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Latest Posts

Our favourite little garden regular. Chippy isn't shy about coming up for a peanut, sometimes taking one right out of a hand. Now he's got a special place to stop by for his morning snack.
Fun

Chippy Loves His Plate: A Little Pit-Fired Gift for Our Garden Neighbour

Chippy's new peanut plate is a simple test piece made with locally harvested clay and pit fired this fall. Chippy has a new plate, and…
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We’re the first ones growing up with always-available digital companions that sound almost human. That means we get to decide: individually and together, whether these tools stay helpers or quietly become replacements. Paying attention to when we reach for them instead of a real person might be one of the more useful skills we can build right now.
Community Lens

Why constant availability might be training us out of human skills

The growing gap between people who use AI to practice and people who use it to replace.
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A Busy Start to Fall
Arts & Creative Leadership

A Busy Start to Fall

A busy fall of creative projects, new digital tools, growing networks and more than 35 million words of code cleaned up.
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Building Capacity Without Burning Everyone Out
Community Lens

Building Capacity Without Burning Everyone Out

You don’t need a huge budget to build capacity. Here are realistic approaches that actually work for grassroots teams.
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When people talk about community development, the conversation often turns to buildings, equipment and large projects. Those things matter, but so do the modest spaces that support everyday social life. Seating, paths, shade and planting can make it easier for people to meet, talk and spend time outdoors. These are practical investments in how a place functions, and they can create opportunities for community activities without requiring an elaborate setup.
Arts & Creative Leadership

Good Ideas Need a Place to Sit

Park benches, campus gardens and informal gathering spaces remind us that placemaking begins with people, not expensive infrastructure.
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Making Audio Publishing a Little Easier: Building Our Own Audio Converter
Community Projects

Making Audio Publishing a Little Easier: Building Our Own Audio Converter

A community-built audio converter for preparing stories, music and recordings with artwork, metadata and simple browser-based tools.
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Lexi painted some moose jaws and bones earlier. We love the skull themed palette she's using!
Fun

Skulls and Bones!

We're getting spooky and creative this Halloween season.
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The lake is still open, but soon enough we'll be travelling across the ice. Winter is just around the corner!
Photos and Short Stories

Winter Is Coming

A wonderful week back in Baker Lake, sharing traditional stories and songs.
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With groups working in different spaces throughout the hall, the workshops brought a lot of activity into the building. It was a good reminder of what a community space can make possible when people gather with something important to discuss.
News

Communities Come Together for Nuclear Deep Geological Repository Workshops

Local voices, lively discussions and community participation marked a busy day of nuclear waste repository workshops.
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Why Third Places Quietly Protect Your Mental Health
Community Lens

Why Third Places Quietly Protect Your Mental Health

Only 36% of Canadians feel connected most of the time. Third places help close that gap. Here’s the evidence.
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In Music

Jukebox In Exile is the new country music album from Flin Flon singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak, blending classic country, honky-tonk, Americana and traditional storytelling into a collection of songs inspired by resilience, community and life in Northern Manitoba. Written during and after the 2025 Flin Flon wildfire evacuation, the album draws influence from country music legends including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and the charting track "Outlaws Meditation," Jukebox In Exile showcases Trubiak's signature songwriting while celebrating small-town life, northern Canadian culture, queer country music and the enduring spirit of Flin Flon. The album is available now on major music streaming platforms.
Manitoba's own C.C. Trubiak's new album "Jukebox in Exile" dropped on June 5! Check it out!

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The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!
The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!

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.

Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program

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.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program

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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