The Remix Project - OM for/pour SoundStock Academy

The Remix Project - OM for/pour SoundStock Academy

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Youth Innovations
Amount awarded$252,500
Duration36 months
Year2019-2020
Location served
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Toronto
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families
Age group15 to 19 years, 20 to 25 years
DescriptionDelivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a $252,500 grant over 36 months to address racism by providing disadvantaged Black youth in Toronto with the infrastructure to build their artistic, entrepreneurial, and technological capacity. The group will host two cycles of a 7-week artist development boot camp that aims to provide Black young creatives with knowledge, tools, and access to resources to help advance their music careers
Grant resultSupporting Indigenous, Black, and/or newcomer youth to enter the labour market and transition to sustainable career pathways