Learn about Niriqatiginnga, which focuses on fostering resilience and innovation in northern food systems through arts-based and participatory, collaborative discussions and interactive installations.
Thank you to the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce and Kivalliq Inuit Association for sponsoring the return of the Artists Marketplace during Northern Perspectives 2024!
Thank you to the Kivalliq Energy Forum, which as held February 26th – 29th, 2024, in Winnipeg and in conjunction with the 2024 Northern Perspectives Trade Show & Conference at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Our project learned a lot about northern energy!
Just as partnerships at the domestic level are critical to ensuring the safety and security of Canada’s Arctic, it is equally important to work with other Arctic states and international partners in the broader region.
This proposed project will develop and pilot a program to better understand implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Action Plan for implementation within Northern communities.
In winter 2024, members of our funky @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective are working with Niriqatiginnga and the Arctic Buying Company to rejuvenate the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce web site. With many gaps for northern artists and culture sector, and urban ones too, we thought this is an important project worth supporting.
Hosted every two years in Winnipeg, is a business, arts and cultural showcase of Nunavut with focus on expanding the economic opportunities within Nunavut and partnership opportunities with businesses from Manitoba. Learn more and find out how to register for the next one at: https://northperspectives.com
We’re proud to support the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce as volunteers. This winter 2024, we’ve been hard at work assisting the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce in developing a new online presence and platform for arts, culture and entrepreneurship. Check back in early February 2024 for a huge update!
Building on our first pilot project, the next iteration of Niriqatiginnga, as a not-for-profit organization, will explore enhancing and expanding skills development and training opportunities.
We’re really excited to be convening a session for the Arctic Congress 2024 in Bodø, Norway. Our upcoming session with Niriqatiginnga and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is titled “Niriqatiginnga: Fostering Food Security and Innovation for Northern Supply Chains.”
Through arts, media and intergenerational storytelling, “Winter City Stories: Tales from the Concrete Tundra” laid the groundwork for an engaging and meaningful exploration of oral traditions in the context of contemporary urban life.
We loved doing this project just for fun, because it was all about storytelling in the heart of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In February 2023, our project presented on inclusion in northern research and recreating environments of inclusion through the arts at the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 in Vienna, Austria. This was made possible with support from Cardiff University, Polar Impact, the International Arctic Science Committee, and the Austrian Polar Research Institute. We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in these important international dialogues and hope these annual conversations can continue and grow.
Also in February, our project co-facilitated for Canada’s second-annual National Kindness Week with Global Dignity Canada, hosting a national press conference broadcast across the country on CPAC and the Parliamentary Press Gallery. The event also saw more than 2,000 people watching and participating via live streams and included participation from more than 14 schools and more than 400 students across Canada.
In March 2023, we took part in a new iteration of Our People Our Climate — an arts and photojournalism workshop organized by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). We have been learning from this initiative since 2019, witnessing its growth despite the challenges of the pandemic, and now seeing it make a global impact.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2019 – 2023
Our People, Our Climate is a ground-breaking documentary film initiative, aiming to develop the storytelling skills of Indigenous youth and young adults. First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Canada’s Arctic are essential to current climate change discussions, and this project brings together a range of young people in these communities to tell important stories through a unique and distinct cultural lens.
For our digital and cultural entrepreneurship program, we were able to engage high-school, college and university students using the arts to support climate change evidence and visualization through professional photography and storytelling.
Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Virtual, December 2022- April 2023
Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, @1860 Winnipeg is an evolving, grassroots digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship collaborative supporting training and professional development for emerging, urban and newly urban Indigenous youth artists and cultural connectors. Launched in November 2021 with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts with support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design this unique program has grown beyond its original scope to support hybrid programming engaging urban, rural and northern participation as well as internationally.
This season’s projects were made possible with financial support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program.
Arctic Science Summit Week, March 2023
Vienna, Austria and Winnipeg, Manitoba
Arctic science suffers from systemic biases that marginalize and exclude people who are Black, Indigenous, or from other under-represented minorities both in the Arctic region and around the world. During this workshop we heard from speakers who have been impacted by these issues, and are working to eliminate them.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts, January 2023
Winnipeg, Manitoba
As we enter our second year, our @1860 incubator program has been exploring longer-term, sustainable programming. This winter we were excited to replicate some of our workshops in Northwestern Ontario, in addition to resuming curation and exhibition activities.
