The Gathering 2025 is a day to envision our future and better connect people and ideas for Transformative Action.
Join us at St. John’s High School in Winnipeg for the Gathering 2025 Conference – to fuel your learning, weave connections, and take collaborative action for communities and local economies that benefit everyone.
More information about workshops here.
Online registration closes on October 21 at 11:59pm!
This year’s Gathering Opening will ground us in our theme, Imagining our Future.
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.
Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre
Elder and Co-Founder
StoriesMatter
Founder and Lead Facilitator
Canadian CED Network
Associate Director
Artbeat Studio
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
Lunch featuring catering from local social enterprises and local caterers.
Check out the Art Activation by ArtBeat Studio in the Main Gym, the “Eating / Feeding / Nourishing Winnipeg 2055: A Utopian Futures Interactive Exhibit” on the third floor near room 338, and the “Dream Weavers” Artist Talk in the Theatre at 12:45pm!
Or join the Networking Stroll, meeting at 12:45pm by the main entrance doors.
University of Manitoba
Master's student in Natural Resources Management
Manitoba Research Alliance at CCPA Manitoba
Artbeat Studio
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
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
