50 Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth are in Six Nations this week, part of program promoting reconciliation – CBC

Mar 26, 2026

Program brings youth together from across the country each year

Samantha Westlands was visiting Winnipeg in 2023 as a Grade 11 student when she heard about a new program called Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y).

It was being launched by the non-profit HIP (Honouring Indigenous Peoples), with the aim of fostering truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people — through a youth gathering. Westlands signed up.

“I thought it might be an interesting experience to find out a bit more about my culture, a bit more about where my grandmother comes from, and so that’s why I signed up for the first-ever experience,” Westlands told CBC Hamilton.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/youth-to-youth-truth-and-reconciliation-six-nations-of-the-grand-river-9.7141940