Feast Centre Conference Fund
Feast Centre Conference Enrolment Fund
Funding Amount: up to $2000 CAD per applicant per fiscal year
The Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research is pleased to provide financial support of up to $2000 CAD for Feast Centre team members or those nominated by Feast Centre team members to attend conferences. Applicants can access this fund once per fiscal year (April 1- March 31).
Feast Centre Knowledge Translation & Exchange Awards
Bourses d'application et d'échange de connaissances
Funding amount: $5000
Awards available: 4 per year with rolling deadlines (July 15 and January 15).
Knowledge Translation & Exchange
Bourses d'application et d'échange de connaissances
Feast Centre Community Fellowships
About the Award:
Funding Amount: $25,000
Number of Fellowships available: 4
Application Deadline: October 30th
Community Fellowship applicants will participate in an iterative review process in November.
Currently Closed - Visit the Community Fellowship Page for more information about the Award and see current and past recipients.
Miyo’maci’howin Writing Retreat
As part of a suite of supports for Feast Centre Indigenous STBBI scholars, the Feast Centre will be holding the Miyo’maci’howin Writing Retreat for the second year for those who are committed to engaging in an Indigenous approach to writing aimed at integrating one’s whole self into one’s writing.
The Miyo’maci’howin Writing Retreat will be hosted by former Feast Centre Elder Marjorie Beaucage. Marjorie Beaucage is a Two-Spirit Métis Auntie, filmmaker, art-ivist and educator, a land protector and a water protector.
Eligibility: Up to eight persons will be selected to attend the writing retreat. Preference will be given to Feast Centre award recipients who have not already attended two or more in-person activities. Once award recipients have been selected, additional people will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Only those who submit a complete application will be eligible.
Where: Manitou Springs Resort outside of Saskatoon, SK
When: June 10th to 15th, 2024
Deadline to apply: May 24, 2024
Closed
Feast Centre REACH Indigenous Research Development Grants
Funding amount:$25,000
Awards available: 4
Feast Centre Reach Indigenous Development Grants Application
2023 Indigenous Research Development Grants FAQ
Feast Centre Graduate Scholarships 2023-2024
Funding amount: 4 Masters at $17,500 and 2 PhD at $21,000
**Intent to Apply**: Please send Catherine (Research Coordinator) an email at bookerc@mcmaster.ca if you intend to apply to this opportunity, so that we can support you!
Graduate Scholarship Application
Update: Applications for the 2023 Graduate Scholarships final review deadline will be accepted until May 16th, 2023.
MIYO MACIHOWIN WRITING RETREAT, June 5-9, 2023
As part of a suite of supports for Feast Centre Indigenous STBBI scholars, the Feast Centre is piloting the Miyo macihowin Writing Retreat for those who are committed to engaging in an Indigenous approach to writing aimed at integrating one’s whole self into one’s writing.
Miyo macihowin contains good movement with possibility signalling the integration of movement, mind and spirit. The purpose of the retreat is to explore how we can de-colonize our writing and connect with the Land and each other to build a Circle of support that is safe and non-judgmental and write from our whole selves. This retreat is aimed at those developing Indigenous STBBI writing projects (i.e., thesis chapters, journal publications, community publications, creative community-targeted projects, grant applications) who would benefit from dedicated space and time to write among your peers.
The writing retreat will provide space and time to write in relation to the Land and self. The goal is to bring body, mind and spirit together into the process of creating writing that is accessible. There will be opportunities for mentorship, one-on-one consultation and group reflection and input. The four-day retreat will centre time to reflect, share, and receive feedback on your writing as well as engage with the Land and with ceremony. The retreat will be grounded in ceremony and will provide applicants an opportunity to share and discuss their writing journeys, struggles and successes. We would like to emphasize that these projects are not limited to academic writing, as noted above.
The Miyo maci howin Writing Retreat will be hosted by our Feast Centre Elder Marjorie Beaucage. Marjorie Beaucage is a Two-Spirit Métis Auntie, filmmaker, art-ivist and educator, a land protector and a water protector. Born in Vassar, Manitoba, to a large Métis family, Marjorie’s life’s work has been about creating social change, working to give people the tools for creating possibilities and right relations. Whether in the classroom, community, campsite or the arts, Marjorie’s goal has been to pass on the stories, knowledge and skills that will make a difference for the future. For Marjorie, story is medicine.
Marjorie takes on the tough topics that need to be discussed. Her work is focused on giving voice to, and creating safe cultural spaces for, traditionally silenced or excluded groups. Marjorie is known on the local, regional and national levels as an Elder who speaks truth to power, and who holds space for difference. She has been a Grandmother for Walking with Our Sisters; the Elder for OUT Saskatoon; and the Elder-In-Residence for the University of Saskatchewan Student Union. She has also been called on for national research initiatives that focus on Indigenous women living with HIV, Indigenous Harm Reduction, Indigenous youth who experience sexual
and gender-based violence, and posttraumatic stress. In all of these, Marjorie returns to story as medicine, to art as medicine. Marjorie says of her work, “creation is a powerful thing; whether you’re making a baby or a loaf of bread or a movie, it comes from the same place. To get people to tap into that energy, that creates possibilities, so they don’t get stuck in this craziness that we’re in, is transformative.”
The Feast Centre Miyo macihowin Writing Retreat will take place in Manitou Springs Resort outside of Saskatoon, SK from June 5th to 9th, 2023.
Writing retreat application form
Feast Centre Graduate Scholarships
Funding amount: 4 Masters at $17,500, 2 PhD at $21,000 & 1 Post-doc at $60,000
Number of available awards: Seven
Application deadline: May 20, 2022 (late submissions not accepted)
Notice of decision: July 5, 2022
Feast Centre Graduate Scholarships
Bourses d'études supérieure du Centre du festin traditionnel
Feast Centre Scholarship Application Workshop
FAQ for Feast Centre Graduate Scholarship Applications
Feast Centre Community Fellowships
Funding amount: $25,000
Number of available awards: Four
Application deadline: February 18, 2022 (late submissions not accepted)
Notice of decision: April 15, 2022
Feast Centre Community Fellowship Guidelines
Feast Centre Community Fellowship Application
Feast Centre REACH CANFAR Indigenous COVID-19 STBBI Research Award
Funding amount: $25,000
Number of available awards: Four
Application deadline: January 21, 2022 (late submissions not accepted)
Notice of decision: March 25, 2022
Indigenous COVID-19 STBBI Research Award
Subvention COVID-19 ITSS chez les autochtones
Indigenous COVID-19 STBBI Application Workshop
FAQ for Indigenous COVID-19 STBBI Award
Feast Centre Graduate Scholarships
Funding amount: 4 Masters at $17,500, 2 PhD at $21,000 & 2 Post-docs at $30,000
Number of available awards: Eight
Application deadline: July 9, 2021 (late submissions not accepted)
Notice of decision: August 27, 2021
Feast Centre Graduate Scholarships
Bourse d'étude supérieures du Centre de festin traditionnel
Feast Centre Scholarship Application Workshop
FAQ for Feast Centre Graduate Scholarship Applications