8:30 - 9:00 am
Registration, Networking, Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am
Gathering Opening
This year’s Gathering Opening will ground us in our theme, What Makes Us Safe?
In our community building work, we sometimes get stuck in the day-to-day, only able to think in the short term and relying on what happened last month or year to decide what comes next. Using embodied storytelling experience, our plenary storyteller Amna Burki, will weave several stories together exploring how storytelling and folklore grounds us, and allows us to plan better for a transformative future. She’ll invite us to consider how folklore and folktales make space for equitable, sustainable and inclusive outcomes. This is how we use the future in our work.
As we end the session, you are invited to join an art activation designed to complement this year’s theme by encouraging participants to express their ideas and hopes through art. Rock painting or stamping allows people to leave a mark—literally and figuratively—symbolizing their vision for the future and their role in shaping it.
Artbeat Studio will lead us through this activity. The final collection of artworks will be displayed as a collective piece, representing the creativity and imagination sparked during the Gathering.
Speakers
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Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre
Elder and Co-Founder
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StoriesMatter
Founder and Lead Facilitator
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Artists
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
FIRST SESSION
Workshops will be participatory, featuring smaller group discussion, direct learning, and participation.
No need to sign up in advance!
Workshop descriptions on the Workshops page.
Workshop ONE
- Together We Rise: Stories of Collective Action and Community Well-Being with Amna Burki
- Release Isn’t the Finish Line: Conditions, Community, and Belonging with Jenelle Smith and Ryan Wengelinkski from Manitou House (Native Clan Organization) and Chanelle Lajoie from University of Manitoba Community Law Centre/Legal Aid Manitoba – Prison Law Clinic
- Wait….Am I a Caregiver? You Are Not Alone: Caregiver Connection and Knowledge Exchange with Michael Coutts from Manitoba Possible and Audra Latschislaw from Community Living Manitoba and founding member of The Family Advocacy Network
- What Makes Us Safe? with Marianne Cerilli
- Where is Manitoba At on Climate Action? with James Wilt from Climate Action Team Manitoba
- Building Canada’s Caring Economy with Rob Miller and Kyle Mason
- Building Data Capacity for Safer Communities with Wilfreda Edward from the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience and Alberta Johnson from Blueprint
- The Intersection of Safety and Accessibility with Sue Hemphill
- Weaving a Better Winnipeg: How to strengthen democracy and social change at the municipal level with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba
- Making Safe Spaces in Our Organizations: What do we mean, and what does it take? with Robin Attas from the Division of Extended Education, University of Manitoba
- Community Safety: Lessons, Indicators and Tools from the Canadian Centre for Safer Communities with Jess McKeown and Cassandra Doken from the Canadian Centre for Safer Communities
- Community Resiliency & Art with Uyen Pham and L(ani) Zastre
- Education not Incarceration: Adult Basic Education as a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Strategy with Elizabeth Comack, Fran Taylor, and Anna Sigrithur
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Lunch + Self Care Session and Networking Opportunities
Lunch featuring catering from local social enterprises and local caterers.
Join Peter Dueck at 12:30 pm in room 337 (the Theatre) for an Introduction to Breathwork: A Tool for Self-care and Relaxation
Or join the Networking Stroll, meeting at 12:45 pm by the main entrance doors.
Speakers
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University of Manitoba
Master's student in Natural Resources Management
Artists
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Manitoba Research Alliance at CCPA Manitoba
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1:15 - 2:45 pm
SECOND SESSION
Workshops will be participatory, featuring smaller group discussion, direct learning, and participation.
No need to sign up in advance!
Workshop descriptions on the Workshops page.
Workshop TWO
- The Power of Measurement for Collective Well-Being and Economic Development with Dr. Ernesto Cardenas from Senior Economist
- Changing the World One Story at a Time with Frances Ravinsky from Community Works Manitoba
- Community Economic Development Starts with Bringing Capacity Building Home with Shirley Thompson and Darryl Wastesicoot
- Building Sustainable Livelihoods: Mental health, economic safety, and collective well-being in entrepreneurship with Jill Zdunich from SEED Winnipeg
- The Fourth Response: A Remix Reimagining Community Crisis Response in Winnipeg with Kate Kehler, Lisa Forbes, and Teruni Walaliaddi from the Police Accountability Coalition (PAC)
- How We Care for Each Other: Lessons from Disability and Climate Justice with Olivia Boonstra from Eviance
- Community Safety Host Stories: A Circle of Creation Stories and Stories Still Unfolding with Christine Mayor from the University of Manitoba, Mary Burton from Zoongizi Ode, Michael Redhead Champagne, and Dan Waycik
- Preventing Crisis Before It Happens: Community-Based Supports for Older Adults with Kathy Majowski from the HART Program, of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
- The Story in Your Hands: Building Trust, Dignity and Community Safety Through Storytelling with Joanne Roberts
- Community Development and CED in Polarized Times: Building Belonging, Safety and Collective Well-Being with Jesse Hajer from the Univeristy of Manitoba
- The Village Co-op Laundromat: A Case Study of Community-Led Safety and Collective Well-Being with Judith Harris, Gerry Prymak, and Virginia Hunter
- Beyond the Absence of Harm: Black Memory, Community Safety, and Collective Well-Being in Manitoba with Maggie Yeboah, Ralph Bryant, and Phylis Reid-Jarvis
2:40 - 3:50 pm
THIRD SESSION
Workshops will be participatory, featuring smaller group discussion, direct learning, and participation.
No need to sign up in advance!
Workshop descriptions on the Workshops page.
Workshop THREE
- Come As You Are! A Decolonized Vision of Community Well-Being and Care with Muyi Eboigbe, Nate Davar, Caleb Clay, Chelsea Bannatyne, and Winnie Amo-Mensah from Sunshine House
- City of Winnipeg’s Open Data Portal with Jennifer Bodnarchuk from the City of Winnipeg
- Power of Stories with Izzeddin Hawamda
- Safety in Housing: Lessons from MNPHA Non-Profit Housing Toolkit with Judith Hertel
- From Control to Connection: Rethinking Safety Through Connection & Care with Victor Mondaca & Mandy Mondaca from Nahuen Consultation
- Building Safe Communities Through Care, Economic Resilience and Systems Change with Amna Iqbal, Khalid Jaleel, and Zuher Almusre from Healthy Muslim Families
- Walls to Bridges Education Exchange: Lessons from Over a Decade of Prison Education with Dr. Judith Harris, Tam Le, Marty Donkervoort, and Chanelle Lajoie
- Building Enabling Environment for Social Enterprise with Sarah Leeson-Klym
- We Belong: Two Spirit, Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Diverse Inclusion Practices for Community with James Webster from Trans Manitoba
- Beyond the Bottom Line: Employment, Safety, and the Case for Community Infrastructure with Sheri Bailey from Purpose Construction
