How Can You Help?

Inuit and Indigenous children and youth face significant challenges, including overcrowded housing,

food insecurity, and the lingering effects of intergenerational trauma.

Despite these barriers, there is hope. 

Your Support Transforms Lives

Here’s how your contributions directly support our programs

Program Support Levels 2025 

• $8,000: Provides nutritious afterschool snacks for 20 youth for 9 months in one community program in Nunavut. 

• $11,000: Covers arts supplies for 20 youth for 9 months in one community program in Nunavut. 

• $65,000: Supports the travel and training costs of 8 Inuit artists from Nunavut to join Arctic Rose Foundation programs, sharing their stories, creative expressions, and art with local children and youth. 

• $150,000: Provides 20 youth in one remote fly-in community access to afterschool basic mental health supports through Inuit-led expressive arts, nutritious snacks, consistent creative safe space, leadership development, mentorship, and connections to Inuit and Indigenous artist role models. 

• $200,000: Covers the training and travel costs for 12 youth (and 6 chaperones), to lead and facilitate the Messy Book program in 3 Nunavut communities. 

Messy Book Program

• $40: Supports the creation of one participant Messy Book art kit. 

• $400: Covers the air freight of one box of monthly art supplies to a remote, fly-in community. 

• $600: Provides art supplies for one month for one Messy Book community program. 

• $888: Provides 20 participants with a nutritious afterschool snack five days a week for one month. 

• $7,770: Covers the cost of a five-day Guest Artist visit to a remote fly-in community, providing mentorship, new creative techniques, role models for participants, and respite for youth facilitators of the program. 

• $11,111: Supports the travel and training costs for 1 youth in a remote fly-in community to become facilitators of their local program. 

• $30,000: Supports wages for two high school student facilitators of the program and one supervisor for the school year. 

KAMAJIIT Program

• $50: Purchases one Indigenous-specific resource for basic mental health support for one youth. 

• $70: Provides one monthly self-care hygiene kit for one student in Nunavut, purchased and prepared locally. 

• $222: Provides a food hamper for one student to support weekly nutritious meals for themselves and their family. 

• $14,000: Supports the wages of one youth attending their local college to provide dignity supports to youth in their community. 

Susan Aglukark’s 30th Anniversary of ‘This Child’ 

Susan Aglukark has dedicated her career to uplifting Inuit and Indigenous voices through music and storytelling.

As Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a Juno Award (four in total) and an Officer of the Order of Canada, she has inspired generations with her music and advocacy.

How You Can Help

You can help us create brighter futures for youth in Northern communities. Here’s how: 

• Donate: Your contributions provide the resources needed to keep our programs thriving. 

• Attend the Tour: Be part of Susan Aglukark’s inspiring celebration of healing and hope. 

• Spread the Word: Amplify the voices of Inuit and Indigenous youth by sharing our mission on social media.