Join us for a night of celebrating Manitoba youth!
2026 CanU Imagine Stories Gala
Nov 12, 2026
6pm – 9pm
Doors open at 5:30
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Paper airplanes can soar high. But they can’t fly alone.
15 Years of Launching Potential
For fifteen years, CanU has helped young people imagine bigger futures for themselves.
This year, we’re celebrating that journey through a symbol that has always been part of our story: the paper airplane.
A paper airplane begins as something simple. Folded with care. Full of possibility.
But no matter how well it’s made, it cannot fly on its own.
It needs someone to launch it.
That’s what CanU does. And that’s what your support makes possible.
Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling, community, and impact as we celebrate fifteen years of helping young people take flight.
Why the Paper Airplane?
The paper airplane has always been at the heart of the CanU logo
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It represents the young people we walk alongside, already carrying talent, strengths, dreams, and potential. What they need is someone who believes in them enough to provide lift.
Your support doesn’t create the airplane.
The airplane is already there.
Your support helps launch it.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Flight School: $15,000
Building leaders who launch others
The true measure of fifteen years isn’t the planes still in flight – it’s the young people who return to help launch the next generation.
As a Flight School sponsor, you invest in the ecosystem that develops civic-minded leaders who lift others throughout their lives.
Includes:
- 10 gala tickets
- Reserved premier sponsorship table
- Named recognition tied to the alumni who speak
- Premier title placement on signage and program during the event
- Premier logo placement on website
- Media release mention
- Social media mentions
The Fleet: $10,000
Creating a sky full of possibility
A single paper airplane is memorable. A sky full of them is unforgettable.
As our Fleet sponsor, you help hundreds of young people take flight together and make fifteen years of impact visible.
Includes:
- 10 gala tickets
- Premier title placement on signage and program during the event
- Logo placement on website
- Social media mentions
- Media release mention
The Distance: $5,000
Supporting the journey beyond launch
The launch is only the beginning.
Distance sponsors help fund the mentorship, opportunities, scholarships, and experiences that keep young people rising long after their first step forward.
Includes:
- 10 gala tickets
- Logo placement on signage and program during the event
- Logo on placement on website
- Social media mention
The Launch: $2,500
Turning potential into momentum
Even the best-designed airplane needs a push.
Launch sponsors provide the critical moments of support that help young people move from possibility to action.
Includes:
- 10 gala tickets
- Logo placement on signage and program during the event
- Logo placement on website
The Design: $1,500
Shaping futures with care
Before anything can fly, it must first be thoughtfully designed.
Design sponsors support the foundational experiences that help young people build confidence, belonging, and direction.
Includes:
- 5 gala tickets
- Logo placement on signage and program during the event
- Logo placement on website
Sponsorship opportunities are now available with more opportunities to come!
For sponsorship inquiries, click the button below or contact events@canucanada.org
Attend the Gala
Join community leaders, supporters, alumni, mentors, and friends as we celebrate fifteen years of impact and help launch the next generation of changemakers.
Individual Tickets Available
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Flight School Sponsors
Fleet Sponsors
Distance Sponsors
Launch Sponsors
Design Sponsors
Help Launch the Next Flight
Every young person arrives with potential.
When we invest our time, encouragement, and resources, we provide the lift that helps them soar.
Join us on November 12 as we celebrate fifteen years of launching possibility and help shape what comes next.