The 大象视频 (FNUniv) 办锚丑迟锚-补测补办 and Dr. Ottmann are pleased to announce a successful partnership with the (SIIT) and in an application to the City of Saskatoon – . The Environmental Grant and funding from partners will be used to develop a Traditional and Medicinal Garden under the guidance and teachings of 办锚丑迟锚-补测补办 and Cultural Advisors.
A name gifted by the 办锚丑迟锚-补测补办, 尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测听办颈蝉迟颈办补苍 (translation, medicine garden) is a new space at the Saskatoon campus for students, faculty, staff and their families to learn about traditional medicines and their relatives. The space will also encourage gathering, visiting, and strengthening connections and provide a place to heal, meditate, and uplift one another.
鈥湸笙笫悠碘檚 foundation are Indigenous Knowledge Systems and enacting and experiencing our traditions. 尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测听办颈蝉迟颈办补苍, the Saskatoon medicine garden, is an expression of what we value 鈥 the healing effect of land and relationality, the deep and transformational learning that occurs when we come together inside and outside our campus buildings. This meeting place and garden is a gift to all at the Saskatoon campus, including our neighbours. I look forward to watching it mature and evolve鈥. says Dr. Ottmann.
尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测&苍产蝉辫;办颈蝉迟颈办补苍 volunteers have assembled and filled four large cedar garden boxes constructed by the , CNYC. Each garden box has been filled with soil and has a rainwater barrel installed with a drip soak watering system. Volunteers placed the first 尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测补办 in the ground in the first week of August and are planning to have more arrive in spring 2025.
Exciting future plans for 尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测&苍产蝉辫;办颈蝉迟颈办补苍 volunteers include building a small garden shed, painting vibrant and colourful canvas signage, and designing a 10ft 尘卯办颈飞补丑辫 or tipi. These additions will further enhance the garden’s beauty and functionality.
A special tiniki, miigwech, to all the volunteers and helpers who have worked so diligently on the 尘补蝉办颈丑办卯测&苍产蝉辫;办颈蝉迟颈办补苍 over the past few months under the guidance of Elder Gilbert Kewistep, Elder Shelley Belhumeur, Elder Judy Pelly, Maria Campbell, and Ace Lafond (Cultural Coordinator, SIIT). A special acknowledgement goes out to FNUniv partners at McKnight Properties Management for their support and the City of Saskatoon for this exciting opportunity.






