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Home / Food Security and Innovation

Food Security and Innovation

Our Food Security & Climate Resilience Program empowers Indigenous and Northern communities through land-based, sustainable agriculture and food innovation. Originally piloted in 2024 with funding from the Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Program and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, this initiative weaves together traditional knowledge, regenerative practices, and climate entrepreneurship—fueled by the creativity of the arts. In 2025 the program expanded to work with Northwestern Ontario, Minnesota and Nunavut.

Reclaiming Food Sovereignty with Sustainable Agriculture and Creative Leadership

From local food production and preservation to the development of culturally relevant food products and community-led agri-innovation, the program strengthens food sovereignty while building skills and pathways for the next generation of land stewards, artists, and changemakers. By connecting agriculture, climate action, and artistic expression, we’re growing a resilient, just, and thriving food future—rooted in community, culture, and care.

Activities will focus on educating and raising awareness about Intellectual Property (IP) and Indigenous Cultural Expressions among artists, youth, and Elders involved in community-based participatory arts entrepreneurship programming.
Arts & Creative Leadership

Harvesting Creativity for Community Empowerment Through Arts-Based Research

Arts-based research is not just about producing art; it is about using creativity as a tool for social inquiry and transformation.
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Niriqatiginnga empowers Indigenous youth by providing opportunities to volunteer and build leadership skills through community-focused food security programs. Our initiatives foster environments of inclusion and reclaim the right to imagine and create decolonial futures.

Exploring Participatory Organizational Development

Art Borups Corners, a Winnipeg-based initiative, empowers community food security through innovative frameworks, partnerships, and capacity-building strategies.
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Explore Innovative Technologies: In order to enhance local food production, processing, transport, and storage, it's essential to explore and adopt innovative technologies. These technologies can help communities overcome geographical and climatic challenges and improve the efficiency and sustainability of their food systems.

Food Tech Forward: Youth explore AI Technologies for Arts and Participatory Organizational Development

Explore how initiatives like Art Borups Corners are empowering Indigenous youth in the digital world and addressing key challenges in community development and communication.
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Friendshoring: Enhancing our People Our Climate
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Friendshoring: Food Security, AI and Arctic Supply Chains

Discover how projects like Art Borups Corners and Our People Our Climate project are tackling climate change, security, and economic development in the Arctic and…
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April and May have been months filled with excitement and progress here at Niriqatiginnga and @1860 Winnipeg Arts! As spring blooms outside, we've been busy cultivating growth and innovation within our community. From new partnerships and initiatives to significant milestones reached, there's plenty to celebrate and share. Here's a glimpse into some of the highlights from the past two months

Impacts and Outcomes: May 2024 News and Updates

From new partnerships and initiatives to significant milestones reached, there's plenty to celebrate and share. Here's a glimpse into some of the highlights from the…
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In this photo, emerging Inuk artist and musician Tony Eetak reflects on the visible vault during a workshop at Qaumajuq and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Since 2021, Art Borups Corners and the Winnipeg Arts Incubator program have been supporting artists and communities across Manitoba, northern Canada, and internationally, seeded with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

A Time for Transformation: Manitoba Arts Council 2024-2026 Priorities

The Manitoba Arts Council's 2024-2026 strategy puts equity at up front, ensuring underrepresented voices are heard across Manitoba. As well, a strong emphasis on climate…
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Sourced from the pristine landscapes of Kivalliq Nunavut, Northwestern Ontario, and Manitoba, our blueberries embody the essence of the North, cultivated with care and harvested with pride.

Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurs plan seasonal food production project

Discover how Indigenous youth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, are leading a groundbreaking seasonal food production project with the Art Borups Corners program. Through arts, entrepreneurship, and…
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Skills Program Supports Canadian Youth in Agriculture

Skills Program Supports Canadian Youth in Agriculture

The YESP is to support agriculture employers, offering to cover 50% of wages, up to a maximum of $14,000
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From Digital Greenhouse to Food Security and Arctic AI

From Digital Greenhouse to Food Security and Arctic AI

One year after its pilot phase, the Winnipeg-based @1860 Arts Collective continues to grow thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse.
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Explore Innovative Technologies: In order to enhance local food production, processing, transport, and storage, it's essential to explore and adopt innovative technologies. These technologies can help communities overcome geographical and climatic challenges and improve the efficiency and sustainability of their food systems.
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Manitoba launches new programs for Indigenous Agriculture and Relationship Development

The new Indigenous Agriculture and Relationship Development program is open for applications until Oct. 27, 2023!
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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 today!

Upcoming Events

The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg August 13-16, 2026. Get your tickets now for this amazing event! The Art Spot Canada Under $100 Art Exhibition is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba this August! ART SPOT was created in 2008 in Calgary to support local emerging artists.  ART SPOT has curated and facilitated over 100 successful art events, including solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, workshops, concerts, body painting competitions, markets, community events and more.

WINNIPEG 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

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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