Project title

Black and Proud 2026 – Towards a new generation

Amount of funding:

40 000 $

Location

Manitoba

Project description:

From 1 to 29 February 2026, the Théâtre Cercle Molière will be celebrating Black History Month in style with a special edition of Noir et Fier, which also forms part of its centenary celebrations. Throughout the month, more than 1,500 young people aged 14 to 30 will be invited to take part in a series of artistic, educational and festive activities: a youth symposium, an evening of festivities, a podcast, school visits and a theatre production. The event aims to strengthen young people’s sense of belonging, amplify their voices and highlight the richness and diversity of Manitoba’s Francophone community.

Project title 

CINE ACADEMY TOUR

Amount of funding:

53 000 $

Location

Alberta

Project description:

CINE ACADEMY TOUR is a travelling programme of creative workshops on the theme of cinema, aimed at French-speaking schools, immersion schools and community centres. It will run from September 2025 to the end of February 2026. The programme is aimed at young French speakers aged 14 to 30, as well as English speakers learning French. The aim is to strengthen the use of French through artistic creation, using an inclusive, educational and creative approach. Led by a professional film practitioner, the workshops introduce participants to film analysis, screenwriting, filming and editing. Each group leaves with a short film that they have conceived, filmed, acted in and edited. 60 workshops are planned across 10 cities. CINE ACADEMY TOUR explores the world of cinema in a fun, interactive and participatory way, with an educational focus. These themes serve as a gateway to the imagination and boundless creativity. Silence… Lights, camera, action… Cut

Project title 

Bushwak 2025 + the FJCF’s ‘Là pour ÇA’ Conference

Amount of funding:

17 500 $

Location

Manitoba

Project description:

Bushwak is a summer camp set in the great outdoors for French-speaking young adults (aged 18 to 30) in Manitoba. From 28 August to 1 September, 20 to 25 participants will enjoy a fully immersive French-language experience, featuring workshops, challenges, concerts and much more. The camp aims to build outdoor skills, interpersonal skills and self-confidence. Thanks to the national component, members of our board of directors will also be able to benefit from training offered by the FJCF as part of the pan-Canadian congress Là pour ÇA. Scheduled for February 2026, this congress will bring together more than 70 young people from across the country for workshops, conferences and discussions, fostering their civic engagement and their role in youth governance.

Project title 

Nightwalks with Teenagers

Amount of funding:

25 000 $

Location

Vancouver

Project description:

Nightwalks with Teenagers will be a show for the general public, a night-time walk and an invitation to intergenerational dialogue. It will create an experimental space for socialising, aimed at giving young people’s voices the same weight as those of adults. In September and October 2025, 25 teenage performers, supported by the renowned company Mammalian Diving Reflex, will create six social performances in the form of walks around Vancouver, during which they will invite 500 members of the general public to see the city from their perspective.

Project title 

Là pour ÇA 2026 Conference

Amount of funding:

80 000 $

Location

Across Canada (Ottawa)

Project description:

With a view to developing the network’s expertise and strengthening its governance, the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française (FJCF) plans to organise in Ottawa, in the winter of 2026, the ‘Là pour ça’ Congress, a dynamic pan-Canadian gathering, designed BY and FOR young people aged 14 to 25, to enable them to exchange ideas, develop their skills, get to know one another better and discover the full richness of the national youth network in all its diversity, in French!

In order to meet the specific needs of young people from Canada’s official language minority communities and French-speaking young people whose mother tongue is not French, who wish to play an active role in their respective communities, the Là pour ÇA Congress will offer workshops, talks and exchange activities designed to equip young people to get involved in their communities and actively engage in civic participation.

Project title 

The reach of the CJFCB’s cultural and artistic programme

Amount of funding:

70 000 $

Location

British Columbia

Project description:

The project offers an in-person cultural and artistic programme aimed at French-speaking young people in British Columbia, centred around two events: Crescendo, a performing arts show, and the Franco-Colombian Improvisation League (LIFC). These events aim to encourage artistic expression, strengthen linguistic confidence and foster a sense of belonging to the Francophone community among French-speaking young people aged 14 to 18 in British Columbia. Crescendo enables young people to perform in front of an audience following a process of auditions, mentoring and training. The LIFC engages around 65 young people through local training sessions and a provincial tournament as part of the Festival du Bois. These gatherings offer young Francophones in minority communities unique opportunities to express themselves in French, forge lasting bonds and identify with Francophone artistic role models.

