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Summer Art Contest to get MFNERC / MFNSS Students Creating—and Winning Prizes

Encourage children and youth to draw and take photos this summer and then submit their works in the first-ever MFNERC art contest. Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in schools affiliated with MFNERC or MFNSS can enter and win gift cards for art supplies and other goodies. Students to provide copies of original art—drawings or photos—by August 31. We’ll announce the winners in September and post the winning artwork on the MFNERC website!

A new partnership with Dadavan OUTCOMES will provide First Nations School Staff with a Student Information Management System, a Professional Development Portal, and include additional built-in features that meet students’ needs in First Nations schools.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Special Education Department of the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre will be hosting a Virtual Clinical Services Summer Institute from August 4 – 7, 2020.

A big thank you to all the staff who have participated in our online events over the past couple of months. We have seen high numbers of engagement and appreciation for these resources on our social media channels, and such success wouldn’t be possible without your readiness to adapt to online sharing, learning, and teaching. For that, we want to say ekosani, miigwech, pidamaya do, marsi, thank you!

This is the final week for our social media calendar before the summer break begins. The social media calendar was so well received that we will continue to program it in September. We will see you back online then!

On behalf of MFNERC’s Board of Directors, we welcome you to preview our 2018-19 Financial Audit. This Audit report reflects the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre’s (MFNERC) on-going commitment to improving both its performance and its financial and fiscal accountability.

2018-2019 MFNERC Finance Report (PDF)

UPDATE* The Virtual Career Fair speaker videos are archived on the site now. They will be available on the site for a short time. Watch for when these presentations will be put on a YouTube channel. Go to EVENT ARCHIVES and search for the video you’d like to watch. Please feel free to check them out. Thank you to all the guest speakers from MFNERC!

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Join us this week for daily activities you can enjoy from home. Wilfred Buck returns on June 1 at 2:00pm for star stories of Niska the goose. Check out our interactive calendar to see our social media lineup on Facebook.

Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Cochrane as the new Executive Director, effective June 16, 2020, following the retirement of Lorne C. Keeper.

With mixed emotions, we announce the upcoming retirement of Executive Director Lorne C. Keeper, effective June 15, 2020.

Lorne has enjoyed a lifelong career serving in First Nations education. He started his first teaching job in 1975 in Nelson House. Lorne then moved to Alberta and Thompson, where he worked with Keewatin Community College as the Executive Director. He joined MFNERC as the Director of Service Delivery in 2000 and then served as the Executive Director of MFNERC starting in July 2002.

Join us this week for daily activities you can enjoy from home. Check out our interactive calendar to see our social media lineup for the week of May 18 – 22, 2020. Happy May long weekend!