Niriqatiginnga: Our First Year in Review
As we bid farewell to a challenging 2023, it is with great pleasure that we are able to reflect upon the milestones and achievements of Niriqatiginnga’s first year.
As we bid farewell to a challenging 2023, it is with great pleasure that we are able to reflect upon the milestones and achievements of Niriqatiginnga’s first year.
Catch up on this month’s activities with our latest video update. This short presentation will share some of the cool project activities our Niriqatiginnga project is working on this month.
The Niriqatiginnga project is aligned with several of the goals and objectives outlined in the Government of Canada’s “Arctic and Northern Policy Framework.”
It’s been a busy few months. Here is our project update as we move into November, 2023. It’s the month we’ve been waiting for as, after more than six months of dedicated planning, Niriqatiginnga will officially start its programming.
In the coming months, our project team members will be reaching out, building relationships and engaging with organizations, programs and models that can help inform the design and development of a professional commercial kitchen, Indigenous “food lab” and outdoor “living lab” community garden.
This month we have a lot of updates on progress towards our food security and creative arts entrepreneurship programming.
The leaves are starting to change colour. Students are off to school and back to campus.
It’s been a hot summer, but it’s almost over. This summer we spent a lot of time working on planning out our next year of projects and programming. As we get ready to kick-off our Niriqatiginnga Framework initiative this fall, we spent a lot of time consulting and engaging.
This summer, our Niriqatiginnga project team spent a lot of time consulting and engaging several community partners here in Winnipeg, and in Northern Manitoba. Many communities, especially in the north, are struggling with a number of critical challenges and we thought we would share some of them here.
This summer our team met with representatives from the Government of Manitoba and Manitoba Agriculture’s Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Program.
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. Niriqatiginnga also lays foundations for sustainable and impactful business and entrepreneurship programming across the Kivalliq Region and Northern Manitoba.
We’re proud to be members and volunteers with the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce.