Since 1996, EPIC has designed, proposed, supervised and financially managed a broad range of project activities dedicated to the advancement of youth, young adults, parents and caregivers. The focus has been on African Nova Scotians, Mi’kmaq, disadvantaged learners and youth at-risk. A summary of the projects and funders from 1997 – 2006 are listed below.
Past projects since 2006: ADAPT
See EPIC’s Current Projects
| YEAR | PROJECT | FUNDING PARTNERS | ACTIVITIES |
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| 1997 | Black Literacy: Transforming Aspiration into Access | • National Literacy Secretariat | Community development training to increase Black adult literacy |
| 1998 | Family Resource Enhancement of Socialization and Health |
• Isaac Walton Killam Foundation • Ethiopian Community Club • Family Resource Center |
Expanded family resource and literacy services for the Cape Breton Black community |
| 1998 | Links Multicultural Facilitation Program |
• Nova Scotia Education & Culture • Union of Nova Scotia Indians • Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq • Native Council of Nova Scotia |
Field-of-study internships for 92 Mi’kmaq university students across Nova Scotia |
| 1998- 2000 |
Peer Literacy Project four communities: Black, L.D. and two First Nations |
• National Literacy Secretariat • Justice Canada • Canadian Heritage • Isaac Walton Killam Foundation • Eskasoni First Nation • Membertou First Nation • Cape Breton School Board |
Peer tutoring for at-risk Black, First Nation junior/senior high students and elementary students with diagnosed learning differences; creation of community safe havens for crime prevention |
| 1999 | Heritage Enhancment of Adult Literacy (HEAL) |
• Canadian Heritage • National Literacy Secretariat • Ethiopian Community Club |
Development of adult literacy materials from interviews of Black community leaders |
| 1999 | Black Adult Literacy Linking Ancestral Stories to Teaching (BALLAST) |
• National Literacy Secretariat | Development of writing competence based on Cape Breton Black history stories |
| 1999- 2000 |
Safe Haven | • National Crime Prevention, Community Mobilization | Development and management of a variety of workshops, cultural animations, theater presentation by youth and elders in various settings on crime prevention, youth empowerment and anti-racism. |
| 2001 | Peer Haven Ongoing Community Activated Learning |
• Human Resources Development • Eskasoni First Nation |
Peer tutoring, theatre and art to encourage at-risk junior high students to stay in school |
| 2001- 2003 |
Youth PEERS Program (Promoting Esteem & Encouraging Re-entry Support) |
• Justice Canada • Salvation Army • Island Community Justice • Cape Breton School Board |
Peer tutoring with art and music instruction and small group social interaction to reduce incarceration of high-risk young offenders |
| 2003- 2005 |
Youth PEER Transformation |
• Justice Canada, Youth Justice Division • The Law Foundation of Nova Scotia • National Crime Prevention, Community Mobilization • Cape Breton Employability Partnership • RBC Foundation In-kind Contributions • Cape Breton Regional School Board |
Peer tutoring with art and music instruction and small group social interaction to reduce incarceration of high-risk young offenders |
| 2003- 2004 |
Community Youth Volunteer Empowerment | •Volunteer Canada | Production of the Volunteer Empowerment Tool-kit by & for Youth Peer Volunteers and the Canadian Volunteerism Initiative |
| 2004- 2006 |
EMPATHIC – curriculum development and evaluation |
• National Crime Prevention, Investment Fund In-kind contributions |
Partnership with the managing organization, Eskasoni School Board, in the aboriginal adaptation of PATHS, a social-emotional curriculum for grades 1-5 with EPIC having responsibility for project supervision (including working with evaluators), editing, production and teacher support in the early stages. |
