<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:38:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Water Writes Us: Stitching Memory &#38; Connection to Place by Jacintha Antonio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose and Guiding Question How Water Writes Us: Stitching Memory and Connection to Place is a place-based, multimodal storytelling project designed for Grade 7 and 8 Home Economics learners at École Waterford Springs School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Most learners in these classrooms identify as Filipino or Indian and are newcomers to Canada. This project invites them to reflect on their own and others’ cultural relationships to water. That is, how it connects, sustains, and carries memory....]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/how-water-writes-us-stitching-memory-connection-to-place-by-jacintha-antonio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a29f675b2d71ad74fedb89c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:47:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_71c0eb1fcc49481891850043c673d49e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jacintha Antonio</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aquaculture's Ability to Create Authentic Learning Experiences by Ethan Lee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential Question How can the introduction of aquaculture into the classroom environment create unique and authentic learning opportunities? About the Project It was only after finding out that students in my school were skipping class to go fishing at the local river that I realized that there was an opportunity to create meaningful learning opportunities going unnoticed. This project, inspired by those students and the efforts of the Nelson River Sturgeon Board, expands upon the learning...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/aquaculture-s-ability-to-create-authentic-learning-experiences-by-ethan-lee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a342781217d21f7fb5f7875</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:19:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_691492ca72114937bd31db00cfe9f98a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Lee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trapped Water In Local Contexts by Janice Tien]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement In a fast-paced world, people often turn to bottled water and drinks as a source of convenience. However, when bottles are thrown into the trash before its contents are dumped out, it becomes trapped water. That water will now stay in there for centuries until its plastic container eventually decomposes. This project aims to create awareness surrounding responsible bottled drink disposal and around the impact of trapped water on the environment and the natural water cycle....]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/trapped-water-in-local-contexts-by-janice-tien</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3419ed881c4b5f4c45eb08</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:19:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_2c55537794494d5d8de3fc983e2177d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Janice Tien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Brooks To Books by Will Switzer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement To create and foster discussion of water issues within Senior Years and Early Years students through the accessible lens of a children’s story. Project Summary This project focuses on creating the framework of an English Language Arts unit that addresses water issues either locally, provincially, or globally. Students will start the unit off by learning about the basic concepts of water issues, with a focus on Shoal Lake 40 as an example of a water issue that garnered...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/from-brooks-to-books-by-will-switzer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3418f38db1dd05561f5598</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:15:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_d7ab95ca223447bc9538084b51510301~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Will Switzer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students As Wake Makers by Bradyn Lederer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential Question How can understanding the history, present issues, and questioning what the future holds for the rivers and the water systems in Manitoba encourage students to become change makers? Project Summary This project invites students to build a relationship with the land and water around them in their community and beyond. Further, students will discover the historical and the relational significance water in Manitoba has for all groups of people. Students will discover through...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/students-as-wake-makers-by-bradyn-lederer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3417d98db1dd05561f5205</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:11:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25f0f2_2fb293fbbc4a4c4e94e9744386679fcc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_490,h_733,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bradyn Lederer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowing Through Time Along The Red River by Michelle Nguy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement To engage students in critical, creative, and place-based inquiry about the Red River, exploring its environmental and colonial histories in order to develop scientific literacy, ethical awareness, and meaningful communication about water justice. Project Goals Develop scientific literacy through hands-on water testing and environmental analysis. Cultivate place-based awareness and ecojustice thinking. Encourage creative and reflective writing tied to land, memory, and...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/flowing-through-time-along-the-red-river-by-michelle-nguy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a34086f6761ed67b03d8630</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:15:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25f0f2_0157619887f041f18e88496bf7091b56~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_588,h_358,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Nguy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beads For Change by Rachel Fisher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential question: How does our water usage affect the environment? Participants: Grade 5 students living in Southern Manitoba. Place/ Context: The project is written in the context of Southern Manitoba, due to the inquiry and research based on local water issues. Project Goals: The goal of this project is to inform students of how their water usage affects their environment. They will build not only their research, inquiry and writing skills, but also develop their roles as global citizens...