This impact report celebrates the work of the COYA community for which are most proud to belong.
This is the consequences of our actions in 2023 - 2026 in respect of the next 7 generations.
We lift up our hands in thanks for the opportunity to co-create with our partners.
Who We Are
COYA Productions: Impact Narrative (2023–2026)
Since 2023, COYA Productions has generated more than $588,000 in earned revenue while developing Indigenous-led educational programming, training experiences, media productions, and community initiatives across Canada.
Our clients and partners have included the Moose Hide Campaign, Yukon Soaps, Animikii, OneFeather, Junior Achievement BC, and Wavemakers. Together, these collaborations have advanced reconciliation, entrepreneurship, education, community wellness, and social innovation.
From the beginning, COYA has committed to circulating resources back into community. We invested more than $63,000 in wages for Indigenous professionals and People of Colour; the Coya Productions Scholarship distributed $4,000 in scholarships to Indigenous educators; and directed nearly $100,000 toward Indigenous procurement. These investments included cultural protocols, ceremonies, feasts, gifting practices, and partnerships that strengthened relationships while supporting Indigenous economies.
Over this same period, COYA built the digital and physical infrastructure necessary to deliver programming at scale. We established a production studio in Lekwungen Territory, developed robust virtual learning systems, and created a global delivery model that enabled us to reach more than 16,600 learners online, in person, and in the metaverse.
Behind every workshop, gathering, and learning experience was a deeper question:
What becomes possible when we invest in relationships with the same seriousness that we invest in institutions?
This question led us to invest heavily in research, content development, Indigenous procurement, technology, and community engagement. Through this work, we tested and refined an emerging model of care that recognizes families as the foundation of thriving communities.
Those investments became the seeds of what is now the Family Stewardship movement.
Today, COYA Productions is transitioning from a project-based consulting practice into a community-led ecosystem dedicated to strengthening families across generations. Through research partnerships, public education, cultural programming, and direct support to families, we are building new pathways for belonging, prevention, and intergenerational well-being.
The Family Stewardship Centre does not begin as an idea.
It begins with years of earned revenue, thousands of learners engaged, hundreds of relationships cultivated, university research partnerships established, and a demonstrated ability to transform vision into action.
Our work demonstrates that family stewardship is not merely a concept to be explored. It is an innovation already being built—one relationship, one family, and one generation at a time.
Did we have unintended consequences we should know about?
We strive to make our theory of change known, shared, observable and measurable, but sometimes our actions have unintended consequences we couldn’t predict and want to be accountable for.
Please call us in to opportunities to be in deeper relationship with your experience of our work, increased knowledge exchange about what we can learn, so that we can respect our Coya.