April 08, 2024

Lighting The Fire 2024!

Registration is now closed for Lighting the Fire 2024! The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre is pleased to announce the Lighting the Fire Conference 2024 will be held at the Victoria Inn Hotel and Convention Centre in Winnipeg, from May 8th to 10th, 2024. This year, the Lighting the Fire Conference celebrates 25 years of …

February 26, 2024

MFNERC 3rd Annual Inter-School Pow Wow

GAA-WIIKWEDAAWANGAAG: RECONNECTING WITH ONE’S SPIRITUAL SELF MFNERC 3RD Annual Inter-School Pow Wow Participating schools are required to register their students and designated chaperones. Please complete the attached registration form and fax it to Marie Strong at 204-843-2269 or by email to cultureclass2018@outlook.com. ANTICIPATED OUTCOMESStudents will: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, MEALS, LOGISTICS, ETC.All schools will be responsible for …

February 13, 2024

A Day in the Life of a School Nurse.

Marion Boulanger has worked for the Resource Centre as a URIS nurse for over two years and offers an insightful glimpse into the daily work of URIS nurses. The educator nurses conduct school visits for students managing special health conditions. They also conduct educational sessions on the 13 health conditions covered by the URIS program. …

February 13, 2024

Shaping the Future Through the Past

Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth provided the keynote and spoke at other sessions at the Circle of Knowledge and Practices (CKP) Conference in October 2023. She shared valuable information for First Nations staff and students to reflect on as they continue the school year through the winter months. As many will remember, newly elected Premier Wab Kinew attended …

February 13, 2024

Tipi Math: Traditional Teachings by the Numbers

Mathematics is a language of numbers that can describe almost everything in the physical world. Increasing the skills of First Nations students within this dialect of figures and equations is important so they have this valuable tool to build a good life. That means training teachers in how this complex language can be made more …

February 05, 2024

I Love to Read Calendars.

January 22, 2024

Manitoba Aboriginal Languages Strategy Symposium

The symposium will take place February 21-22, 2024 at Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park. Manitoba Aboriginal Languages Strategy (MALS) was created to promote, revitalize, and support Aboriginal Languages throughout Manitoba. Ancestral knowledge, as carried in our languages, songs, stories, community histories, and other key practices and customs, connect and bridge generations. The languages of First Nations, …

January 15, 2024

A Cup of Cold Water documentary screening.

To: MFNERC High School Teachers and their classrooms Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Location: Microsoft Teams Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM We invite you to join us in the excitement surrounding the release of MFNERC’s very own Rachel Beaulieu’s upcoming documentary, “A Cup of Cold Water.” This compelling film explores a significant narrative that echoes through …

November 30, 2023

MET Number Project

MET Number is a unique identifier assigned to each student upon registration with Manitoba Education for record-keeping purposes. This number remains the same from kindergarten to Grade 12 and is different from any student number assigned by a local school division.

October 31, 2023

Minecraft Design Challenge: a day of escape and learning

Recently, the MFNSS held a Minecraft Design Challenge at the RBC Convention Centre as part of the eSports program. In teams of 3-4, First Nations students from MFNSS schools designed and built interconnected themed escape rooms that featured problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

October 23, 2023

Land-Based Numeracy Fair

We recently held the first Youth Land-based Numeracy Fair, hosted by the MFNERC Numeracy Team, and supported by Language and Culture facilitators, at St Vital Park in Winnipeg.

October 13, 2023

CKP 2023: A successful and smooth conference

The 2023 Circle of Knowledge and Practices Conference was a great success! Not only was it visited by numerous VIPs, like the Grand Chief of the AMC, the AFN Regional Chief for Manitoba, the Treaty Relations Commissioner, and the Deputy Minister of Education, but it also included the new Premier-elect Wab Kinew, who walked in …

October 13, 2023

Changing Lives Through Science Fairs: The Benefits of Science Fairs

Taking part in science fairs can transform a life.  The Resource Centre’s Science and Technology facilitator, Alberto Mansilla, has seen the impact that submitting an experiment for a science fair and then presenting their work to others has had on students across the province.  “It builds their self-confidence, which can make such an impact in …

October 13, 2023

We Need Content for The Centre Magazine!!

Ad for Content Hey, teachers and students! Would you like to be a part of The Centre magazine? We are always looking for content. We’d like to see: If you have an idea or suggestion, please email MichaelH@mfnerc.com!

June 20, 2023

Rights and Responsibilities – The Rise of the Resource Center – Part 2

If you found part two first, please go back and read part one here The 1969 White Paper and Wahbung In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chretien, unveiled a policy paper that suggested Canada would end the special legal relationship it had with First Nations peoples, including the …

June 19, 2023

Rights and Responsibilities – The Rise of the Resource Center – Part 1

This article came from MFNERC’s magazine First Nation’s ways of learning In the beginning, the Creator gifted First Nations peopleswith children, thereby giving them the right andresponsibility to teach their future generations lessonslearned from their experiences on the land. The path of First Nations education in what is now known as Manitoba is a long …

May 08, 2023

Joining the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint

On April 14, 2023, the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC) was pleased to sign on to the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint (the Blueprint) and its efforts to engage and enact the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action that mention First Nations education and the needs of First Nations students. MFNERC’s …