Youth Services
 

Indigenous youth living or staying in Toronto Region are faced with the growing pressures of urban living while interfacing daily with the ongoing impacts of colonization, including discrimination and violence. Our services are designed to provide culturally connected supports to bolster resilience across all quadrants of the medicine wheel.  

 Youth Services at NCFST are grounded in culturally vibrant drop-in spaces across the city where FNIM folks ages 16 to 29 can gather in community to learn, laugh, and connect as Indigenous people.  

 Our drop-in spaces are staffed with friendly, familiar and relatable workers who provide in-the-moment support with whatever youth may need. Programs include hot, fresh and traditional daily meals and snacks; housing support including a youth shelter and transitional housing; education, employment and skills development; justice advocacy; health and hygiene supports; access to Ceremony and Land Based activities; a music recording studio and an art studio to support self-expression.