Acknowledgements

Our Funders

The Animating Project was made possible through generous support from the following funders:

Community Partners

The NORDIK Institute would also like to thank the many individuals and organizations that guided the development of the Trail Guide, website, and audio tour, including members of the Indigenous and Francophone communities, representatives of the boards of education and early childhood educators, families, community partners and the Trail Guide Committee.

Trail Guide Committee

Alison Dutkiewicz, Algoma Public Health
Tracey McClelland, Algoma Public Health
Andrea Welz

Focus Groups

Indigenous Advisory Group
Families Focus Group
Early Childhood Educators Focus Group
Boards of Education Focus Group

City Staff

Don McConnell, City Planning Department
Steve Turco, City Planning Department

Translators

Barbara Nolan, Anishinaabemowin
Monique Beaudoin, French

Freggie and Hearty Artie

Thank you to the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) for the use of the Freggie™ character and to Algoma Public Health for providing Freggie™ tips adapted from Paint Your Plate! Create a Masterpiece. Workplace Vegetables and Fruit Action Guide, 2007. Gratitude is also extended to Algoma Public Health for digitization and use of the Hearty Artie character.

NORDIK’s Animating the John Rowswell Hub Trail Project Staff

Jude Ortiz, Project Lead
Lindsay Mantzel, Web Developer
Stacey Devlin, Communications and Research
Brent Miron, GIS and Audio/Visual
Luke Hazelton, GIS and Audio/Visual
Candace Neveau, Indigenous Advisory
Chantal Bernard, Educational Resource Research
Dr. Gayle Broad, Director of Research