National News Conference, February 2023
Ottawa and across Canada, February 15, 2023
The Winnipeg @1860 incubator initiative was unveiled in Feb 2022 during a CPAC press conference celebrating Canada’s inaugural National Kindness Week. This year our team organized a successful pop-up event during both Arctic Science Summit Week, and for National Kindness Week we held a live national with more than 14 schools across Canada, which our incubator team played a pivotal role in facilitating. We are proud to have contributed to supporting this national event.
Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Greenhouse
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Virtual, 2021-2022
Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, @1860 Winnipeg is an evolving, grassroots digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship collaborative supporting training and professional development for emerging, urban and newly urban Indigenous youth artists and cultural connectors. Launched in November 2021 with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts with support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design this unique program has grown beyond its original scope to support hybrid programming engaging urban, rural and northern participation as well as internationally.
Watch: What did we learn? Read: 2021-2022 Report
@1860 Winnipeg Arts
Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2022
Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program
An 8-week hybrid digital arts program for Indigenous youth emerging artists and cultural connectors held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This pilot program was funded by the Manitoba Arts Council with support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. This arts and climate entrepreneurship-focused program saw virtual participation from communities across Canada. Youth also created an online gallery and platform to support their future work.
Watch: Highlights Video
Explore: Our People Our Climate
@1860 Winnipeg Arts
Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2022
Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse
We were thrilled successfully host our very first professional development and results sharing workshops in April, 2022, with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. Despite the challenges of the past year, our workshops were a resounding success, bringing together a small, but dedicated group of artists, cultural entrepreneurs, and creative minds to collaborate, learn, and share their results.
Watch: Highlights Video
Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Virtual, 2021-2022
Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse
This grassroots arts project brought together northern and southern youth, community builders, arts-based researchers, cultural creators and educators to share cultural and environmental observations, challenges and insights-based solutions for hands-on digital arts and technologies to tackle cultural and climate change through regenerative artistic creation, cultural entrepreneurship training and participatory video training.
University of Minnesota Duluth
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Duluth, Minnesota and virtually, 2021
Indigenous entrepreneurs are ready to embrace a bold new future together, thanks to a successful partnership to explore how Cultural Entrepreneurship can contribute to building sustainable jobs for local communities; and to be full economic partners in Canada’s future prosperity through online learning.
This project, launched in the spring of 2021, was supported by US National Science Foundation-funded digital incubator research and was an example of Canada, Minnesota and international science and economic development cooperation.
Read about it in Kivalliq News
Arctic Change 2020
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Virtual, 2020
With support from the ArcticNet Network Centre of Excellence, Inclusion in Northern Research was a trans-disciplinary, international and cross-cultural, community-driven, participatory exploration of what it means to feel included in Northern research.
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021
Lisbon, Portugal
The Inclusion in Northern Research Project, which was developed through the course of the last year and premiered at the Arctic Change 2020 virtual meeting, began with the creation of videos highlighting the varied journeys of our colleagues, and grew into an online discussion that included over 1000 people in 35 countries, starting important conversations about inclusion in our research community in a safe and open spaces.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
ArcticNet Network Centre of Excellence
There is an indisputable body of evidence proving diverse and inclusive teams produce more creative and innovative science. ArcticNet is committed to sharing the responsibility to promote positive change and cultural inclusion within the Network. It recognizes that the existence of systemic racism against racialized and Indigenous People, the impacts of colonialism in Canada, anti 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, discrimination based on disabilities, gender inequality and any combination of these limits the full participation of many of ArcticNet members and partners.
Global Dignity Canada
Ottawa, Winnipeg, Canada and Alaska
Despite the challenges faced by many events in 2020, we were honored to participate in our first international Global Dignity Day event. With over 100 locations from around the world, our event brought together diverse voices and perspectives to promote dignity and respect for all. We were humbled to receive recognition from the Prime Minister of Canada, and we are grateful for the support of our participants and partners in making this event a global success. Together, we continue to champion the values of dignity, inclusivity, and solidarity, making a positive impact on our communities and beyond.
Watch: Global Dignity Day 2020
Our grassroots community-based arts and entrepreneurship research and professional development programming was made possible through funding and support from several organizations, including: the Arctic Buying Company, ArcticNet, Chocolatier Constance Popp, the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse, Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program, the University of Victoria Community Based Research Lab, the University of Minnesota Duluth and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. We gratefully acknowledge their support.
Our project started from the ground up. A grassroots, volunteer effort to celebrate and explore the digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our generous partners, sponsors and supporters for making our @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective and its digital arts and entrepreneurship projects possible.
