All Nations Driving Academy

10/15/2026

All Nations Driving Academy is putting together a monthly newsletter.

Find updates on workshops, grants, legislation and community stories.

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Looking forward to staying connected!

Lucy

Connect with All Nations Driving Academy to discuss workshops and training that increase accessibility in driver licensing across Canada.

10/06/2026

This past week wandering around Alberta, I found myself in a truck museum in Rimbey.

I was sharing with the museum curator a bit about my life. Driving, research and my new roads project of understanding how stories could travel while people could not.

As she dug through the box, her body shifted as she held up the Shell map.

We both looked at each other knowing …

In 1973, Shell used Haida “Indians” art to tell the story of travel while Haida members also faced barriers to licensing and movement.

You see, when the Yellowhead Highway opened in 1970, the federal Department of Indian Affairs decided through the Indian Economic Development Fund that communities should have gas bars.

So ~ oil companies promoted travel and stories to sell more fuel.

The challenge and perhaps the questions looking back, who was allowed to sell the gas and who was allowed to travel?

53 years after this map was produced, travelling on its own journey who knows where - it landed in Rimbey and like a clue to the past shared its own story.

The more I look you guys, the more I can’t believe what we’ve done and …

More importantly what we’ve undone. ❤️

More to share soon. 🚘

08/24/2026

🚗 Fall 2026 Online Driver Education Workshops

All Nations Driving Academy has released its fall schedule for live online Class 7L and Class 4L preparation courses.

These workshops are available to Indigenous communities, First Nations schools, Friendship Centres, health departments, employers and other organizations looking to expand access to driver licensing education.

CLASS 7L LEARNER PREPARATION

For youth aged 16 and older, staff and community members preparing to begin the licensing process.

CLASS 4L LEARNER PREPARATION

For eligible drivers preparing for employment and roles involving community transportation, health services, field trips, shuttles and other passenger-transportation needs.

All courses run live online from Monday through Thursday, 6:00–8:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and include plain-language instruction, study materials, practice questions and guidance through the testing process.

UPCOMING DATES

Class 7L
• September 21–24
• October 19–22
• November 16–19

Class 4L
• October 5–8
• November 2–5

View the schedule and course information:

Discover online and in-person driver training workshops for Indigenous communities. Class 7L and 4L courses designed to build capacity and support transportation security.

08/18/2026

Funding Alert 🚨

Northern Development Initiative Trust grant now open for those operating transportation services in NDIT region.

Grant covers up to 80% - $75k operating costs.

Details below 👇🏼

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08/13/2026

Funding opportunities are out there. Knowing which ones are worth pursuing is another matter.

Over the past several years, much of ANDA's work has involved helping communities navigate the systems around driver licensing, transportation, workforce development and mobility — including finding the funding and partnerships that can help make programs possible.

We're now offering ANDA Funding Intelligence, a quarterly advisory service for Indigenous communities and organizations, driving schools and training organizations.

Every quarter, we look at the funding landscape through the lens of your priorities and identify the opportunities we believe are worth your attention.

You don't need to pursue every opportunity.

You need to know which ones matter.

If this would be useful to your organization, send me a message or email [email protected] and I'll send you more information.

Lucy Sager

07/20/2026

It takes a long time to make change and I’ve learned when things do shift, you have to accept those changes are far more important than credit.

Much of what is coming to drivers licensing policy is due to the countless conversations and lived experience of Indigenous peoples as captured in the Road to Reconciliation paper endorsed by UBCIC.

These changes are good for all British Columbians and will elevate employment, fast track co-pilots and support increased transportation security across the province.

To the many ADM’s and staff of Road Safety BC, thank you for listening and thank you for moving this forward.

Changes to Graduated Licensing Program help learners develop safe driving habits

07/11/2026

Good Morning Kitkatla,

I’m on my way to come spend a couple of weeks with you. If anyone is doing food sales in community over the next few weeks, please feel free to tag me.

I would love to eat local while be the sea. 💙

06/02/2026

For many people, a drivers license is something they rarely think about.

For others, it changes everything.

In the coming weeks, I will be travelling Highway 16 and the Highway of Tears corridor, documenting stories and photographs that explore the impact of drivers licensing in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Over the years, I have had the privilege of hearing stories from grandmothers driving grandchildren to appointments, aunties supporting family members, young people obtaining their first licence, fathers driving independently for the first time.

Community members whose lives changed because they could finally access work, education, health care, and opportunity.

Too often, these experiences are reduced to statistics, policies, and reports.

Yet story is knowledge.

Photography is knowledge.

Together, they help us understand the human impact of systems in ways that numbers alone cannot.

This project will explore one simple question:

How did having a driver's licence change your life?

If you live along Highway 16 and would like to share your story, I would love to hear from you.

Participants will receive copies of their photographs, and together we will create a visual record that honours the people, families, and communities who have helped make mobility possible.

Every journey begins somewhere. I'd be honoured to help tell yours.

Please reach out at [email protected]

My Best,

Lucy

03/23/2026

Is your community looking to host learners workshops?

Our Spring online schedule is live …

Linked in the comments below!

03/20/2026

We’re excited to congratulate our clients on their success in being granted the vision zero 2026/27 award.

This award is worth $20,000 and can be used for road safety initiatives including supporting indigenous driver training.

If you are interested in All Nations grant writing services, we would love to hear from you!

The British Columbia Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program funds innovative projects aimed at improving vulnerable road user safety in communities.