In December 2016, ONAKI day camps were implemented in partnership with the City of Gatineau. This initiative enabled four Indigenous high school and college students to enter the summer job market by joining the City…
The ONAKI Circles provide a safe space in schools where Indigenous students can gather and explore their roots. A variety of activities were offered to allow students to reconnect with their culture, based on suggestions…
The FPIC received funding from the Ministère de la Famille to implement a project called Appui à la participation et à l’inclusion sociale des aînés de Lac-Simon et de Kitcisakik. The project ran from April 2016…
On February 9, 2016, the Kisis Circle organized a screening of the film Le Dep, the first feature film by Innu director Sonia Bonspille Boileau. The screening took place at Québec City’s Musée de la…
In collaboration with the City of Gatineau, the FPIC organized several film screenings addressing issues of contemporary Indigeneity and held a talk at the Maison du Citoyen on the theme of cross-cultural understanding. On June…
The First Peoples Innovation Centre received funding from the Secrétariat à la condition féminine to implement the second phase of this project, which unfolded from March 2016 to March 2017. The lessons learned during the…
The First Peoples Innovation Centre, thanks to generous funding from the Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones, implemented an anti-bullying initiative (“Lutte contre l’intimidation”) from January to November 2017. Following up on work done with some high…
On March 25, 2017, the Kisis Circle worked with the Québec City team of the Festival international du film ethnographique du Québec to organize an Indigenous day for Rendez-vous FIFEQ 2017. The event was held…
On June 20 and 21, 2017, National Indigenous Peoples Day was celebrated in an entirely new way: as part of the first Gatineau Intercultural Festival, organized by the Centre intercultural de Gatineau in collaboration with Accueil…
The ONAKI day camps were established in partnership with the City of Gatineau. This initiative enabled four Indigenous high school and college students to enter the summer job market by joining the City of Gatineau’s…