Calgary opens its first Indigenous Youth Centre – Alberta Native News

September 30, 2025

(ANNews) – “Children are our communities’ future” is a teaching often given by the elders and leaders of Turtle Island. It is offered as an enduring truth and a guiding principle – a reminder of our responsibility to the future generations. Calgary has taken a meaningful step towards this vision. By opening the doors to the long awaited, first of its kind Indigenous Youth Centre of Calgary, The Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth addresses an infrastructure gap faced by their urban Indigenous community.

On the opening day, members of the community gathered outside of the new facility beneath a beautiful and clear late summer-autumn sky. The ribbon cutting event was accompanied by a live music performance, a kookum scarf folded in a triangle hung over their amplifier. A Pendleton blanket draped a table beside the dignitaries, and a “traditional” red ribbon that was uniquely patterned with indigenous design, was framed by vases of flowers. As the scissors made the first cut, the act marked not only the official opening of the Indigenous Youth Centre but also the symbolic cutting away of barriers that had long prevented urban Indigenous youth from having a permanent home.

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