Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · New Westminster, BC · grants and contributions register · New Westminster–Burnaby

Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $3.4M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.

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12agreements
$3.4Mvalue
2departments
6programs

Largest agreements

Bootstraps: Removing Barriers to Employment for Youth from Foster Care$1.3Mvalue2021start2024end

The objectives of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program (YESSP) are to help all youth navigate through the labour market and to successfully transition into sustained employment. These objectives are attained by supporting the needs of all youth, especially youth facing barriers to develop skills, knowledge and networks through education, skills development and meaningful work experiences.

HPS-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery$666Kvalue2010start–end

Communities that have been identified as having a significant problem with homelessness are able to access multi-year funding under this component that must be matched from other sources in the same way as the former National Homelessness Initiative's Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative.

Bootstraps- Employment and Essential Skills training for youth in and from care$559Kvalue2019start2021end

The objectives of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) are to help all youth navigate through the labour market and to successfully transition into sustained employment. These objectives are attained by supporting the needs of all youth, especially youth facing barriers to develop skills, knowledge and networks through education, skills development and meaningful work experiences.

Feminists Deliver: A Virtual Advocacy Network$500Kvalue2021start2024end

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Aunt Leah's Independent Life skills Society will achieve this by expanding the membership of the Feminists Deliver coalition, enhancing the leadership capacity of women in the feminist movement to address systemic inequities, building local, regional, and provincial partnerships among coalition members and other key stakeholders, and hosting the 2nd Feminists Deliver conference. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemi

The Bootstrap Project: Employing Youth from Foster Care$152Kvalue2016start–end
Youth - Career Focus - Project$137Kvalue2018start2019end

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Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$26.5Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

Aunt Leah's Place: Employing Youth from Foster Care$25.9Kvalue2018start2018end

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Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$25.8Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Aunt Leah's Place$25.1Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Aunt Leah's Place: Providing Foster Youth their First Jobs$16.2Kvalue2020start2021end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Aunt Leah's Place$9.8Kvalue2023start2023end

The expected outcomes of CSJ are: .• Youth are employed, in training or education, or in further employment services and interventions..

Departments

Employment and Social Development Canada11agreements$2.9Mvalue5programs
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery
  • Youth - Career Focus - Project
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$500Kvalue1programs

Years

20231agreements$9.8Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20221agreements$25.1Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20213agreements$1.8Mvalue3programs
  • Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
  • Women's Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20201agreements$16.2Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20192agreements$586Kvalue2programs
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20182agreements$163Kvalue2programs
  • Youth - Career Focus - Project
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20161agreements$152Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Skills Link - Project
20101agreements$666Kvalue1programs
  • HPS-Designated Communities-Shared Delivery

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.