Toolkits and Facilitator's Guides

CREATIVE AND FOOD SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Facilitator's Guide for Hosting Immersive Arts and Entrepreneurial Workshops

Undergraduate students enrolled in the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) department of Creative Entrepreneurship, Bio-systems class of fall 2023 partnered with the artists of @1860 and Niriqatiginnga, a Winnipeg-based non-profit organizations serving communities across Manitoba and Kivalliq Nunavut.

Student-designed workshops were designed in partnership with Niriqatignninga as a collaborative effort in exploring food sovereignty and security in northern regions. The intention of this guide is to be used as a template for conceptualizing and hosting immersive arts workshops around food sovereignty and security in northern climates.

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niriqatiginnga.ca

Its purpose is to assist community-based projects in building relationships between research institutions, academia,  Indigenous communities and government. The activities are also intended to support the exploration of future research projects and training initiatives.

SDG Action Tracker

Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17) - Collaborative Impact: Records in this category showcase partnerships and collaborative efforts that contribute to the Niriqatiginnga food security project's overall impact. Each record reflects our commitment to working with diverse stakeholders to achieve sustainable development goals and create lasting positive change.
This project supports SDG 2 by empowering Indigenous youth with entrepreneurship skills in the food sector and addressing food insecurity in northern communities through initiatives like "Aqpik Jalapeño," promoting local food systems and economic opportunities while ensuring access to nutritious and culturally relevant foods. Through mentorship, training, and community engagement, it contributes to the goal of achieving zero hunger by fostering sustainable livelihoods and promoting healthy eating habits in Indigenous communities.
The Niriqatiginnga project and the new Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce web site both represent direct outputs and outcomes of digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship skills development and training funded by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse in 2021-2022. We are actively applying what we learned and co-created on that project, to support arts sector development.