WHO WE ARE

We are Youth Engagement Specialists

Future North is dedicated to improving available resources and opportunities for youth 15 to 30 years old in the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin. We are a non-profit charity, working with over 30 partners!

We offer:

Strategy and Design consultation: LEAP
Youth Engagement workshops
Youth-led projects

Network for Youth Communities
Youth Empowerment Program
Tools and reports

Mission

A community where youth are engaged, supported, and valued in education, health care, employment, and all areas of their well-being.

Vision

To work collaboratively with young people to improve, transform, and create systems that honour their lived experiences and address their needs.

Values

We believe that strong youth leadership and engagement create healthy and thriving communities.

We will ensure that justice, equity, diversity and inclusion guide everything that we do.

We are committed to meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

We are committed to intersectional collaboration.

We are committed to wellness.

We believe that youth-led change is possible.

Strategic Priorities

Priority 1
Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We must challenge ageism, racism, heterosexism, ableism and all other “isms” within the district, and increase peer-to-peer programming to ensure that, as Future North grows, so too does our ongoing commitment to marginalised youth.

Priority 2
Financial Stability, Organizational Sustainability and Strategic Growth
We aim to be nimble and adaptive in the face of new opportunities, while continuing to build successful, learning-focused projects, pilot projects, programs, and initiatives. In our relationships, our finances, and our programming, stability and consistency will form our bedrock. The key to our financial stability is a focus on developing diversified revenue streams, with a particular emphasis on cultivating new unrestricted revenue streams.

Priority 3
Partnership
We are continuously focused on building an ecosystem of synergistic partnerships where young people will thrive. We will work with community partners and youth to test innovative ideas and ensure youth are at the table.

Priority 4
Youth Leadership and Advocacy
We commit to working from within the system to transform the youth experience by amplifying youth voices around the issues that impact them and their futures.