On July 31, 2023, the Ontario government launched the new Indian Residential School Community Engagement Fund (IRSCEF), which will provide up to $7.075M in support to organizations and communities for community engagement and related activities in response to planned or ongoing burial investigations at former Residential Schools, as well as for mental health supports for Survivors and their families.
For more information, and to access the memorandum regarding the Indian Residential School Community Engagement Fund, circulated by Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs Ontario, Shawn Batise, click here.
The deadline to access this funding is September 5, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. EDT.