Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities — Sport Support Program | Stream Three

The Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC) component of the Sport Support Program funds eligible organizations to deliver sport for social development projects in Indigenous communities in Canada.

The SSDIC component offers a flexible program that can be tailored to address the self-identified social goals of individual Indigenous communities.

Funding is delivered through 3 streams to expand sport programming in Indigenous communities across Canada:

• Stream One: $5.3 million is available annually to the 13 Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies (PTASBs) and the Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC) for the development of sport community projects
• Stream Two: $3.6 million is available annually to Indigenous governments, communities and other not-for-profit Indigenous organizations, as well as non-Indigenous not-for-profit delivery organizations in authentic partnership with an Indigenous organization(s), for projects that promote sport in Indigenous communities
• Stream Three: $2.5 million is available annually to ensure that Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people have access to meaningful sports activities through the SSDIC component

Sport for social development

Sport for social development is defined as the use of sport for social development for the purpose of achieving targeted social goals. The SSDIC component is a response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, which identified 4 key social development needs of Indigenous communities.

Those needs form the specific social development goals of the SSDIC component for Stream One and Stream Two:

• improved health, education, and employability
• the reduction of at-risk behaviour

Stream Three — Reconciliation and Strength for Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People through Sport was created in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Drawn from the MMIWG Calls for Justice, Stream Three has unique social development goals which focus on:

• physical and mental health
• suicide prevention
• sexual trafficking awareness and prevention
• safe and healthy relationships
• sexual positivity (2SLGBTQI+)

Stream Three

Indigenous governments, communities and other not-for-profit Indigenous organizations, as well as non-Indigenous not-for-profit delivery organizations in authentic partnership with an Indigenous organization(s).

Uniquely for fiscal year 2022 to 2023, Stream Three of the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC) component of the Sport Support Program exclusively funds the Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies (PTASBs)Footnote1 for their delivery of the initiative. $2.5 million is available to the 13 PTASBs for projects seeking to deliver sport activities for the expressed purpose of meeting community identified needs and priorities of Indigenous women and girls. It is critical that this priority being given to PTASBs in the interim phase not be considered an indicator that they will retain exclusivity in the longer-term program design and Stream Three eligibility.

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