Community Projects

Our Arts and Creative Leadership programming is designed to empower individuals and communities through innovative, participatory approaches to art, culture, and leadership. By blending artistic expression with leadership development, the program fosters creative thinking, resilience, and community cohesion. Participants are encouraged to explore and develop their leadership potential while engaging in hands-on artistic practices that reflect their unique cultural identities and experiences.

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AI for Community Resilience: Arts and Northern Regions

The Arts Incubator July 10, 2025

Democratizing AI technology for the arts and northern, underserved and under-resourced communities.

Welcoming a Fresh New Platform Refreshing our online space to better connect with communities and share the latest from our arts and sustainability programs. Thanks for your patience as we build something new!

Refreshing our online space to better connect with communities and share the latest from our arts and sustainability programs. Thanks for your patience as we build something new!

Welcoming a Fresh New Platform

The Arts Incubator June 25, 2025

We’re excited to roll out our redesigned website, offering a fresh look and improved features to better...

New Pavilion for Food, Arts, and Community Events Construction almost complete! The new Melgund Township Pavilion is ready to become the heart of our community's food, arts, and gathering events. Photo: Terri Bell

Construction almost complete! The new Melgund Township Pavilion is ready to become the heart of our community's food, arts, and gathering events. Photo: Terri Bell

New Pavilion for Food, Arts, and Community Events

Art Borups Corners June 23, 2025

Melgund's new pavilion: a vibrant community hub for diverse food, arts, and joyous gatherings.

No More Garbage Gaps for Northern Volunteers Tired of volunteer headaches at your waste station? Our new WordPress plugin makes managing monthly shifts effortless. Get organized, boost sign-ups, and keep your community clean!

No More Garbage Gaps for Northern Volunteers

The Arts Incubator June 10, 2025

Streamline volunteer management for your waste station! Our WordPress plugin simplifies scheduling, sign-ups, and tracking for Local...

Ignite & Innovate Capturing the view from inside a decaying tree stump. We're having a great time with our land-based activities and living lab, capturing the world around us from he inside out.

Capturing the view from inside a decaying tree stump. We're having a great time with our land-based activities and living lab, capturing the world around us from he inside out.

Ignite & Innovate

The Arts Incubator June 10, 2025

Our Summer Arts Programming focuses on organizational capacity building and digital transformation.

May 2025 Update: Northern Blooms and Bountiful Prospects May is winding down, and we're thrilled with the progress in our living lab! We set aside our usual creative tools earlier this month to focus on preparing our food security program. The sight of hundreds of strawberry flowers opening up is a truly exciting reward for all the hard work.

May is winding down, and we're thrilled with the progress in our living lab! We set aside our usual creative tools earlier this month to focus on preparing our food security program. The sight of hundreds of strawberry flowers opening up is a truly exciting reward for all the hard work.

May 2025 Update: Northern Blooms and Bountiful Prospects

The Arts Incubator June 3, 2025

Now in its second year, this sustainable agriculture initiative is expanding raised beds, growing diverse crops like...

Designing with Dignity: Weaving Arts into Community and Recreation Members of the former Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, and the Our People Our Climate project held a knowledge sharing session with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Members of the former Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, and the Our People Our Climate project held a knowledge sharing session with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Designing with Dignity: Weaving Arts into Community and Recreation

Global Dignity Canada May 21, 2025

Across many communities, especially in northern and rural areas, people are facing isolation, limited opportunities, and shrinking...

Winnipeg in Black and White Winnipeg in Black and White is a short virtual exhibit by youth artist Tony Eetak.

Winnipeg in Black and White

The Arts Incubator May 14, 2025

WINNIPEG, MB — A striking new photography exhibition titled Winnipeg in Black and White is now on view, showcasing the...

Shifting Horizons: Edges of Ice and Snow This virtual exhibition, inspired by the "Our People, Our Climate," program showcases Tony Eetak's photographs of Nunavut, providing a unique Inuit perspective on the environmental shifts affecting his homeland.