THE QUÉBEC CITY KISIS CIRCLE
On September 23, 2015, the Kisis Circle and the humanities department of Cégep de Sainte-Foy partnered to hold a First Peoples Day at the college. On November 25, 2015, the Québec City Kisis Circle team partnered with…
SOCIOVOCATIONAL INTEGRATION OF OUTAOUAIS INDIGENOUS WOMEN
The First Peoples Innovation Centre works to provide Indigenous women with a bridge to access the labour market or vocational training. The first phase of the project, from October 2014 to October 2015, helped form a network…
EXPORTING THE “PCR” MODEL TO WEMOTACI
In summer 2014, the First Peoples Innovation Centre collaborated with the Centre de transfert pour la réussite éducative du Québec (CTREQ) and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) to help export the “PCR” model by…
COMMUNITY GARDENS IN LAC-SIMON
Through the Students for Canada’s North program of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Global and Community Engagement, the FPIC received funding to implement a community garden project in Lac-Simon. This project arose out of…
COMMUNITY KITCHENS
This project, funded through Service Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, focused on food security and emphasized the active participation of Elders. Training sessions were given on community kitchen and food budget management, and Elders…
SUPPORT FOR INNU MESHKENU
Between 2014 and 2016, the FPIC received $70,000 from the CN to support the Innu Meshkenu initiative.