Year: 2022

The. Manitoba First Nations Resource Centre (the Resource Centre) is proud to announce that Blind and Visually Impaired Educator Christina Valiquette is offering her services. Christina earned her degree from the University of British Columbia, with a focus on the education of students who are blind or visually impaired. Before Christina started her new role at the Resource Centre, families often had to leave their homes to seek supports and services, usually in Winnipeg. This is the first time that such services have been provided in First Nations schools.

First Nations students grade 7-12 from MFNERC’s affiliated schools are invited to attend this Virtual Youth Gathering March 16-17, 2022.

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Corrine Player: corrinep@mfnerc.com
Robin Mousseau: robinm@mfnerc.com

Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (The Resource Centre) celebrated I Love to Read Month in February. An integral part of First Nations cultures has always been storytelling. Oral stories are passed down from generation to generation and are an educational and interactive way of sharing life’s lessons. Books are another way to inform us, connect us to other worlds, instruct us, and challenge us. I Love to Read Month was an opportunity to encourage reading for all ages. As a part of the kickoff, MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee,  and Charles Cochrane, Executive Director of the Resource Centre, encouraged us all to pick up a book. You can still watch their videos on the Resource Centre’s YouTube channel.  

The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre is excited to invite your Language Teachers or Instructors to this year’s Language Teacher Gatherings. Staff from our Languages and Cultures department will be hosting a two-day Language Teacher Gathering for the Northern and Southern regions. The gathering dates and locations are below. Please be aware that these gatherings are for MFNERC and MFNSS service schools only.

The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre is excited to invite your Language Teachers or Instructors to this year’s Language Teacher Gatherings. Staff from our Languages and Cultures department will be hosting a two-day Language Teacher Gathering for the Northern and Southern regions. The gathering dates and locations are below. Please be aware that these gatherings are for MFNERC and MFNSS service schools only.

You are invited to the Virtual Clinical Services Regionals which is being held February 15-17, 2022! This event originated in the 2008-2009 school year and was called the Speech-Language Regionals. It provided an opportunity to provide additional training to the Speech-Language Educational Assistants that assisted the Speech-Language Pathologists to deliver speech and language services to the First Nations Schools in Manitoba. Over the years, the regionals have evolved to include other clinical disciplines that provide services to the schools. Since expanding the services, we have expanded the training provided during regionals – which is reflected in the name being changed to Clinical Services Regionals. We usually host the regional for the northern communities in November of each year and for the southern communities it is usually held in February. Because of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Clinical Regionals have been held virtually.

Have you ever heard the word ode’imin? It means “strawberry” in Ojibwe. Ode’imin combines the words ode (heart) and min (berry). The term ode’imin originates from its heart shape. Also, First Nations have always connected the benefits of delicious, juicy berries to heart strength.

Michael Hutchinson is a member of the Misipawistik Cree Nation. As a teen, he pulled nets on Lake Winnipeg, fought forest fires in the Canadian Shield, and worked at the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Station’s Underground Research Lab. As a young adult, he worked as a bartender, a caterer for rock concerts and movie shoots, and, eventually, as a print reporter for publications such as the Calgary Straight and Aboriginal Times. After being recruited by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC), Michael moved from journalism to the communications side of the desk and worked for the ICC in Ottawa as a writer.

What an exciting kick-off to I Love to Read Month! MKO Grand Chief Garry Settee shares his recommendations on First Nations authors to pick up this month for yourself and for your children. You can find the children’s titles in our shop: www.mfnerc.org/the-shop and take a look at many other titles or various reading levels and interests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ldeuHE3L8