The Aroland Youth Blueberry Initiative provides an opportunity for community members, young and old alike, to use their traditional economy to help raise funds for youth programs.

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At the Edge is a 7:52 minute short film about a thriving community focused on grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other combat sports. Participation comes with a price. Many bare scars, but battle wounds rarely discourage these warriors.

At the Edge is a short film about a thriving community focu...

Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op provides locally sourced products to consumers in isolated communities in Northwestern Ontario. Here is how they do it.

The Lakehead University Food Security Research Network engages in Community Service Learning across Northwestern Ontario.

Lakehead University professors Brian McLaren and Frederico Oliveira discuss a comparative initiative based on their previous knowledge and experience working with two Indigenous groups, one in Canada and one in Ecuador. Based on recent priorities manifested by the leadership of both communities, ...

“A Reel Pioneer” is a documentary film about a little known pioneer of Canadian film and a group of modern day filmmakers who restore her last film.
Dorothea Mitchell was the first female independent filmmaker in Canada and her story is quintessentially Canadian.

The through line for “A Reel Pio...

In this short film, Dr. Nathan Hatton of the Lakehead University Department of History describes the remarkable life and accomplishments of Elizabeth Smellie, a field nurse in the First World War who quickly rose through the ranks and became the first female colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Communities in Canada’s North are currently facing substantial challenges. The social economy offers tools to help these communities face these challenges. The Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada was a network of university and college-based researchers and representatives of commu...

A documentary about how barbed wire, a simple 19th century invention used to claim land for agricultural purposes, has evolved into a silent sentinel that acts as a means of control over people and spaces around the world.

A documentary about Sheila Burnford, a writer and adventurer who had her debut novel, “The Incredible Journey,” translated into two dozen languages and made into a Disney film.

Lac Seul First Nation lost thousands of acres of wild rice/manomin because hydroelectric dams flooded their lands in the 1930s. Today they are working towards restoring their relationship with this important food and cultural plant. This film explores the first year of the restoration project.

A documentary about a region where where farms were carved out of the Boreal Forest. Unlike the Canadian Prairies or the Niagara region, producing food in Northwestern Ontario requires a special kind of farmer.

The global forestry industry is in transition. This film looks at the lives of people who live in the shadow of a pulp mill in three communities; Terrace Bay, (Canada) Kemijärvi, (Finland) and Fray Bentos, (Uruguay).

Directed by Jyothis Thomas
Seeds of the North is a documentary film set in Thunder Bay, northern Ontario, Canada, centered around the Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station, known as LUARS. The film explores how agriculture, research, and community come together in a region where farmi...

This film documents our work at Missabay Community School in Mishkeegogamang First Nation. With the support of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, faculty and graduate students worked closely with parents, students and staff at Missabay to bring the work of Shanker Self-Reg to the community a...

This project is a joint collaboration with the University of Casa Grande, The Mehrit Centre, and the Applied Self-Regulation Knowledge Network. The documentary showcases the project and features interviews from teachers working in the high-conflict zones in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

"It happened every year during long weekends in September. That's when all the planes, little planes start flying around Nunavut and NWT (North-Western Territory) collecting kids at camps. As soon as you hear that plane coming around you know what was gonna happen, some of them hide, run away… Bu...