ABUNDANCE FELLOWSHIP
A cohort-based program that provides meaningful opportunities and funding to Indigenous, Black, racialized youth and newcomers.
Overview
We have created the Abundance Fellowship which will provide around 6 Indigenous and/or Black and/or racialized and/or newcomer youth with $100,000 over one year. The cohort members will have access to administrative skills building, support, coaches, and other resources to get their projects from “start” to “scale.”
Fellowship Phases
Build Capacity
This phase focuses on establishing a strong foundation for fellows by fostering a sense of community, providing essential skills training, and connecting them with speakers and mentors.
Leadership
Applicants will be required to provide insights into their leadership qualities, experiences, and motivations. This criterion assesses the applicant’s ability to lead and inspire others to action. Applicants must align with identified roles such as receptors, disruptors, infiltrators, and instigators for climate justice. This criterion ensures that the fellowship cohort represents diverse perspectives and approaches within the climate movement.
Objectives
- Establish a strong foundation for fellows by fostering a sense of community
- Providing essential skills training
- Connecting them with speakers and mentors.
What's Involved
- Week long skills-building retreat
Key Dates
Intro meeting:
January 21, 2025 @ 2pm EST (online)
Retreat:
February 2025
Build Support
Fosters ongoing mentorship and coaching relationships to support fellows in their personal and professional growth throughout the fellowship year.
Leadership
Applicants will be required to provide insights into their leadership qualities, experiences, and motivations. This criterion assesses the applicant’s ability to lead and inspire others to action. Applicants must align with identified roles such as receptors, disruptors, infiltrators, and instigators for climate justice. This criterion ensures that the fellowship cohort represents diverse perspectives and approaches within the climate movement.
Objectives
- Foster ongoing mentorship and coaching relationships
- Support fellows in their personal and professional growth throughout the fellowship year.
What's Involved
- Development of Personal Boards
- Access to subject matter coaches
- Access to leadership coaching
Key Dates
Check-in meeting:
March 12, 2025 @ 2pm EST (online)
Build Impact
The last phase works to evaluate the impact of fellows’ work and celebrate their achievements, while also preparing them for future fundraising and capacity-building beyond the fellowship.
Leadership
Applicants will be required to provide insights into their leadership qualities, experiences, and motivations. This criterion assesses the applicant’s ability to lead and inspire others to action. Applicants must align with identified roles such as receptors, disruptors, infiltrators, and instigators for climate justice. This criterion ensures that the fellowship cohort represents diverse perspectives and approaches within the climate movement.
Objectives
- Evaluate the impact of fellows’ work
- Celebrate their achievements
- Prepare them for future fundraising and capacity-building beyond the fellowship
What's Involved
- Development of Personal Boards
- Soft Workshops
- Impact Reporting and Feedback
- Alumni Engagement Network
- Final Gathering
Key Dates
Check-in meeting:
Sept 9, 2025 @ 2pm EST (online)
Final celebration:
Oct 2025
Impact reporting:
Nov – Dec 2025
Application Process
1.
Expression of Interest
Preliminary criteria assessment.
Applicants who meet the basic eligibility requirements will be invited to submit a full application.
2.
Application
Applicants will need to submit:
- Resumé or CV
- Project Budget
- A community letter of support
- Full Application
Application closes August 23, 2024 at 6pm EST
3.
Interview
Selected applicants will be invited to schedule an interview.
Sept 18 – Oct 2, 2024
4.
Review
The applications and interview outcomes will be reviewed by both the Youth Steering Committee and the FES Board.
Oct 2 – 24, 2024
5.
Selection
Fellows are notified and must accept the offer prior to onboarding.
Oct 24 – 31, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Mandatory
- Aged 30 or under. Indigenous folks can apply aged 35 or under.
- Identify as newcomer and/or Indigenous and/or Black and/or racialized youth
- Has Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, refugee status or a visa.
- English or French.
- Adheres to the Youth Harbour principles
Secondary
- Applicants should possess a pre-existing budget for their project.
- Applications will need to demonstrate community support for their project. Letters of support from community stakeholders are required as an application requirement.
