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Vincent Design had the privilege of collaborating with York Factory First Nation (YFFN) and HTFC Planning & Design on a significant project to help revitalize the beautiful Inineemowin language—referred to as “Cree” in colonial contexts—and preserve YFFN’s unique culture and history. The resulting app, Inineemowin: York Factory Cree, is more than a language-learning tool. It’s …
Every Child Matters offers an opportunity to recognize and reflect on the impact the colonial systems had on Indigenous communities.
Featured image: Jewel Pierre-Roscelli, and Shaun Vincent Growing up, I wasn’t proud of my Indigenous identity. I would always tell people I was of a different ethnicity or culture. Intergenerational trauma due to colonization and the effects of residential schools left me with the shameful feeling and embarrassment of being Indigenous. It wasn’t until I …
Featured image: Margaret Roscelli, Jewel’s Kunshi in her traditional wear for an interview for the Sakihiwe Festival A look at how Vincent Design celebrated Earth Day and reflections from Jewel. As a Dakota woman, I have often heard Elders and knowledge carriers saying our phrase of “Mitakuye Owasin.” In English, it roughly translates to “all …
Throughout December, we are sharing our community’s helpers. We are proud to have our offices located in Winnipeg’s Point Douglas neighbourhood, and have chosen to highlight the work they do here. If you want to learn more about them, their information is compiled below. Give them a follow, consider volunteering, or send along a donation …
Friday’s Red Dress Day is a day set aside to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2S+ and call attention to the 231 Calls for Justice imperative in ending the genocide against them. It’s everyone’s responsibility to learn about the issues – share what you have learned and also do what you can …
Today, many of us will be attending a sacred fire and joining in community with friends and family to share stories, music, and good food. Solstice connects us to the land, its rhythms and cycles. We celebrate the season by decorating with cedar and other greenery. I’ll burn sage to smudge today, and also add it as an ingredient in my homemade tourtière. …
September 30 will mark the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The new federal statutory holiday coincides with Orange Shirt Day, a day to honour children who were sent away to residential schools. September was referred to as “the crying month” by many, as it was the month that children were taken from their …
***Contains information that is distressing and may be retraumatizing*** The National Residential School Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419 How many times can a heart break? Is it one? One hundred? Two hundred and fifteen? Seven hundred and fifty one? Our hearts are broken with every revelation. Except that these aren’t revelations, not to those whose hearts are …
Our founder and Creative Director, Shaun Vincent, knew he wanted to do a custom design in support of Orange Shirt Day – but it wasn’t until he met Sean Rayland that the pieces of the project came together in just the right way. We first crossed paths with Rayland in the fall of 2019, at …