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The Arts Incubator

Winnipeg, Manitoba

The project is grounded in a dynamic process of collaborative engagement and capacity building, utilizing arts-based research methodologies to ensure the work is both relevant and empowering. A key focus is Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), which positions young people as leaders in investigating their own economic realities and co-designing their futures. Through a series of co-design workshops, digital storytelling projects, and community forums, ECO-STAR North facilitates intergenerational knowledge transfer, connecting youth with Elders and established creators. This hands-on, community-led approach ensures the resulting toolkit is not an academic exercise, but a living, practical resource built by and for Northern innovators, strengthening a resilient and interconnected creative ecosystem.
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Taste the Creativity

Explore Winnipeg’s vibrant arts and food scene with our project team. This week, we’ve enjoyed incredible visits to top cultural hotspots and dining gems.
Tony Eetak June 27, 2024
Who knew tackling food security could be this deliciously fun? Join us this summer as we explore the arts, one bite at a time.

Who knew tackling food security could be this deliciously fun? Join us this summer as we explore the arts and food security, one bite at a time.

This week, members of our project team are exploring some of the many amazing arts and food spaces across Winnipeg. We’ve had an incredible time visiting places and spaces like the Urban Shaman Contemporary Art Gallery, Red River College, Artspace and the Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

“Exploring the vibrant arts and food scenes in Winnipeg is not just enjoyable but also a powerful way to foster social connectedness and community inclusion,” said Jamie Bell, one of the founding artists and community based researchers behind Art Borups Corners. “Food is about belonging, and by getting off our screens and into these amazing places and spaces, we build stronger, healthier, and more engaged communities.”

All that exploring builds up an appetite! So to cap off our awesome adventures in the Exchange District, we capped off our tour with a visit to Smoke’s Poutinerie for a taste of Winnipeg’s best poutine!

About our summer programming

This year’s Youth, Arts and Media Team summer activities are supported by Global Dignity Canada, and with funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Manitoba Agriculture, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, Agri-Food and Agriculture Canada and the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Skills Program. We thank them for supporting our youth and programs.

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Tony Eetak

Tony Eetak

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Tony Eetak is an emerging artist, musician and culture connector from Arviat, Nunavut, now exploring the arts in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A founding member of the Art Borups Corners, Tony has a demonstrated passion for photography, music, composition, and visual arts. With over five years of experience as a dedicated volunteer, collaborator and co-funder of several arts projects, Tony has been involved in various participatory arts events through organizations like the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. His contributions earned him recognition as a National Role Model by Global Dignity Canada in 2023. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

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MANITOBA ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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