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Annual Report Enriching Canada Through Indigenous Education and by Inspiring Achievement 2015–2016Annual Report Enriching Canada through Indigenous education and by inspiring achievement. Annual Report • 2013 Table of Contents Message from the Chair ...................................................................................................................... 4 Message from the President and CEO ................................................................................................. 5 About Indspire ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Indspire K-12 Institute: Promoting Indigenous Education .................................................................................................. 8 Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards ........................................................................................... 13 Rivers to Success: Mentoring Indigenous Youth ....................................................................................................... 16 2016 Indspire Awards ................................................................................................................. 17 Board of Directors & Staff .................................................................................................................. 19 Our Partners and Donors ................................................................................................................... 21 Financial Statements ......................................................................................................................... 37 Annual Report 2015-2016 | 3 This has been another outstanding year for Indspire. Our work Our board of directors is comprised of a diverse group of continues to make a substantial difference in the quality of lives professionals and leaders in their own right. Each member of Indigenous students, families, communities and the country. brings their experience, commitment and influence to provide Awareness of Indigenous history, challenges and successes guidance and support of our mission. is growing among Canadians. Now more than ever, we are proud of our achievements in advancing education among First We enrich the lives of thousands of Indigenous learners Nation, Inuit and Métis people. through the strong strategic leadership offered by the work of our talented and skillful staff under the insightful leadership of This year, the Federal Budget promised to deliver “bold, our President and CEO, Roberta L. Jamieson. Roberta holds 25 transformative” change needed to put Canadians on firm honorary degrees and was recently appointed an Officer of the footing for the future. The Liberal budget unveiled in March Order of Canada. A Mohawk woman, Roberta has dedicated calls for billions of dollars in new spending for Indigenous her life to improving the future of all Indigenous people communities, saying that their first budget is a step toward through education. We are very fortunate to have her. righting past wrongs for Indigenous people. We believe this is a positive step towards Reconciliation and we will continue to Indigenous youth remain the fastest growing demographic in highlight Indigenous achievements in the years to come. this country. Together, our partners, board of directors and staff are transforming Indigenous education in Canada and closing Message Our progress is made possible through the support and the gap in educational attainment for Indigenous young people. generosity of our many funding partners, sponsors and It is a privilege for me to Chair this remarkable organization. from the individual donors. We are fortunate to have matching I am grateful and indebted to our distinguished directors for campaigns, like the Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, their wise counsel, our partners for their support and to our Scholarships and Awards program that allows us to leverage staff for their dedication to Indigenous achievement. Chair donations. Total revenues this year were over $18 million. David Tuccaro Chair, Board of Directors 4 | Indspire Annual Report • 2015-2016 The importance of Reconciliation and of increasing the quality We also hosted two Soaring career conferences, in London of life of Indigenous peoples across Canada was in the spotlight ON and Vancouver BC, for over 1,200 students, educators this year. The Federal Government has promised “historic and chaperones. Soaring is designed to help students explore funding” to right previous wrongs and to bring Indigenous options for post-secondary education. Through workshops quality of life to the same level enjoyed by other Canadians. and campus tours, we motivate Indigenous youth to believe in Never before have we seen so much media coverage and there themselves by giving them a glimpse of what their future can appears to be a greater understanding of what has occurred and look like. more importantly, what the future may look like for Indigenous people. Indspire celebrates extraordinary Indigenous achievement with the annual Indspire Awards, with recipients in 14 categories, This has been another exciting year for all of us, a year full including Lifetime Achievement and three Youth awards. of change, growth, development and opportunity. Indspire Our Indspire Awards are the highest honor the Indigenous continues to be the largest funder of Indigenous education community bestows upon its achievers, who stand as positive in Canada. During 2015-16, Indspire was able to provide over role models for our youth. We proudly share their stories with $12.2 million through 3,792 bursaries and scholarships to all Canadians, with the support of our national broadcasters, Indigenous students. APTN and Global TV. Message This is good news for Indigenous students and educators Our partners, sponsors and individual donors whose names alike who benefit directly from the work we do at Indspire. you will read in the pages ahead, share our vision. As a result We continue to support educators through our K-12 Indspire of their generosity and dedication to ourBuilding Brighter from the Institute, a virtual resource centre that provides programs, Futures Campaign: Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards, we information and tools to improve educational outcomes and awarded over $12.2 million to First Nation, Inuit and Métis President increase high school completion rates. Our annual conferences post-secondary students. This represents only 10.7 per cent of provide valuable support and networking. total need requested over the same period, or $114.5 million. and CEO The need continues to be great and the potential of our students At our National Gathering, we welcomed 644 Indigenous to achieve is extraordinary. We are building a more aggressive educators who shared best practices and new methodologies strategic plan for the future, to ensure that no Indigenous while making new contacts. We also recognized nine incredible student who wishes to achieve their potential through education educators for their inspirational contribution to the success of is prevented from doing so for lack of financial support. our Indigenous students. Each of them received a Guiding the Journey: Indigenous Educator Award. In addition last year we I am honored to serve as President and CEO of this outstanding were pleased to introduce for the first time an organizational organization and grateful for the guidance from our board of award in recognition of the many noteworthy organizations that directors, and the dedication shown by our knowledgeable staff. are making a difference in the arena of Indigenous education. Roberta L. Jamieson President and CEO, Indspire Executive Producer, Indspire Awards Annual Report 2015-2016 | 5 2015-2016 by the Numbers 1202 high school students $ & educators participated in 12.2 million Soaring career conferences awarded through 3,792 in London, Ontario and bursaries and scholarships Vancouver, BC this past year more than K-12 Institute 1,000 students members increased across Canada 644 received information attendees at the by about careers 22% in oil & gas, radio, National Gathering from 4,193 to 5,130 television, and mining for Indigenous Education educators were honoured before 558 special guests and stakeholders at Guiding the Journey: Indigenous active participants in the 10 Educator Awards ceremony 245 Peer Support program Nearly 300,000 viewers watched the 2016 Indspire Awards broadcast, on APTN and Global TV 6 | Indspire Indigenous Education is Canada’s Future Growth Indspire is an Indigenous-led registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people for the long term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada. About Indspire Our vision is to enrich Canada through Indigenous education and by inspiring achievement. In partnership with Indigenous, private and public sector stakeholders, Indspire educates, connects and invests in Indigenous people so 93% of students surveyed by they will achieve their highest potential. Indspire graduated Indspire is led by Indigenous people for Indigenous people. We serve First Nation, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities and urban centres across Canada. With the support of our funding partners, we disburse $12,236,422 awarded in financial awards, deliver programs, and share resources with the goal of closing the gap in Indigenous education. scholarships and bursaries Indspire’s K-12 Institute is a virtual resource centre that serves educators, communities, and other stakeholders who 2,360 awards given
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