Creative initiatives that promote youth and the arts for social change across Canada.

Fondation Michaëlle Jean Foundation

Arts for action. Arts for change.

Embracing the arts is embracing change in a new way. We empower underserved youth to use the arts to transform lives and build more vibrant communities across Canada. <a href="https://acrobat.com/?i=mintc99mdYdqULWU1CauLg">Read our latest newsletter.</a>

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FMJF Co-President Discusses Special Connection with Aboriginal Canadians

Describing her experience as a refugee, FMJF Co-President, the Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean, spoke to the Globe & Mail about the ways in which Aborigi... Continue Reading »

FMJF Co-President Thanks Canadians for her Success

During a video interview with the Globe & Mail, the Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean, Co-President of the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, spoke passionately a... Continue Reading »

L’Écho du Nord Reports on FMJF in Saint-Jérôme

Regional newspaper, l’Écho du Nord, wrote an interesting report on the visit of the Michaëlle Jean Foundation to Saint-Jérôme’s Ici par les Ar... Continue Reading »

Featured: Generation Art

Canadian youth share their vision of a better community with the nation, with the helps of FMJF and furniture store EQ3.... Find out more >

Featured: Youth Community Action Program 2012

FMJF will support youth groups who use the arts to bring solutions to the challenges facing Aboriginal communities in Ontario.... Find out more >

Featured: National Youth Arts Week

We have joined ANCY and youth arts organizations from across Canada to celebrate the first ever National Youth Arts Week. Find out what has transpired.... Find out more >