Apply for the 2022-23 NLC

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The NLC isn't just a program, but rather a community that puts relationships and a commitment to learning at the centre. The NLC is an invitation to embrace mistakes and vulnerability by surrounding yourself with a community that supports you with abundance, love and trust. The year ahead will be a chaotic, but structured, youth-led, mistake-ridden, solution-oriented, inquisitive, supportive, scary, confrontational, gentle, relational, reciprocal, reconciliation monster we call the NLC.

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“I imagine the NLC as a space for BIPOC young people to come together. Young people who often get stuck and caught up in the burnout of this work and the realities of colonialism in Canada, but who want to exist and dream in a new way. I imagine bringing together young people who have that desire but haven’t had the moment to be still, and to be honest about shapeshifting into who we are being called to be. We are on the tipping point of a new beginning of rediscovering our unimagined futures. I want people to come into the NLC and feel that skoden energy and use it to build worlds together.”
- Ron Gamblin, NLC Coordinator

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"I feel called to join an initiative that centers Indigenous voices first to find a more sustainable approach to decolonize in our everyday lives. I feel like there is a lack of knowledge, education, and ignorance when talking about ways of reconciliation, and I want to find meaningful ways of centering Indigenous voices wherever I go."
- 2021 NLC member

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“I’m excited by the NLC’s call to growing together, particularly there are few spaces to be able to grow into depth with relationships as there is a focus on quantity of connections rather than an intentional approach towards partnerships. I am eager to be able to have that space with a small group of individuals, whether that is the group we bring together or the larger group put together by the NLC.”
- 2020 NLC Member

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“I was fortunate to attend an event organized by 4Rs NLC alumni. The event created such a safe, supportive, and open space for cross-cultural dialogue, reflection and relationship-building. The opportunity to engage in this environment was impactful, it felt authentic and personal. I felt really connected after. 4Rs’ emphasis on personal dialogue, relationship-building and community feels so healthy and productive"
- NLC 2021 Member

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What are we asking?

We are looking to bring together teams of 2-4 young people between the ages of 18-30, to join our National Learning Community (NLC) of organizers. As part of the NLC, you will be invited to create opportunities for self-determined reconciliation and decolonization initiatives in your community while being given the opportunity to focus on your wellbeing and fill your bundles with new knowledge from across movements.

Who is the NLC for?

4Rs is looking for young people who are searching for opportunities to grow and change personally, who want meaningful support to implement a project/gathering, and who are looking for new approaches and skills to transform how they work within their community or as part of larger movements.

Is that you? Apply as a team by May 29th, 2022

Do you know people who motivate you, strengthen and balance you, who support and inspire you to do things together that you could never do alone? People who you want to learn and grow with? Apply by May 29th to join our 2022-23 National Learning Community!

Who should apply/how many team members?

Groups of 2-4 people who want to work together and learn together as a team. Unfortunately, at this time, you cannot apply alone.

How to apply?

Each team member needs to fill out an INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION, and the team needs to work together to submit a TEAM APPLICATION.

When do you need to apply?

The deadline for both the individual and team application is May 29th, 2022.

Have any other questions?

Refer to our Frequently Asked Questions page. Still not sure? Contact us with our contact form at the bottom of this page!

While we encourage all types of reconciliation based projects, 4Rs will prioritize applications focusing around: displaced Indigenous peoples and refugees, two-spirit and LGBTQ+ youth, BIPOC relations and identities, Black-Indigenous and other mixed Indigenous identities, young Indigenous mothers, land and water protection, reparations, Indigenous futurisms, cultural protection/revitalization, wellbeing and other conversations that are not prioritized meaningfully in the reconciliation process or get funded under typical reconciliation programs.

Both applications must be submitted to be considered complete.

Individual Application (What do you want to learn):

Each person on your team needs to complete this on their own. We want to get to know YOU – who are you, what are you hoping to learn this year and what draws you to this work?

Apply for Individuals here!

Team Application (What do you hope to create as a team?):

Your whole team must fill this out together. We want to know what brings you all together, how do you work together and what dreams do you have for your community?

Apply for Teams here!

What will the 2022-23 NLC cohort look like?

From June 2022 to May 2023, 4Rs will be bringing together a cohort of young people who will form a National Learning Community – the NLC. We are looking for groups of 2-4 young people to apply together as teams, to build capacity as community organizers using the 4Rs Framework and the knowledge of a network of teachers. As part of the NLC, each team will:

Participate in a co-created learning journey, beginning with a personalized orientation with the 4Rs team and a virtual meet and greet with your NLC cohort in July 2022.
Join us for an in-person learning/planning retreat in early August 2022 and a closing retreat in May 2023.
Participate in bi-monthly online All Teams Meetings to connect with other NLC members, learn from one another and gain more skills in hosting/planning work.
Opportunities to participate in learning conversations with organizers and leaders from BIPOC movements and organizations.
Receive an honorarium for personal use, and $10,000 in funding to be used towards hosting a gathering or project in 2022-2023
Have the opportunity to learn from another NLC project/gathering.
Benefit from the experiences of a homebase of shared communication, resources, people and support from the 4Rs Youth Movement team throughout the year.

STAY CONNECTED!

Do you see other ways that you could be involved? Join the 4Rs Youth Movement on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, use the hashtag #4Rsyouth, and get in on the conversation!