- Applicants must submit a resume detailing their relevant experience and qualifications.
- Preference will be given to projects with a clear focus on local community impact.
- Applicants must align with the identified roles of Innovators, Visionaries, Disruptors and Infiltrators for climate justice.
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- Innovators and Visionaries focus on designing and creating alternative ideas that offer new solutions to existing problems.
- Disruptors and Infiltrators seek to create significant shifts in societal and corporate dynamics. You often find these players in frontline advocacy and institutional activism that bring ideas from Innovators and Visionaries to broader decision making communities.
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Application Support
Abundance Fellowship Application Booklet
Since the online form does not allow you to save your progress, you can use this booklet to ensure you have well-thought-out and complete answers ready for submission.
We would like to encourage you to use this booklet as a valuable resource in your application process.
Abundance Fellowship Information Webinar
During this webinar, you’ll:
- Learn about the goals and benefits of the fellowship
- Understand the application process and key deadlines
- Get your questions answered by our team
Application Criteria
The elements that your application will be assessed on.
Leadership
Applicants will be required to provide insights into their leadership qualities, experiences, and motivations. This criterion assesses the applicant’s ability to lead and inspire others to action. Applicants must align with identified roles such as receptors, disruptors, infiltrators, and instigators for climate justice. This criterion ensures that the fellowship cohort represents diverse perspectives and approaches within the climate movement.
Leadership
Applicants will be required to provide insights into their leadership qualities, experiences, and motivations. This criterion assesses the applicant’s ability to lead and inspire others to action. Applicants must align with identified roles Innovators, Visionaries, Disruptors and Infiltratorsfor climate justice. This criterion ensures that the fellowship cohort represents diverse perspectives and approaches within the climate movement.
Project Impact
Applicants must outline the potential impact of their project, demonstrating its significance and benefits to their community. This criterion evaluates the applicant’s understanding of their project’s goals and outcomes. Preference will be given to projects with a clear focus on local community impact. This criterion emphasizes the importance of addressing local needs and engaging with the community effectively.
Community
Applicants must detail their connection to and understanding of their community. This criterion assesses the applicant’s knowledge of their community’s needs and their ability to engage with community members effectively. A letter of support from community stakeholders are required to demonstrate community backing. This criterion validates the applicant’s project within their community and ensures that it meets the community’s needs.
Adherence to Youth Harbour Principles
Refers to the extent to which an applicant’s proposed project and overall approach align with the core values, beliefs, and goals of Youth Harbour
Alignment with Fellowship Requirements
Refers to how well an applicant’s profile, qualifications, and documentation meet the specified criteria set forth by the fellowship program and how they adhere to the eligibility criteria outlined by the fellowship.
Expression of Interest
Once you confirm your project for eligibility, you will receive access to our application portal.
Key Dates
Application
July 2024
3rd: Information webinar at 3pm EST
August 2024
23rd: Application closes at 6pm EST
September 2024
4th-18th: Application evaluation
18th: Interviews begin
October 2024
2nd: Interviews conclude
2nd-24th: Interview evaluation
24th-31st: Selection
Onboarding
November 2024 – January 2025
Jan 21st: Onboarding intro meeting
Fellowship
February 2025
Retreat
March 2025
12th: Check-in meeting
September 2025
9th: Check-in meeting
October 2025
Final celebration
Evaluation
November – December 2025
Impact reporting
Access Support
Reach out to our coach for assistance on your application and to answer any questions.
Nomination of an applicant
If you are looking to nominate an applicant please email salma@fesplanet.org
Stay in the know
Receive updates on the current and future fellowship announcements by joining our fellowship email list.
We’d like to thank all of our supporters that have contributed to the efforts at The Youth Harbour.
The Youth Harbour operates all throughout Turtle Island and is headquartered in the traditional territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
We encourage you to learn and discover more about the lands where you work, live, laugh, love, and play on using the Native-Land Tool. If you would like to learn more about the history of Indigenous peoples, we recommend this online course by the University of Alberta as a good starting point to your journey.
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