Join us for the Land-Based Learning Gathering 2025!

📅 Dates: May 27-28, 2025
📍 Location: Thunder Bay, ON

This year’s theme – “Akii-miigwewin: Celebrating the Teachings of the Land” – honors the land’s role in providing knowledge, healing, and cultural connection. Through interactive workshops and discussions, we will explore how First Nations languages and traditions are preserved through land-based learning.

Is this gathering for you?

• Educators
• Youth
• School leaders
• Knowledge keepers, Elders, and community
• Anyone passionate about strengthening connections to the land

What to expect?

• Inspiring presentations and hands-on workshops
• Cultural teachings from knowledge keepers and Elders
• Practical ideas for bringing land-based learning into classrooms and communities
• Opportunities to connect, reflect, and share experiences

🌾Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the teachings of the land. Secure your spot today!

For registration details or inquiries, please contact info@tagcreativestrategy.com or call (807) 622-1979.

🎨 Calling All Youth Artists! 🌿
NAN is excited to announce the Land-Based Learning Gathering 2025 — an inspiring in-person event that celebrates the teachings of the land and encourages us to integrate these gifts into all areas of learning.

As part of the Gathering, the annual NAN Youth Art Contest is now open for submissions!

🧡 This year’s theme:
Zaagi’idiwin Miinawaa Bimaadiziwin
(Love and Life: Art for Wellness and Renewal)

This theme celebrates the deep connection between love, life, and holistic well-being within First Nations cultures.

• Zaagi’idiwin (Love) reflects unconditional care, kindness, and respect between individuals, communities, and the land.
• Bimaadiziwin (Life) represents living in balance, guided by culture, teachings, and ancestral wisdom.

We invite youth to create and submit artwork that visually expresses how love and life are woven together — highlighting the power of cultural identity, relationships, and land connection in fostering renewal, strength, and belonging.

📩 Submit your entries to: msiemens@nan.ca

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: April 4, 2025