Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty and Prairieaction Foundation (PAF) announced the Saskatchewan recipients of the 2020 PAF Youth Leadership Awards on June 9.
The recipients for 2020 included the Clearwater Project Venture Youth Mentors of the Clearwater River Dene Nation. Collection Builders for Social Justice from the Carlton Comprehensive High School in Prince Albert were also successful. Other winners included the Daily Difference with Kelli Lemstra from Alliance Health of Moose Jaw, I鈥檓perfect 鈥� Imperfect: Understand Us - St. Gregory Elementary School, Regina and the Peer Support Volunteers from Churchill Community High School in La Ronge.
鈥淚 am very impressed by these creative and inspiring projects, which address issues facing young people today,鈥� said Lieutenant Governor Mirasty. 鈥淚 congratulate each of the recipients on this well-deserved recognition. I鈥檓 grateful to Prairieaction for celebrating achievement and for encouraging youth to contribute and to create solutions.鈥�
PAF was formed in response to the 1989 Montreal Massacre. PAF raises and grants funds for community-based research in the three prairie provinces into the causes of and solutions to violence and abuse. Action-oriented research is helping find effective ways to reduce the cycle of violence and keep individuals safe. The Honourable Russ Mirasty is the Honorary Patron of PAF in Saskatchewan.
The PAF Youth Leadership Award recognized young people who demonstrate leadership in making their schools, neighbourhoods and communities safer by raising awareness about abuse and violence, promoting healthy and safe relationships and/or developing innovative approaches to violence prevention.
In addition to public recognition, recipients receive up to $3000 to continue, expand, or duplicate their award-winning project, or to initiate a new activity.
Through the Youth Leadership Award, PAF hopes to encourage more young people to become involved in ending the cycle of violence.聽
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