February 2024: Growing Niriqatiginnga
As we melt into February, the momentum behind the "Establishing Niriqatiginnga: Towards a Framework for Northern Food Systems Innovation" project continues to grow
Youth artist Tony Eetak captured this beautiful winter scene on the shores of Hudson Bay in Arviat, Nunavut.
Building community capacity one story at a time.
Starting this summer, we're going to be using the arts to explore food security, creative entrepreneurship and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
From Principles to Practice: UNDA in Northern Realities
Titled "From Principles to Practice: UNDA in Northern Realities," this next proposed project will explore the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) through the lens of arts and storytelling.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts Collective member Tony Eetak shot this beautiful photo of greenhouses in Arviat last year after taking a workshop with the Our People Our Climate project and the UNEP on visualizing climate change for impact. Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program for supporting our learning!
@1860 Winnipeg Arts: Kicking off 2024!
Welcome back to an exciting new year. We hope everyone had a terrific holiday break and are looking forward to the year ahead.
So, what does a session convenor do?
When we found out we are going to be session convenors this summer, the first thing we thought was "We have no idea what a session convenor actually does!"
CBRL Conversations: Dr. Olaf Kuhlke
This week’s University of Victoria Community Based Research Lab Community Conversations meeting is with Dr. Olaf Kuhlke. He is Professor and Chair of Creative Entrepreneurship at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts member named National Role Model
@1860 Winnipeg Arts founding member Tony Eetak was named a National Role Model by Global Dignity Canada on October 18, 2023. The 17-year-old Winnipeg-based artist has been volunteering with the national non-profit organization for almost a decade.
CBRL Conversations – Fall 2023
This event is made possible by the University of Victoria Community Based Research Lab and we thank them for supporting and including us. All @1860 Winnipeg Arts and Niriqatiginnga project members are encouraged to attend.
Decision Making in Supply Chain Operations
We will meet a class of graduate student studying decision making in supply chain operations from the Labovitz School of Business and Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth.
In really simple terms, co-learning is when teachers and students learn from each other, and co-creation is when everyone, including students, teachers, and sometimes artists, work together to create awesome projects. It's all about making learning more fun, interactive, and learner-centered!
Arts Terms! What does co-learning and co-creation mean?
This week, we've been going through some terminology that is new to many of our emerging artists. So we thought we would take a few days and explain some of these terms. We work a lot with community-based research and community engaged arts projects, and the terms "co-learning" and "co-creation" are mentioned frequently. Let's take a look at what those terms actually mean.