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When Indigenous Peoples lead local food programs, they grow knowledge, culture, and independence for the next generation.
Your support helps Indigenous communities strengthen food sovereignty, share cultural knowledge, and create opportunities for children and youth to thrive.

💛 Give today. Every gift is now 3X matched until June 30: https://donate.kinvia.ca/single.php?source_form=indigenous-month-26-dig

Across partner communities, school nutrition programs are growing alongside food forests, greenhouses, and community gardens — nourishing children today.
Meals prepared at school help reduce pressure on families facing some of the highest food costs in Canada. And teachers notice when students arrive nourished. They're more present, more focused, and ready to learn.

At Natoaganeg School, traditional foods like moose and fish are regularly incorporated into meals.
“Traditional foods are healthier for our DNA even,” says Terri-Anne, Education Director. “We have high rates of diabetes, obesity, a lot of food-related illness — so it makes sense to incorporate more traditional foods.”

Community-led school meal programs are helping nourish students today while supporting healthier futures for generations to come. You can help support this work through our Best.Gift.Ever catalogue.

🍎Give the gift of school meals today: https://bestgiftever.kinvia.ca/gift.php?gift_id=school-meals

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the strength, leadership, cultures, and knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada. Read their words. Learn from their stories. Celebrate the strength, knowledge, and leadership that continue to nourish communities and future generations.

At Kinvia, we are honoured to work alongside Indigenous Peoples that are reclaiming food systems, revitalizing traditional knowledge, and creating opportunities for children, youth, and communities to learn, grow, and thrive.

Today and every day, we celebrate the resilience and leadership of Indigenous Peoples. We reaffirm our commitment to walking alongside Indigenous Peoples as they strengthen food sovereignty, cultural connection, and belonging to build healthier, more self-determined futures for generations to come.

Kinvia partners with the Thompson Boys and Girls Club to support food programs that help create pathways toward stability, independence, and opportunity for young people facing food insecurity.

Today, Thompson Boys and Girls Club is growing this work through a new urban food forest and land-based learning space where youth can plant traditional medicines, care for garden beds, learn sustainable harvesting practices, and connect with Elders and Knowledge-keepers through teachings rooted in the land🌱

🥕Stay tuned for updates as the Thompson Boys and Girls Club grows the first urban forest supported by Kinvia!

Father's Day is around the corner! Join us celebrating the parents, caregivers, Elders, and Knowledge-keepers who continue sharing teachings that help younger generations stay connected to food, culture, and community. And for a limited time only, select gifts will be matched 3X!

Your support can help community-led food programs continue growing through every season.

🎁Give the Best.Gift.Ever: https://bestgiftever.kinvia.ca/occasion.php?occasion=fathers_day

Photos represent partnerships with Indigenous Peoples in communities across Canada.
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In Atikameg (Whitefish Lake First Nation), education is rooted directly in the land. 🌱

Alongside Knowledge-keepers and Elders, students learn how to hunt, fish, trap, and prepare food — gaining essential traditional skills and connecting deeply with their heritage.

"We cook everything we harvest," says Daryl, Knowledge-keeper and Land-Based Learning Lead. 🎣

💛 Your support helps keep land-based learning programs growing. Every gift is 2X matched until June 30: https://donate.kinvia.ca/single.php?source_form=indigenous-month-26-dig

Across communities in Ghana, Ethiopia, and Uganda, children and youth continue to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities.

Through the leadership of communities, local partners, caregivers, and educators, young people are gaining opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive while helping shape stronger futures for the generations that follow.

At Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation, the classroom extends far beyond four walls. Students plant seedlings at their desks, transplant them into the earth in the spring, and harvest potatoes in the fall. Right next door, a medicine wheel garden grows with herbs and medicines while Elders and community members share teachings connected to the land.
🧪Gardening becomes math, science, and writing lessons. It's hard to say where the curriculum ends and everyday life begins!

Today, you can help support land-based learning and growing initiatives for children and youth across Indigenous communities, plus your Best.Gift.Ever is 3X matched!

🌿Give the gift of Indigenous Seeds: https://bestgiftever.kinvia.ca/gift.php?gift_id=indigenous-seeds

At Natoaganeg (Eel Ground First Nation), your support is helping create a more inclusive and nourishing school environment for students. Through the school meal program, more students are consistently accessing and enjoying healthy meals. 🍲

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