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Orange Shirt Day 2025 – Thank you!
Many Generations. One Message: Every Child Matters. UNYA extends our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported our 2025 Edition Orange Shirt Day T-shirt campaign. We are deeply grateful to all who purchased a shirt, the community members who generously shared their time in our intergenerational photo shoot, and the dedicated staff who worked tirelessly at community events…
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Orange Shirt Day – 2025
Many Generations. One Message: Every Child Matters. This year, our Orange Shirt Day campaign honours the intergenerational strength of Indigenous families. The scars of residential schools ripple across time—but so does the healing, the language, the laughter, and the love we pass from one generation to the next. At the Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA), we work…
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Orange Shirt Day 2024
Join Us in Celebration and Gratitude! With open hearts, we raise our hands in gratitude for the incredible support we’ve received since August for our 2024 Orange Shirt Day program. Your generosity, whether it’s through purchasing an orange t-shirt or the countless hours and funds donated by local organizations, is truly making a difference in…
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Apply to be a volunteer mentor with UNYA’s Kinnections Program
A little bit about UNYA and our Kinnections Program Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) has been supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in the Metro Vancouver area for over 30 years. As a respected non-profit, charitable organization, we recognize Indigenous youth as experts in their own lives, and strive to provide youth with programs…
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Apply to be a volunteer mentor with UNYA’s Mentorship Program
A little bit about UNYA and our Mentorship Program: Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) has been supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in the Metro Vancouver area for over 30 years. As a respected non-profit, charitable organization, we recognize Indigenous youth as experts in their own lives, and strive to provide youth with programs…
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Lattimer Gallery 2021 Bentwood Box Auction
For the past fourteen years Lattimer Gallery has organized an event to help support the Urban Native Youth Association, a Vancouver organization which has been providing prevention-focused programs and services to Native youth since 1988. UNYA’s work includes advocacy, community development, and providing youth with meaningful opportunities to provide input into their programs and services.…