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Indspire / Mike DeGagne, President and CEO

Address, activities & membership

Indspire - Address, activities & membership

Address:

50 Generations Drive
4th Line Rd PO Box 5
Ohsweken, ON  N0A 1M0
Canada

Telephone number: 905-765-1566

  • Contact information in previous versions
    • 50 Generations Drive
      4th Line Rd PO Box 5
      Ohsweken, ON  N0A 1M0
      Canada

      Telephone number: 519-445-3011

    • 50 Generations Drive
      4th Line Rd PO Box 759
      Ohsweken, ON  N0A 1M0
      Canada

      Telephone number: 519-445-3011

    • 2160 4th Line Rd PO Box 759
      Ohsweken, ON  N0A 1M0
      Canada

      Telephone number: 519-445-3011

      Fax number: 519-445-0036  

    • 2160 4th Line Rd PO Box 759
      Ohsweken, ON  N0A 1M0
      Canada

      Telephone number: 416-926-0775

      Fax number: 416-926-7554  


Description of the organization's activities:
Indspire is a registered national charity that offers the tools necessary for Indigenous youth to achieve their full potential. Each year, Indspire distributes post-secondary scholarships and bursaries to First Nations, Inuit and Métis students nationwide, presents powerful career conferences for Indigenous youth in cities across Canada, and delivers a range of additional programs to improve high school completion rates among Indigenous students.

  • Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
    • Indspire is a registered national charity that offers the tools necessary for Indigenous youth to achieve their full potential. Each year, Indspire distributes annually more than $12 million in post-secondary scholarships and bursaries to First Nations, Inuit and Métis students nationwide, presents powerful career conferences for Indigenous youth in cities across Canada, and delivers a range of additional programs to improve high school completion rates among Indigenous students.
    • Indspire is a registered national charity that offers the tools necessary for Indigenous youth to achieve their full potential. Each year, Indspire distributes annually more than $5 million in post-secondary scholarships and bursaries to First Nations, Inuit and Métis students nationwide, presents powerful career conferences for Indigenous youth in cities across Canada, and delivers a range of additional programs to improve high school completion rates among Indigenous students.
    • Indspire formally known as the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) is a nationally registered charity devoted to supporting, innovating and fundamentally transforming Indigenous education. But as our name suggests, we are equally committed to exposing indigenous youth to inspiring people and possibilities. The influence of postive indigenous role models is often life-changing. Se we consistently celebrate Indigenous achievers of all ages and backgrounds, recognizing those who have persisted and overcome. In everything we do, we seek to reveal something powerful that lives in every child: the person they are meant to be.
    • The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) is a nationally registered non-profit organization devoted to excellence and providing the educational tools necessary for Aboriginal youth to achieve brighter futures. NAAF promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society through the implementation of four initiatives - the Scholarship Program, the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, Blueprint for the Future and Taking Pulse

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Indspire's Board of Directors are comprised of CEOs, lawyers, educators, aboriginal leaders, and business people, all of whom are devoted supporters of the organizations mandate.

  • Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
    • The Foundation's Members are its Board of Directors comprised of CEOs, lawyers, educators, aboriginal leaders, and business people, all of whom are devoted supporters of the Foundation's mandate.

Public offices held: Robin Henry

List of Public Offices Held
Position Period Held Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Summer Intern
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Indigenous Employment 		May 1996 to August 1996 Not a designated office

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-03-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Post Corporation (CPC) $60,000.00 Yes
Canadian Heritage (PCH) $500,000.00 Yes
Defence Construction Canada (DCC) $5,600.00 Yes
Elections Canada $7,500.00 Yes
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) $17,817,000.00 Yes
Government of Alberta $72,500.00 Yes
Government of British Columbia $15,000.00 Yes
Government of Ontario $269,017.00 Yes
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) $80,108.00 Yes
Justice Canada (JC) $115,000.00 Yes

  • Government funding in previous versions

      List of Government Funding
      End date of the last completed financial year Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
      2023-03-31 Canada Post Corporation (CPC) $60,000.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Canadian Heritage (PCH) $400,000.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Canadian Space Agency (CSA) $2,500.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Defence Construction Canada (DCC) $5,600.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Elections Canada $6,500.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) $17,201,486.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Government of Alberta $68,971.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Government of British Columbia $15,000.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Government of Nunavut $25,000.00 No
      2023-03-31 Government of Ontario $287,609.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) $65,353.00 Yes
      2023-03-31 Justice Canada (JC) $115,000.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Canadian Heritage (PCH) $400,000.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Elections Canada $4,250.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) $12,332,870.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Government of Alberta $214,000.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Government of Ontario $1,913,357.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) $1,250.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) $57,381.00 Yes
      2021-03-31 Justice Canada (JC) $115,000.00 Yes

Public offices held: Robin Henry

List of Public Offices Held
Position Period Held Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Summer Intern
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Indigenous Employment 		May 1996 to August 1996 Not a designated office

Public offices held: Yancy Craig

List of Public Offices Held
Position Period Held Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Policy Advisor
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Strategic Policy Directorate 		January 2011 to June 2014 Not a designated office
Learning Advisor
Canada School of Public Service, Leadership Development Programs 		May 2008 to January 2011 Not a designated office
Senior Policy Analyst
Environment Canada, International Affairs 		May 2006 to May 2008 Not a designated office
Policy Analyst
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Economic Development Policy 		September 2003 to May 2006 Not a designated office
Policy Analyst
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Social Policy Directorate 		February 2001 to September 2003 Not a designated office
Student Intern
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Economic Development Programs 		May 1998 to September 1998 Not a designated office
Student Intern
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian Registration 		May 1997 to August 1997 Not a designated office
Student Intern
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Lands and Trusts Services 		April 1996 to August 1996 Not a designated office

Public offices held: Mike DeGagne

List of Public Offices Held
Position Period Held Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Accounting Operations 		1996 to 1998 Not a designated office
Senior Negotiator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Comprehensive Claims 		1994 to 1996 Not a designated office
Director
Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Programs 		1992 to 1994 Not a designated office
National Liaison
Health Canada, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse 		1990 to 1992 Not a designated office

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