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Community Works Manitoba Inc. is a not-for-profit community development and training organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

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Over the past 30 years we have worked with program administrators, front line staff and community volunteers in First Nation communities and urban social service agencies to develop and deliver a wide range of economic and healing and wellness initiatives.  

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Whether the focus is on economic or social challenges, we always begin by inviting participants to share stories from their own lives and from the lives of their ancestors. We believe that it is our own stories that hold the wisdom we need to create safer, more just, and healthier futures. 

VISION

Community Works envisions a society in which individuals, families, and communities apply their stories, wisdom, and strengths to address critical challenges and to help build safer, more just, and healthier futures.

MISSION

We create spaces for addressing challenges and celebrating accomplishments through sharing stories and diverse perspectives. Our workshops provide individuals and groups with tools to imagine new possibilities and engage in individual and collective change.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Helping Children through
Grief and Loss
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​November 27 - 28, 2024

9:00am – 4:00pm​

Location:    Mediation Services

                      1200 Portage Ave, Room 302

                      Winnipeg, MB

This 2-day workshop blends Western teachings and healing practices with reflections on participants’ own experiences. The emphasis is on personal stories, trust exercises and art making to shine a light on cultural wisdom and traditions that help children and youth heal.
For registration fees*, cancellation policy and payment options click the Register button below.
*Lunches and snacks included in fees.
At the Heart of the Matter:
Meeting in the story circle
​December 12 - 14, 2024

9:00am – 4:00pm​

Location:    Winnipeg - location of venue
                      will be provided on registration

Winter is just around the corner - a perfect time to share stories. We all carry rich stories and experiences. Our personal stories help us to connect deeply to ourselves and to others. They help us learn, laugh, heal and grow.

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In this 3-day workshop, facilitators will make sure you feel fully supported as you create a short video of an important life story.​

For registration fees*, cancellation policy and payment options click the Register button below.
*Lunches and snacks included in fees.

Story Exchange Project

Watch for a 10-year retrospective of Community Works' digital storytelling projects. Participants from past digital story workshops will join us for a public screening of their video stories.

A big shout out and thanks to Assiniboine Credit Union for their generous financial support for this project. 

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RECENT EVENTS

Puppet Making

Once again, Community Works had the pleasure of volunteering under the puppet tent at the We Are All Treaty People celebration at the Forks on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. Sixty-five - yes 65 - participants of all ages wowed us with their creativity.

 

Abundant thanks to our team of puppet mentors - Jayne, Megan, Nilufer, Noreen, Pranav, and Zarreen: not only great puppet makers in their own right but highly skilled mentors to boot.

And much thanks to the We Are All Treaty People organizing committee for inviting us to join the celebration.

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"We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship – we change the world, one story at a time…”

- Richard Wagamese

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