Youth, Arts and Media Team

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Niriqatiginnga is excited to announce we're joined Food & Beverage Manitoba. We're thankful for their including our program!
Niriqatiginnga is excited to announce we're joined Food & Beverage Manitoba. We're thankful for their including our program!

Proud to join Food & Beverage Manitoba

Niriqatiginnga proudly joins Food & Beverage Manitoba to enhance food security and innovation in the local food industry, connecting producers and resources for sustainable growth.

Our project is thrilled to announce its membership in Food & Beverage Manitoba, the leading industry association dedicated to promoting Manitoba’s vibrant food and beverage sector. Joining this network marks a significant milestone for Niriqatiginnga as we work to strengthen our ties within the local industry.

Take a sneak peek at some of our community and digital/data literacy activities with this video and music by Tony Eetak.

Since its inception in 1993, Food & Beverage Manitoba has been an instrumental force in the province, helping industry players—from small startups to multinational corporations—achieve their full potential in a competitive marketplace. By joining this network, Niriqatiginnga is excited to leverage the valuable resources, connections, and support available to foster sustainable growth and development. It’s partners include the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, and Economic Development Winnipeg.

As part of its commitment to the community, our program plans to actively participate in upcoming events and initiatives organized by Food & Beverage Manitoba. This engagement aligns perfectly with their mission to enhance collaboration and drive innovation within local and regional food ecosystems.

We are excited about the opportunities this membership presents and looks forward to contributing to the growth of Manitoba’s food and beverage industry. Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey.

Thank you to Food & Beverage Manitoba for including us! It really means a lot to our youth and team.

To learn more about Food & Beverage Manitoba and its impact on the community, visit their website at: https://foodbeveragemb.ca.

As a local and regional innovation ecosystem, our food and arts entrepreneurship incubator program has been collaborating across Manitoba, Kivalliq Nunavut and Minnesota. The program explores food sector entrepreneurship, participatory organizational development and emergent, experiential design to address issues of food insecurity.

About our summer programming

Youth, Arts and Media Team summer activities are supported with funding and support from a number of partners and collaborators, including: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, LembasWorks, the University of Minnesota Duluth, Manitoba Agriculture and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. We also acknowledge support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, Agri-Food and Agriculture Canada and the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Skills Program. Thank you for believing in us and supporting the Youth, Arts and Media Team.

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Tony Eetak

Tony Eetak is an emerging Inuk youth artist and cultural connector based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Nunavut who enjoys music, visual and performing arts. Tony has been a dedicated volunteer for arts events for more than five years with organizations and projects including the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, the ArcticNet-supported Inclusion in Northern Research, Creativity for Entrepreneurship with the University of Minnesota Duluth, and the Winnipeg-based hub of the Our People, Our Climate art project with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. As a founding member of @1860 Winnipeg Arts, Tony’s work has been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse and the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 programs. He is also a founding volunteer member of the Manitoba-based non-profit organization Niriqatiginnga. In 2023 Tony was named a National Role Model by the organization Global Dignity Canada.

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The Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) will contribute approximately $13.5 million to projects that employ youth and youth facing barriers. Each project will be eligible to receive up to $14,000 in matching funds to employ one (1) employee. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is one of several Government of Canada departments participating in the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.

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As a community program, nurturing the skills, knowledge, and networks of our future leaders, this unique, pilot program contributes beyond the success of its participants. It also aims to lay foundations for sustainable and impactful business and entrepreneurship programming.
We are proud to be members of Food and Beverage Manitoba.

As a Manitoba-based non-profit organization we are very proud to be members of Food and Beverage Manitoba.

This community-based, Indigenous youth-driven pilot program is supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

Our program is proud to have been accepted into the OpenAI Researcher Access Program. 

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