easy to use site to access information that they need to survive and thrive in our community.

Youth Advisory Councils (YAC's) will be responsible for gathering contact names, links, and upcoming events for their section of the website - so that our site will always be the most current, culturally-relevant and complete one-stop-shop for every Aboriginal Youth coming to or living in Greater Vancouver region.

Key reasons to visit the site:

Driven by Youth - Youth Advisory Council members will be out gathering news, information and pictures to keep the content streetwise and current

Free Membership - anyone can view the site, but members can choose to be notified by e-zine and news pop-ups of events and postings added to the site by YAC's (like cultural events, job postings in your field, rallies and announcements)

Respect for All Nations

Content of our site will be catered to meet the various needs of Urban Aboriginal Youth, but include a wealth of information and resources for all Aboriginal people: First Nations, Metis and Inuit, status and non-status, on-reserve and off-reserve, regardless of age.

Fun and Easy to Use

The designers and contributors to this site have one key responsibility - to make it easy for Urban Aboriginal Youth to find resources, research opportunities and access information -in a quick and fun way.

Creating Connections!

As a jointly funded project by Human Resource Development Canada, Heritage Canada, Health Canada and Western Economic Diversification, we are excited to help Urban Aboriginal Youth connect to services and agencies that can help them succeed. We will be bringing private and public business sectors together with youth to create healthy relationships, and share employment opportunities and training initiatives project.

What the RedWAY Project isn't…

Not Just a List of Links
This will be more than just a list of links to other websites - our portal will function with a front end synopsis of external links - simply stated, a summary of each outside site will be easily accessible. Our YAC will add 2 or 3 pages written in common terms to help you find exactly what you need… fast.

Not Just Another Government site
This site is being created by an Aboriginal Youth Web Designer Janine Island of ID+ (Indigenous Dynamics Plus). Youth Advisory Council (YAC) members will contribute the content, and help implement an edgy, unique marketing strategy. Although it is Federally-funded, it is a site by Urban Aboriginal Youth, for Urban Aboriginal Youth.

Not A Politically Positioned Site
Our goal is to honour and advocate for all Urban Aboriginal Youth, so the site will contain calendar information about upcoming events, announcements and initiatives and contact information from all sides of the Urban Aboriginal political arena. An interactive message/ debate board is also being considered to encourage open, honest, proactive and uncensored dialogue. All voices will be invited to be shared and heard.

We hope that you’ll help keep this site vibrant and current – send us your event postings, suggestions and feedback to inform and honour our future leaders in the community.