In 2024/25, the Yellowknife Community Fund issued a grant to the Shop Skills Development Initiative, a project of Makerspace YK, implemented over that summer.As an organization, Makerspace is all about reducing barriers. They offer shared workspaces, knowledge, and tools that many of us do not have access to on our...
Impact Report – Dene Nahjo – Hide Tanning Mentorship Camps
In 2024/2025, the Yellowknife Community Foundation supported Dene Nahjo with a grant from the Sharon Morrison Memorial Indigenous Education Fund. The funding went towards Dene Nahjo's Hide Tanning Mentorship Program: a ten day camp for Indigenous people to gather on the land to teach and learn traditional hide tanning skills.Previously, the...
Let’s Sing Together
Today, the Alzheimer Society Alberta and Northwest Territories received a grant from the Albert Hall Seniors Enhancement Fund to support their “Let’s Sing Together” program. In partnership with the Avens: A Community for Seniors, a weekly singing program is being offered to people living with dementia and their care partner...