Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre

Featured Programming

Women's Self-Defense

This class uses Jiu-Jitsu techniques to teach participants valuable self-defense skills, covering common escapes and movements effective to help you with your personal safety.

Powwow Club

Powwow Club is an intergenerational program to learn about powwow dancing, songs, and the history and teachings behind them. Families are encouraged to participate together.

STEM Explorers and Code Club

Interested in coding, science experiments and engineering challenges? For children in grades 3-6. The Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre is hosting a weekly STEM Explorers and Code Club. Each week there will be a new activity to try.

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The Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre community computer lab is open. 

• Tuesday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
• Wednesday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
• Thursday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

The lab of 10 computers is staffed to provide assistance to persons with job searching, resume building, printing, faxing, scanning, housing lists, basic computer tips and general help as needed. 

To contact the lab please call 204-258-2951.

Wii chiiwaakanak means “walking together” in ojibwe. This centre is a bridge and connection between the university of winnipeg, and all it has to offer.

Wii chiiwaakanak is a community partnership initiative that started in 2006 engaging thousands of youth, families, and individuals within the community each year. 

The Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre’s primary focus is to offer educational and cultural programming rooted in Indigenous knowledge, in order to develop and strengthen pathways for Indigenous students to University. The endeavors of the centre are in alignment with the University’s strategic direction of Indigenization, that includes and values Indigenous knowledge, culture and perspectives throughout the UWinnipeg.

The centre is open to the public 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:30am-2:30pm), providing programming and free open access to the Community Learning Commons - a computer lab with staff on-site to assist with anything from resume building and connecting to other local resources. Our Indigenous-designed classroom is also accessible to any community partners that may need it.

Our programming include: Indigenous language courses, Indigenous STEAM camps, Powwow Club, Science Explorers and Code Club, STEM Day on Campus (in partnership with inner-city schools), Women’s Self-defense courses and many other cultural workshops. Visit current-programming for more information.