Birch Narrows Dene Community School, Turnor Lake, SK Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 Our school, a proud First Nations community located in northwestern Saskatchewan, serves 240 students ranging from Head-start/Nursery to Grade 12. This year, we embarked on an exciting project that brought our students and staff together: building and...Read More
Farm to Cafeteria Canada is offering grants in the range of $500 – $20,000 to Indigenous school communities in partnership with Whole Kids, the Public Health Agency of Canada and regional partners. We are very grateful to our Circle of Advisors for their support in developing this grant opportunity. These Indigenous Foodways in Schools Grants will provide funding for...Read More
Sakatcheway Anishinabe Elementary School, Grassy Narrows, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 I started at the school in October 2022 as the Mental Health Counselor. I have a lengthy background in childcare. I went out on the school property and, along with some unused and broken chicken coops, a 48’ by 24’ greenhouse was tucked away and...Read More
Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering spirit school, Toronto, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering Spirit School is an Indigenous cultural survival school in the heart of Toronto’s east end. KWSS serves just over 120 students that range from k-12. Their land-based learning program was started in September 2022 and centres itself on Indigenous food sovereignty, traditional...Read More
This guide was produced by the Feed BC Program to support public institutions to incorporate Indigenous foods in a good way. It contains valuable learnings that can be applied in K-12 schools in BC and across the country. We are raising our hands for this guide in relationship building, reciprocity, and humility in acknowledging where...Read More
The School Food Development Project (SFDP), hosted by a team out of the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine’s Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, explored the intersection of food and culture in schools. The goal was to centre First Nations and Métis students, their families and their communities (both on and off reserve) in...Read More
May 24, 2024 Publisher: University of Saskatchewan and Coalition for Healthy School Food This report responds to a need for insight into the operational details of school food programs that exist to meet the diverse needs of communities across Canada. It is the first in a series that will form a how-to guide for school...Read More
St. Benedict Catholic School, Edmonton, AB Grant term, 2023-2024 By St. Benedict Garden Club Staff and Students At St. Benedict School in Edmonton’s west end, (part of Treaty Six Territory), we have a student population of about 400 students. Our community is vibrant and multicultural, and Kinder to Grade Six attend this school. Prior to...Read More
Witset Elementary School, Witset, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Check out Witset Elementary’s video below showing their outdoor garden and greenhouse and food-related activities. Students participated in harvesting in September and then processed the food for a school-wide Harvest celebration. Staff, students, and parents were very excited and proud to be a part of the celebration. Read More
When considering common language, we often think of the words we use in our everyday conversations within our distinctive regions – language holds our stories, that have been with our families and cultures since time immemorial and will continue to grow and shape our cultures into the generations ahead. However, we may not think about...Read More