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/beads-for-change-by-rachel-fisher</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3407158db1dd05561f20d9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:59:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_d206ec8138704305add22aeec374c17c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Fisher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Water Insecurity and Infrastructure Inequality by Kelly Rapke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement / Essential Question How do we confront the injustice of unequal water access in Canada, and what does it mean to grow up in a place where clean water is a given, while others still wait for it? This project invites students to look closely at something many of us take for granted: clean, safe, running water. We begin by asking why some communities in Canada still don’t have it, and how those decisions were made and continue to be made. What does it say about our country,...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/understanding-water-insecurity-andinfrastructure-inequality-by-kelly-rapke</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3406258db1dd05561f1da1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:55:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_6ac179baff534f59828bd319deb73d04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly Rapke</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rain To Roots by Jessica Schneider]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential question How can collecting and reusing rainwater through homemade barrels help us conserve water and grow a thriving garden while inspiring others to care for the environment? About this project My Ripple Effects Place Project centers on empowering students from preschool through grade 12 to take ecological action through rain barrel construction and garden rejuvenation. Beginning with first-grade students and supported by high school mentors, the project transforms familiar school...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/rain-to-roots-by-jessica-schneider</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a34057c217d21f7fb5f0eb7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:51:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_0e24848083a444c299c25a8ebe110c7b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessica Schneider</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What "She" Carries by Marco Trunzo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement The proposed project will guide students through an exploration of their personal, political, and ecological relationships with water, with specific attention to the context of Winnipeg's wastewater systems and the ongoing dependency on water from Shoal Lake 40. In a city where untreated sewage frequently flows into the Red River and clean drinking water is obtained from a community that lacks access to it, this inquiry will prompt students to consider the following...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/what-she-carries-by-marco-trunzo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3404516761ed67b03d77c8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:48:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_b8afdbd467774efb813d9ec92e47bacf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Trunzo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micro-Worlds to Inspire Macro-Change: Teaching about Water Conservation and Relationality through Terrariums by Mandy Whelan and Arielle Garand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement This project began with a simple idea: What might students learn about water—and themselves—by tending to a tiny, living world? Through the act of building terrariums, we invite children to observe, care for, and wonder about the water systems that quietly sustain life. These small, self-contained ecosystems become more than science experiments; they become metaphors for Earth, for care, for relationship. The work emerges in response to a gap we’ve noticed in how water is...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/micro-worlds-to-inspire-macro-change-teaching-about-water-conservation-and-relationality-through-te</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3402898db1dd05561f1106</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_22198a845a6b403d917e0666cf933eef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mandy Whelan and Arielle Garand</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water Justice by Jaime Zulyniak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project Purpose To help my Grade 4 students develop a meaningful understanding of water justice, this project will guide them through a variety of learning experiences such as hands-on, writing and photography. This project will last a full school year and integrate throughout many different subject areas. Project Summary We will begin with basic lessons about water—what it is, where it comes from, and how it moves through our environment. Students will explore their personal relationships...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/water-justice-by-jaime-zulyniak</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a34017e217d21f7fb5f00a5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:35:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_3ee0fa70e5fe45b9bca48f7948c407a9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_790,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jaime Zulyniak</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Language of Water: A Multi-Modal Water Inquiry by Jared Suderman]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Multimodal Water Inquiry This inquiry project is a cross-grade collaboration between a Grade 12 Global Issues class at J.H. Bruns Collegiate and a younger classroom from Niakwa Place School, both located in the Louis Riel School Division in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and national backgrounds will come together to explore water in their immediate environment and in global contexts—from the nearby Seine River to the waters that connect them to family,...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/the-language-of-water-a-multi-modal-water-inquiry-by-jared-suderman</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a33fedc881c4b5f4c45972a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_575a8cf108a1431785b8b2e234a25721~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jared Suderman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water Feels by Jaylene Hoffman]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an effort to develop critical empathy within an Early Years context, The Water Feels Project aims to increase students’ sense of connection to water and invite critical thinking around its underlying emotions, valuing water as a sacred, living spirit. This project aims to create awareness of the complex relationship that water has with humans and the surrounding natural world. Learners will explore how these relationships effect water and work to better understand the root of her emotions....]