Project title 

Teen Programme 2025–2026

Amount of funding:

79 000 $

Location

Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Beauport, Matane and Baie-Comeau (Quebec)

Project description:

The ‘Teen Programming 2025–2026’ project involves the development of a brand-new initiative by and for teenagers in Beauport in autumn 2025, the creation of a brand-new creative workshop aimed primarily at this age group, centred around digital mapping and stop-motion technologies, as well as the addition of a 100% teen-focused section to two tours of our autumn/winter programme. These two projects comprise an extended tour of Francophone communities in the Atlantic provinces (September to November 2025) and a presentation at the Matane-Baie-Comeau river station (December 2025–January 2026). Overall, the project in Beauport, along with the teen-focused components of our projects in the Atlantic provinces, Matane and Baie-Comeau, should enable us to reach around 800 young people aged 14 to 18.

Project title 

Creating and getting involved: towards a French-language theatre that reflects young people

Amount of funding:

33 000 $

Location

Ontario

Project description:

From 15 September 2025 to 1 March 2026, Théâtre Action will be running a provincial project aimed at strengthening the expression and engagement of young Francophones in Ontario through theatre. Artistic support will be provided to around 20 groups from French-language secondary schools across several regions of the province. In total, nearly 300 to 350 young people aged 14 to 18 will be supported in the development and presentation of an original theatrical production in French. At the same time, a youth advisory committee will be established. It will bring together young people aged 16 to 30 from various regions. This committee’s mandate will be to reflect on issues affecting Francophone youth, propose courses of action and participate in the evaluation of Théâtre Action’s youth projects. The project aims to strengthen linguistic security, civic engagement and a sense of belonging to Ontario’s Francophone community.

Project title 

Taking care of our ecosystems and rethinking our consumption: climate literacy for secondary schools students in British Columbia (for French schools and French immersion schools)

Amount of funding:

60 000 $

Location

British Columbia

Project description:

EcoNova Educations’ workshops help tomorrow’s citizens and professionals to understand the importance of the environment. For pupils in Years 9 to 12, we offer year-round thematic programmes in French on ecosystems and rethinking consumption. Each programme comprises a series of progressive workshops (2 to 3) and a teacher’s pack with selected resources. Participating students also attend a screening of a French film on the theme and launch school projects. Through the VIF Programme, we plan to deliver these programmes in person to 20 classes in French and French immersion schools across British Columbia during the 2025–2026 school year (September 2025 to February 2026). In total, more than 1,500 pupils (aged 14–18) could take part. Our initiative will provide numerous opportunities for young Canadian residents—both Francophones and Francophiles—aged 14 to 18 to come together, exchange ideas, encourage one another and engage in French on environmental projects, supported by the EcoNova team and their teachers.

Project title 

The forest in motion: trails, knowledge and flavours in the great outdoors

Amount of funding:

39 000 $

Location

New Brunswick

Project description:

Les Gailurons Outdoor Centre is launching an engaging project that will involve more than 160 young people aged 14 to 17 in the design, construction and management of a new network of mountain bike trails incorporating educational and environmental elements. The project will include planting a food forest, creating rest areas in the countryside, as well as practical workshops on forest survival and foraging. All activities will be conducted in French and will place young people at the heart of the action, entrusting them with specific roles throughout the project. This project aims to strengthen their sense of belonging, encourage their civic engagement and provide them with opportunities for practical outdoor learning connected to their local environment. It should be noted that the workshops will also be offered to 40 young adults aged 18 to 30.

Project title 

30th anniversary of the Franco-Yukon Youth Committee (JeFY) & participation in the pan-Canadian conference

Amount of funding:

41 500 $

Location

Yukon

Project description:

As part of the 30th anniversary of the Comité Jeunesse franco-Yukon (JeFY), we wish to organise a major evening show in December 2025 to celebrate the French-speaking youth of the territory. This project aims to bring together over a hundred people to enjoy the talents of young artists, whilst highlighting their leadership and active role in the community. There would also be a programme of activities for young people aged 19 to 30, designed to embed youth participation within the Yukon’s Francophone community. Finally, the proposed project includes a pan-Canadian component, through which we intend to send a youth delegation to the Là pour ÇA Congress, an event focused on building connections and developing skills. We will aim to strengthen young people’s sense of belonging, foster their Franco-Yukonian pride, and encourage linguistic confidence, whilst focusing on civic engagement and intergenerational exchanges.

Project title 

Cultural exchanges

Amount of funding:

75 000 $

Location

Nova Scotia

Project description:

This project aims to strengthen the cultural pride and sense of identity among young Francophones aged 12 to 25 in Nova Scotia. Through a series of mainly in-person activities (improvisation workshops, French-language social evenings, intercultural gatherings, youth exchanges and training sessions), Rapprochements culturels will create meaningful opportunities to explore various cultural dimensions (Acadian, artistic, sporting, immigration, Afro-Nova Scotian, etc.). Partnerships with the FJCF to foster inter-provincial connections, cultural visits such as that to the Black Cultural Centre, and a host of community-building activities across several regions will ensure a broad and inclusive geographical reach. The project encourages the active involvement of young people in the planning, facilitation and evaluation of activities.

