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Category: Learning Bond

Jan. 18, 2016

October 26, 2020

Post-enrollmentOST- ENROLLMENT: We hosted a co- creation session in the community to identify how to support every child in achieving educational success.

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June 2015-Sept. 2016

Supported enrollment: We worked with community organizations to try out new ways to support families in the sign-up process for the CLB. These included: Training for community staff members A visual roadmap to guide families and staff through the process Flexible resources for families including bus tickets and childcare Help with getting identification and completing […]

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May 4 & 5, 2015

CLB learning event: We hosted a learning event for the community, providing training in CLBs, RESPs, and how education savings helps support families’ hopes for their children.

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April 16 & 22, 2015

Co-creation session– supported enrollment: We hosted a co-creation session with community leaders to develop a Supported Enrollment Strategy

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March 6, 2015

CLB barriers map development: We convened 20 community members to map the process of getting a CLB and the barriers that families face along the way.

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Land Acknowledgement

The Winnipeg Boldness Project resides in and works on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Anishinabewaki (Oji-Cree), Dené, Michif Piyii (Métis), Nêhiyawak (Cree), and Očhéthi Sakowin (Dakota). We recognize that we have benefited from and continue to benefit from colonization on the Treaty 1, Treaty 3, and Treaty 5 Territories.

It is important to also acknowledge how we benefit in this territory at the cost to Indigenous Peoples. Winnipeg has been drinking clean water for over a century via an aqueduct from Shoal Lake. In 1917, 3000 acres of Treaty 3 was declared property of the city of Winnipeg to build the aqueduct. This aqueduct was built over ancestral burial ground, to build these structures, the ancestors were disinterred and reburied. Construction of the aqueduct changed the waters significantly, causing the peninsula to become a man-made island. This now isolated Nation faced many challenges as a direct result from this aqueduct; Necessities like water, groceries, schools, and mail were only accessible via the dangerous trek to the mainland. Lives of adults and children were lost crossing to and from the mainland. Freedom Road, an all-weather road access finally opened summer 2019, over a century after displacement. This road, a testament to the success of Indigenous-led solutions, helps bring materials to build schools and a water treatment plant.

“I always think of it, even when I turn on the tap I’m like this comes from our community and this water probably contains our ancestors and the spirits of our ancestor. I think about the hardships of the people from Shoal Lake 40 who have gone through so many things for the benefit of Winnipeg’s drinking water,” says Angelina McLeod.1

Another benefit we reap in Winnipeg at a cost to Indigenous Peoples and land is the Hydro Electricity Development in Treaty 5. To optimize water movement for greatest power production the Province of Manitoba increased waterflow by creating the Churchill River Diversion in 1976. The modification of the waterflow caused flooding, shoreline erosion, and changes to water quality. This destruction of habitat has caused disruption to waterway travel, fishing, and hunting.

  1. https://www.aptnnews.ca/facetoface/spirits-of-our-ancestor-shoal-lake-40-is-rectifying-a-century-of-hardships/