The Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) is seeking quotes from qualified Indigenous consulting firms or individuals to provide expert consulting services. The selected consultant(s) will work closely with our organization to enhance our understanding and implementation of Indigenous perspectives, cultural competency, and community engagement in our Mentoring for Youth and Young Adults from Care (MYYAC) project. This project aims to provide …
AMP’s Evaluation Journey – Building AMP’s Evaluation Capacity
Evaluation has played a crucial role in supporting AMP’s growth and efforts in uplifting the mentoring profile in Alberta since its inception. In 2014, after completing their second organization-wide evaluation, AMP recognized the benefits of evaluation and saw the potential insights evaluation could provide to their partnership. As a result, AMP staff started to encourage and invite their partners to also learn about and engage in evaluation.
AMP’s Evaluation Journey – AMP’s First Steps in Evaluation
The biggest takeaway organizations gain from planning and engaging in an evaluation is its usefulness. Designed to a specific context, program or policy, evaluations provide organizations with the opportunity to uncover the nuances of their functioning, providing them with evidence that informs how to improve their actions to meaningfully impact those they serve. It was this usefulness that compelled AMP …
AMP’s Evaluation Journey – In The Beginning…
Have you ever been asked to name a role model or someone you look up to, and felt completely stuck in how to answer? If so, who did you eventually choose, and why? From my experience, I usually name someone in my life who has provided me support, advice, friendship, and guidance with kindness and sincerity. However, for many children …
WEBINAR: Knowledge Keeper Series: Adrian LaChance
Adrian LaChance is a Plains Cree originally from James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, a traditional dancer/ singer & helper. Mr. LaChance has been in the helping field since 1999 and still continues to help when needed. Most recently Mr. LaChance was involved in the 2017 National Elders Gathering in Edmonton Alberta as the Cultural Day Coordinator as well as …
Talks with Elder – Knowledge Keeper Series: Rick Lightning
Elder Rick Lightning has over 25 years of counseling as a mental health therapist, school counselor, drug/alcohol addictions counselor, probation and parole officer. More recently, he has provided cultural support to Grant MacEwan University/College, Concordia College, U of A, and CASA. Elder Rick strongly supports mentoring for Indigenous Youth. 1) How to Subscribe (and leave us a review!) Subscribe on …
Talks with Elder – Knowledge Keeper Series: Murial Lee
Date Recorded: September 27th, 2021AMP will be joined by Elder Murial Lee from Maswacis to share Cree traditional knowledge and practices to honor Truth and Reconciliation Week.Topics including prayer, smudging, natural law, Truth and Reconciliation, and Indigenous mentoring will be discussed during this hour-long webinar. 1) How to Subscribe (and leave us a review!) Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Sticher …
Albertans Stepping up to Support Indigenous Mentorship
Date Recorded: June 21st, 2021Bent Arrow’s Coyote Pride Program, Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters Edmonton and Area, Big Brothers Big Sisters Calgary and area, and AMP have come together to bring awareness to Indigenous Mentoring! Mentoring organizations throughout Alberta are currently looking for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Mentors to mentor an Indigenous child or youth. There are over …
Pow Wow 101
A Pow Wow is a sacred social gathering held by many North American Indigenous communities. It is an event to dance, sing, socialize and honour traditions and culture of Indigenous peoples. A Pow Wow can be one day or last all weekend, from a Friday to Sunday night, with breaks for supper and sleep. Everyone is invited to attend a …