Project title 

Project Connect

Amount of funding:

79 500 $

Location

Gaspé Peninsula, Laurentians and Eastern Townships (Quebec)

Project description:

From 30 June 2025 to 1 March 2026, the Connect project will give English-speaking young people from three regions of Quebec (Gaspésie, Laurentides and the Eastern Townships) the opportunity to each organise two in-person community events in French for both English-speaking and French-speaking young people. The first, small-scale event invites young people to come together and take part in a creative activity whilst practising their French. The second, large-scale event, the Human Library, invites young people to listen to the life stories of other young people in their community and to engage in a language exchange. The Connect project aims to bring young people together to boost their confidence in speaking and strengthen their sense of belonging to their community. Reaching 50 young people (aged 14 to 30) per region, the events will facilitate exchanges between English-speaking and French-speaking young people. Y4Y also anticipates that young people will forge closer links with local organisations, so that they feel inspired to create future bicultural exchange events for their peers.

Project title 

AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE

Amount of funding:

37 000 $

Location

Ottawa (Ontario)

Project description:

REGARD EXTÉRIEUR will run from September 2025 to February 2026 and will bring together a youth council comprising 30 to 40 teenagers aged 14 to 18, from three different areas of Ottawa (Vanier, Orléans and the city centre). These young people will form an artistic advisory community linked to the activities of Théâtre Catapulte. Through theatre outings, dramaturgy workshops and open discussions, they will discover Ottawa’s French-language theatre scene and reflect on the issues addressed on stage that are relevant to teenagers. Their reflections will inform the collective creation of a post-performance civic engagement initiative, designed to engage other young people—whether Francophone or Francophile—as well as the general public. This initiative, conceived and designed by the REGARD EXTÉRIEUR group, will be rolled out during performances of the show *Pour Maëlle* in February 2026, reaching approximately 635 audience members aged 14 to 30. The initiative will be rolled out again during Théâtre Catapulte’s 2026–2028 seasons.

Project title 

Tell me about your world, create it differently; art, storytelling and upcycling in French.

Amount of funding:

22 000 $

Location

Thunder Bay (Ontario)

Project description:

The project will run from June 2025 to February 2026 and will involve around 60 young people aged 12 to 30 attending French-language secondary schools, immersion schools, French-as-a-second-language schools and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. It will consist of a series of artistic workshops in French, held outside school hours, in a safe, inclusive and creative environment. Information and recruitment sessions will be held at school boards and the university in June–July, then in French classes in September–October, followed by a survey and a call for participation. The aim is to strengthen young people’s linguistic confidence and their sense of belonging to the Francophone community. Through art, they will explore themes such as mental health, addiction and identity, whilst developing their creativity. Led by an artist and a social work practitioner, the workshops will offer a supportive approach, whilst promoting the everyday use of French and intercultural exchange.

Project title 

Ink generation

Amount of funding:

25 000 $ 

Location

Manitoba

Project description:

Génération d’encre est un café d’écriture destiné aux jeunes adultes francophones et francophiles du Manitoba (18-35 ans). Deux fois par mois, de septembre à décembre, une dizaine de participant·e·s se retrouvent au Café Postal à Saint-Boniface pour explorer leur créativité à travers des ateliers animés par Anne-Marie Turcotte, autrice basée au Manitoba qui s’inspire du style néo-terroir. Les séances invitent les jeunes à puiser dans leurs souvenirs, leur vécu et leurs racines pour créer des récits personnels, travaillant tant le fond (personnages, lieux, identité) que la forme (structure, style, images). Un cabaret littéraire à mi-parcours permettra de partager les textes en public. Le projet aboutira à la publication d’un recueil collectif en février, suivi d’un lancement officiel en juin, mettant en lumière ces voix émergentes. Génération d’encre vise à encourager la confiance, briser le sentiment d’imposture et favoriser un espace inclusif et créatif.

Project title 

Francofièvre 2026: An expanded edition to boost the impact of the Francophone youth community in Saskatchewan

Amount of funding:

58 500 $

Location

Saskatchewan

Project description:

Francofièvre is the largest Francophone youth cultural gathering in Saskatchewan, held annually, alternating between Saskatoon and Regina. In February 2026, thanks to this additional funding, the event will take the form of two consecutive days of in-person activities. Through this project, the addition of a second day will enable the event to welcome a total of over 3,000 young people from 50 to 60 Fransaskois and French immersion schools. At the heart of this initiative are the young people who experience their Francophone identity by taking part in educational, cultural and artistic activities in French. These activities are designed to strengthen young people’s linguistic confidence, their sense of belonging and their motivation to live fully in French.