Bimbo unveils first legacy space at manufacturing facility with DWF
by CM Staff
Bimbo says each legacy space is designed to help build cultural understanding, connections and a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
BIMBO CANADA UNVEILS THE FIRST LEGACY SPACE IN A MANUFACTURING FACILITY WITH THE GORD DOWNIE & CHANIE WENJACK FUND (CNW Group/Bimbo Canada)
TORONTO — Bimbo Canada has expanded its legacy spaces partnership with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund and unveiled its first legacy space in a manufacturing setting in its bakery at Winnipeg, Man.
The company had previously unveiled its first legacy space at its head office in Etobicoke, Ont. back in March of 2022. Bimbo plans to create two more legacy spaces at its bakeries in Montreal, Que. and Moncton, N.B.
Bimbo says each legacy space is designed to help build cultural understanding, connections and a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
The Winnipeg bakery’s legacy space is located in the atrium of the bakery, where all associates can access the resources provided by DWF to learn more about Indigenous history and the journey of reconciliation.
The Winnipeg team’s first “reconciliACTION” was the commissioning of a local Indigenous artist, a family member of one of its associates to create a mural on an exterior bay door at the facility. The mural will tell a story about Indigenous people and residential schools. It will be painted in three different parts over the next three years.
“In Winnipeg, we are taking action to bring awareness to and educate everyone in the history of residential schools as a way to show our support for all the families that have been impacted by this and honour the memories of the Indigenous kids who never made it home,” says Emmanuel Osagie, Bakery Supervisor, Bimbo Canada, in a statement.
“We can never forget what happened and must ‘Do Something’ to spread the word and inspire change.”
