Farm to Cafeteria Canada is working to support Indigenous school communities throughout the country so that they are more able to harvest, preserve, grow, and serve more Indigenous food and other nourishing food to children and youth, including harvesting plants, game and fish from nearby lands and waters, and to engage students in Indigenous foodways and gaining food skills. Read about our initiative here.

We are currently working to:

  • Develop and roll out a dedicated grant stream for Indigenous school communities along with peer mentorship opportunities.
  • Create a K-12 learning journey for educators and others working in schools, inspired by Nourish’s Food is Our Medicine learning journey.
  • Host a Canada-wide Indigenous school foodways gathering and other in-person and virtual events and conversations to support relationship building and knowledge sharing.

We will also be creating more opportunities for communities to reflect on their work, share their challenges and successes, learn from each other, apply their learnings, and collectively explore how to navigate the many barriers that exist to this work.

Call for Artwork

We are looking for artwork to use in our electronic resources, curriculum resources, online webpage, social media, and letterheads for the program. We are looking for 4-5 artists who identify as First Nations, Metis, or Inuit to contribute to building the artistic voice of the Nourishing Foodways program. Artists selected will be compensated for their work according to a sizing scale.

Who can apply:

  • First Nation, Metis, or Inuit identifying artists
  • Students, emerging artists, or professional artists

What we’re looking for:

  • All artwork must feature at least one food item to help tie all the pieces together (fruits, vegetables, plants, game, country foods, traditional meals, etc.)
  • Artwork that reflects culturally relevant food and foodways
  • Land-based activities (fishing, hunting, gathering)
  • Community connection and intergenerational knowledge sharing
  • Urban and rural Indigenous perspectives

Technical requirements:

  • High-resolution artwork (digital or scanned)
  • These pieces will be used on documents on a standard 8.5”x11” sizing.

How to apply

How to Apply

Submit a letter of interest by Friday March 7, 2025 to Jeff Kiyoshk Ross at jkiyoshk@farmtocafeteriacanada.ca with the following:

  • A brief bio (250 words) introducing yourself, your cultural background, and any previous artistic experience you may have.
  • Your interest based on the following questions:
    • Why are you interested in this opportunity?
    • What do you hope to gain from this experience?
    • How would this project support your artistic journey?
  • Examples of your artwork (can be images, PDFs, links, or video)
  • A brief explanation or draft drawing of your ideas for this project (can be images, sketches, written notes, or audio/video), these do NOT have to be finished, or refined.