Casey Leslie interviews Nicole Walter Rowan (Program Coordinator) & Anika Guthrie (Indigenous Education Resource Teacher) about the Mino Bidmaadiziwin program run by the Lakehead District School Board.
Mino Bidmaadiziwin, means living a good life and is a summer camp aimed at creating community amongst students preparing to enter new schools (Grade 6/ Grade 9/10). Camps are one or two weeks and engage with 35-40 youth from the Lakehead District School Board. The second week is a reach ahead credit for students transitioning from grade 8 to grade 9, to become familiar with more people and enter high school with a credit.
