June 1st, 2026
In honour of Indigenous People’s Day, the Office of Indigenous Engagement has chosen to turn our sight outward, toward our community. And being a part of this community means that we work and live alongside the unhoused, (primarily) urban Indigenous population who call downtown Winnipeg home.
The University of Winnipeg has been situated in the downtown core since its inception in 1967, with roots going back nearly 100 years before that, and we are deeply embedded as part of this urban community.
We recognize that there are deep, complex, and painful systemic processes and generational harms that continue to contribute to the distressing circumstances many of our Indigenous relatives face today.
As the Office of Indigenous Engagement, we strive to collaborate with all sectors of our Indigenous community. In the spirit of National Indigenous People’s Day, we invite the greater UW community to help us recognize and support the populations around us.
We are accepting donations of:
- Gift cards
- Cash – Send to treasurer@agapetable.ca and folks can state it’s for the “UW NIPD initiative.” For any donations over $20, Agape Table will provide a tax receipt.
- Gently used or new backpacks (an extremely useful and sought after item), water bottles, wallets, shoes, clothing items, hats, belts, jackets, toques, mitts, purses
- New socks, underwear, and hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, feminine products, bandages, cotton swabs, handkerchiefs, lotion, razors and deodorant, etc.
Donations are now being collected until June 30th, when the collected items will be presented to the Agape Table; an urban organization in downtown Winnipeg that supports local unhoused populations. Their tangible efforts can be seen every week at 350 Furby street at 7am, where they serve anyone who is hungry with no questions, or judgement.
Food Assistance | Agape Table | Winnipeg
Drop boxes are in room 1E16 of the Helen Betty Osbourne (Education) building and room 3W09 in Wesley Hall Monday to Friday 9am-2pm.
Contacts are li.ledoux@uwinnipeg.ca and ka.martin@uwinnipeg.ca