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/water-feels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32ac309b47a7f91ae63cc9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:21:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_94b57999c38443a188a594fd89ca708c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jaylene Hoffman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Be A Good Ancestor to Water by Shannon Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose Statement The purpose of this project is to encourage middle school students to explore and reflect on how they take the waters from their community (Sturgeon Creek) for granted. This project will support students by deepening their connection to the land and water within their school division. In return, the hope is that students become ambassadors of Sturgeon Creek and work collaboratively to show gratitude for access to a healthy water system within their community. Essential...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/how-to-be-a-good-ancestor-to-water-by-shannon-smith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a33fd6a71a4e08b7b20e1e9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:20:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_c9da72e92490480b92b4233d8cfbeca3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Shannon Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water for Everyone? by Melanie Beresford]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose and Problem The purpose of this Ripple Effects Project is to engage children in a rich dialogue and learning environment to help them gain a greater understanding of the impact of water in their everyday lives (drinking, eating, cooking, cleaning, etc.) and the ways water has shaped their identities (memories, leisure, sports, holidays, spiritually, etc.). The problem and focus of this project are to create a deep understanding of the history of Winnipeg’s water systems, how and where...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/water-for-everyone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32ab33921e6f3c0c581dac</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:15:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_b747db1c12fc47ae8e1822a2bca870a0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_880,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Melanie Beresford</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water Is My Home by Nicole Rodier]]></title><description><![CDATA[We often take our access to water for granted. We’ve become accustomed to the privilege of turning the tap and knowing clean, safe drinking water will flow out. However, due to natural disasters and climate change, people are being forced to leave their homes and relocate, taking with them their current relationship with water. This project can be adapted to all grade levels but was designed with Middle School students in mind. The main goal of this project is to build an understanding of the...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/water-is-my-home-by-nicole-rodier</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a33fc2a217d21f7fb5eef28</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:12:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_af89ff9eb6254d759bd30926ab613973~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nicole Rodier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developing Environmental Stewards: Grounding Students in Place Through Weekly Walks by Jessica Best]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grounding Students in Place Through Weekly Walks Purpose Statement To build connection to local waterways in young children as a way to develop stewardship and care for their local environment About this Project In this project, early-years students will participate in weekly nature walks in their local community over the course of the school year. Engaging in a project that spans the school year allows students to build a relationship with the environment around them, observe changes in that...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/developing-environmental-stewards-grounding-students-in-place-through-weekly-walks-by-jessica-best</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a342ab0217d21f7fb5f8209</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_290c8fe29d1644638c909ec35d68c31f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessica Best</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water Stories by Heather Dueck, Allison Santos and Leanne Zinn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential Question Our project will investigate the following questions: What water stories do I hear? What water stories need to be told? How can we be part of changing the endings to some of these stories? Purpose Statement To build student understanding and empathy about water and people around them and an appreciation for protecting our water sources. Our project asks our early years students to connect to, collect and tell water stories beginning with our own personal stories and...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/water-stories-by-heather-dueck-allison-santos-and-leanne-zinn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3431d54ee6c699ede5af00</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_7e119ad39e5e49838ce85d01e931e185~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Dueck, Allison Santos and Leanne Zinn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Water Just Water? by Cori-Lee Valois]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essential Question How can we rebuild our relationship with water to honour its life-giving role, respect its cultural significance and ensure its protection for future generations? Problem The water problem at the heart of this project is the growing disconnect between people and water. In particular in urban settings, water is often viewed only as a utility and a resource. People see water as something to be used, consumed and as a result it is often taken for granted. Water is not seen as...]]></description><link>https://www.themanitobawritingproject.ca/post/is-water-just-water-by-cori-lee-valois</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a343560881c4b5f4c4640cc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc551_af962c8865664d89ab34e3e93b8b6b94~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Cori-Lee Valois</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>