What’s New! 

DATE:  Friday June 20, 2025

TIME: 12pm-9pm

LOCATION: 
​55 ByWard Market Square
Ottawa ON K1N 9C3
Canada


​Our Social Enterprise Adaawewigamig 

Learn more about our Social Enterprise Adaawewigamig from our store Manager Gabrielle Fayant. Miigwetch to Ghostory Productions for this awesome showcase of our space. 

UFCW Canada Indigenous Committee Calendar 2025 

UFCW Canada is proud to introduce its first-ever Indigenous Calendar, created in collaboration with the UFCW Canada Indigenous Committee and the Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G). This groundbreaking calendar marks an important step in recognizing and honouring Indigenous cultures, traditions, and histories.
The calendar highlights significant dates that are meaningful to Indigenous communities across Canada, including cultural ceremonies, seasonal events, and moments of historical importance. These dates are not bound by the conventional Gregorian calendar but instead honour Indigenous cycles of the land, the natural world, and spiritual practices. The collaboration with the UFCW Indigenous Committee ensures that the calendar is a true reflection of Indigenous voices, traditions, and perspectives.

Little Big Community Episode - Available now on APTN Lumi

Ottawa, located on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory, hosts one of the largest urban Indigenous communities in the country. Many First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, have made it their home and continue to contribute to a vibrant and diverse cultural landscape of its Indigenous community. Meet Gabrielle and Amanda, who since moving to the city, have made it their mission to inspire Indigenous youth and give them a sense of community.

A Labour of Love Report  - released April 2023 


​On April 17, 2023, We launched our newest report called "A Labour of Love", The Unpaid and Exploited Labour of Grassroots and Community Based Indigenous Youth Groups.  We launched it at a side event during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City. The report highlights underfunded grassroots and community work of 10 Indigenous youth groups across so-called Canada and how ethically implementing TRC Call to Action 66 would create relief and safety for many youth groups. 

"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 66 (TRC 66) is acall to action that Residential School survivors wanted for the current and future generations of young people. If meaningfully, fully, and honestly implemented, TRC 66 would advance true reconciliation by positively impacting survivors and multigenerational survivors, leading the way to address the harmful legacy of the residential school system. The intentions of survivors are clear and precise, with TRC 66 reading:

We call upon the federal government to establish multi-year funding for community-based youth organizations to deliver programs on reconciliation and establish a national network to share information and best practices." 

Watch the video below to see the launch of our report and hear from some of the youth groups that were highlighted throughout the report: ​
Please see the media coverage from the report launch and panel during the UNPFII: 
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