https://www.minokamik.ca/home daily 1.0 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1614386292579-PLDO55Q275JAXC98TLD6/IMG_7912.jpeg Home - Our Collective Photo: Matthew Wells https://www.minokamik.ca/what-is-minokamik daily 0.75 2021-03-22 https://www.minokamik.ca/projects daily 0.75 2021-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1616388721870-HRK6R8BY27ITZ9GF37JD/IMG_9582.jpg Projects - Photo: Maria Hupfield Photo: Maria Hupfield https://www.minokamik.ca/members daily 0.75 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1619647323235-AYK4WKEHUM1QEEVRVR1V/Profile+Picture.jpg Meet the Members - Jonathon Araujo Redbird Band member of Saugeen Ojibway Nation with ancestry from Wikwemikong Unceded. Jonathon has nearly two decades of entrepreneurship experience developing key skills in leadership, finance, strategy, and innovation. Jonathon has visited over 250 Indigenous communities across Mother Earth learning and teaching on his journey. Jonathon is passionate about personal development, focusing on heart, mind, body, and spirit, improving self and community. Jonathon has completed his Master of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. Jonathon was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year (2019) from the Toronto Regional Board of Trade for his many developments in innovation including but not limited to UAV Delivery Technologies, Innovating supply chains for First Nation communities, and supporting a capital raise of $8.2M for the City of Toronto’s Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Jonathon has worked with many peoples from many sectors. Jonathon’s aspiration is to support Indigenous peoples and Indigenous communities in becoming the world leaders in innovative socio-economic impact, creating real equity for the people and planet. Linkedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1616378622679-AG2WU1CQFWLIA2L3WDCR/Jim_Dumont.jpg Meet the Members - Onaubinisay Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1616378666321-A2HPVOET71A7BIFBBXSB/IMG_8107.jpg Meet the Members - Melanie Sifton Melanie Sifton, native plant horticulturist and soil restoration scientist and PhD candidate, Graduate Department of Forestry, John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape & Design, University of Toronto. As the board mission committee chair for Toronto Botanical Garden, former vice president of horticulture and facilities at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and former director of Humber Arboretum and the Centre for Urban Ecology in Toronto, Melanie is passionate about teaching plant appreciation and landscape ecology. Her research focus is on soil restoration using native plants and microbes, but she also has an extensive background managing urban community landscape education and engagement programs. Her work includes research and collaborations on local Indigenous plant and soil restoration projects, plant-based museum installation, as well as technical consultation and garden operations management through multi-million dollar capital project design and construction phases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1624980778377-XMY1VBJHN7CN1DN3HTLJ/robert%5B72094%5D.jpg Meet the Members - Rob Lipscombe Georgina Island First Nation Certified Arborist and graduate of Humber College Arboriculture Program specializing in Indigenous plants & trees, Indigenous plant restoration, revitalization of landscapes, and Arborist Reports. Having worked in Toronto, the GTA, King Township, and Lake Simcoe Region, Rob has worked with the McMichael Art Gallery Landscape Revitalization Project, MetroLinx Public Transportation corridor inventory, and Humber College arboretum in the restoration and re-introduction of Indigenous plant species along the Humber River Watershed. As an Indigenous entrepreneur, instructor, and small business owner, Rob has completed tree maintenance and arborist reports for the Chippewas of Georgina Island and the surrounding area. amiktree.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1633360683996-6DKH8P0G229XAWWCFGG3/Shelley_charles.JPG Meet the Members - Mandakwe Shelley Mandakwe Charles, Elder, Culture and Language Teacher (Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation), Ceremony leader, Indigenous Education Specialist at York Region District School Board and McMichael Canadian Art Collection. She has worked throughout First Nation communities across Canada, U.S and New Zealand incorporating Indigenous knowledge, worldview, language and tradition into educational and entrepreneurial opportunities. She was among the first cohort to receive a Masters Level degree in Indigenous Philosophy from Seven Generations Education Institute and developed a four directional cultural framework for community visioning and inclusive cross cultural engagement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ed85abc8b6e6123cd5504/1616378704515-1CUKFE2ST5157MRS2JYN/Lynn_750x500.jpg Meet the Members - Lynn Short Lynn Short, Indigenous horticulture and invasive species consultant, Centre for Urban Ecology, Humber Arboretum, Humber College School of Applied Technology. Lynn has extensive experience working with the TRCA and has designed courses specifically related to horticulture in the area of plant identification, propagation and the restoration of Indigenous species. She has worked with Shelley in the reintroduction of Indigenous plants in the arboretum building an Indigenous medicine garden and specializes in invasive species. Lynn is a graduate of the Indigenous Knowledge Certificate program taught by Jim Dumont. 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