Allyship and Reconciliation Resources
MCIC is a coalition of Manitoban organizations involved in sustainable international development. Indigenous knowledge is key to informing and guiding sustainable development; progress that is holistic, locally relevant, and partnership-based.
We encourage all Manitobans to actively reconcile with Indigenous peoples and work in allyship for a just world and healthly ecosytems.
Podcasts
Toasted Sister Podcast
After contact, Indigenous foodways and knowledge were devastated, nearly destroyed and replaced with foods that are far from the people. Today, Andi Murphy is talking to Native chefs and foodies about what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed and how it’s used to connect them and their communities to their origins and traditions.
Did we mention that this is an award-winning podcast? Check it out!
Books
Elements of Indigenous Style by Warren Cariou and Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
The second edition of Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples continues to offer crucial guidance to everyone who works with words on how to accurately, collaboratively, and ethically participate in projects involving Indigenous Peoples.
This edition updates and annotates Younging’s original 22 principles and recommendations to reflect up-to-date, Indigenous-led best practices. Purchase Elements of Indigneous Style.
You can watch the book launch event hosted by McNally Robinson Winnipeg with Warren Cariou and Lorena Fontaine on YouTube.
Truth and Reconciliation Events
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September 28, 2025 |
The Colour Orange – An Indigenous Art Gallery in the Forest |
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September 28, 2025 Online Zoom |
Calls for Justice Webinar Series |
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September 30, 2025 |
Join the Orange Shirt Day Healing Walk & Pow Wow! The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) is hosting the 5th Annual Orange Shirt Day Healing Walk and Pow Wow at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. This is a free event and everyone is welcome! SCO encourages you to participate and wear an orange shirt to honour the Survivors and those who did not make it home. |
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Ongoing The Forks |
Explore Indigenous is now open at The Forks! Indigenous Tourism Manitoba is thrilled to announce the official opening of the Explore Indigenous space located at The Forks, a significant cultural and historic site in Manitoba. This new initiative aims to foster awareness and appreciation for the Indigenous Tourism industry in the province as well as drive business to Indigenous Tourism operators in Manitoba. |
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August, 2025-January, 2026 Manitoba Museum |
I Belong Here Indigenous Scholar in Residence, Lucy Lindell, transforms the physical structures of Winnipeg museums and galleries into Indigenous teachings that exist to help us live a good life. This is a temporary exhibit in the Urban Corridor at the Manitoba Museum. |
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Check out Winnipeg’s Living Prairie Museum for land-based learning events Prior to European settlement, tall grass prairie covered one million square kilometres in central North America, stretching from Texas to southern Manitoba. Today, tall grass prairie is all but gone. Less than 1% of the original tall grass prairie remains in Manitoba. The Living Prairie Museum is one of the few remaining fragments of this once vast ecosystem. Land-based learning is a great way to connect meaningfully with the land you’re on. |
Videos
Fawwaz Al, Linnaya, Merek and Tetiana are four courageous Winnipeg high school students. They came together through MCIC's annual youth-focused project, Voices for Change, to write an original and personal spoken word poem titled "Fight for Home".
This piece focuses on the theme of displacement, an experience they share. Fawwaz Al came to Canada from Syria, Tetiana recently fled Ukraine and Linnaya and Merek are Indigenous youth that add their voices and experiences.