Exploring the Power of Ripple Effects Mapping in Evaluation and Planning
Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) is a dynamic evaluation technique that illuminates the interconnected web of intended and unintended outcomes resulting from an initiative.
Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) is a dynamic evaluation technique that illuminates the interconnected web of intended and unintended outcomes resulting from an initiative.
It’s been a busy few months. Here is our project update as we move into November, 2023. It’s the month we’ve been waiting for as, after more than six months of dedicated planning, Niriqatiginnga will officially start its programming.
This month we have a lot of updates on progress towards our food security and creative arts entrepreneurship programming.
In our meeting, we shared ideas about creating some curriculum and got to check out their awesome Food: Farming and Food Security program. In addition to educational videos, the program provides challenges, opportunities to learn more about food security, and other resources.
The leaves are starting to change colour. Students are off to school and back to campus.
There is a really cool research project doing work in Manitoba. It’s a European Research Council Advanced Grant Project called “Building Arctic Futures: Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Northern Communities” (InfraNorth).
The new Indigenous Agriculture and Relationship Development program is open for applications until Oct. 27, 2023!
This summer our team met with representatives from the Government of Manitoba and Manitoba Agriculture’s Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Program.
There are a lot of different qualities such as learning, alignment, innovation, and inclusion that are highly sought after on projects like ours. However, these qualities are often not directly attainable; they emerge from an intricate web of both implicit and explicit design choices.
On July 1, 2022 we held our very first meeting of Niriqatiginnga. The meeting was held outside, on a beautiful day at Chocolatier Constance Popp, one of our favourite places our artists and cultural entrepreneurship projects had been meeting at throughout the pandemic.