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Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge- Project Consultant


Location: Winnipeg, MB

Duration: April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027 (estimated at part time hours)

Compensation: $50,000

About the Role

The Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge is seeking proposals from qualified First Nation, Inuit, and Metis Sexual and Reproductive Justice consultants with experience managing research projects and community knowledge gathering to advance matriarchal governance. Applicant will provide coordination and early implementation of a Lodge governance model that is grounded in First Nation, Inuit, and Metis Knowledge and Matriarchal Leadership. We invite experienced and qualified professionals to submit a letter of interest, resume, and a writing sample in response to this Request for Proposals.

Project Overview

The Kôhkums who lead the Lodge identified matriarchal leadership as a foundation of our work and developed this proposal to support their work and the work of the lodge to evolve this concept. Through the GLOWS grant with CAAN, a one-year project was funded. The overall goal of this project is to create an intentional matriarchal governance and leadership structure based on the organic evolution of our sexual wellbeing Lodge. This project will provide the time and resources to sit in ceremony with Elders and Knowledge Keepers, to return to the land, to seek the language that makes meaning of our work, to learn from other communities about what matriarchal leadership looks like, and to formally describe and embody these teachings to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of our relatives. This project seeks to learn more about how our nations have used our languages to describe and enact the matriarchal leadership that has evolved in our communities. We want to learn about and describe some of these ways, including what has emerged for us since starting the Lodge, and identify the core components of matriarchal leadership and governance that shapes best practices in sexual health for our relatives.

Who You Are

The ideal candidate would have experience with and knowledge of the following:

  • Indigenous governance and community building
  • Sexual health, including a culturally safe and sex affirming approach to care.
  • General understanding of STBBI prevention, treatment, and care.
  • Understand and enact the concepts and practice of sex positivity and harm reduction.
  • A commitment to culturally safe and transformational health care for Indigenous Communities.
  • Strong research writing and organizational skills
  • Experience in information gathering, analysis, and synthesis of ideas and themes that emerge.
  • Ability to work Independently and meet goals and deliverables.
  • Program development and workplace culture expertise an asset

The successful candidate will invest in the culture and approach at the Lodge and values working in a team that is invested in meaningful sexual wellness that is grounded in Indigenous knowledge and science. The Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge prioritizes relationship building, without judgment. We practice meeting people where they’re at in order to provide safe, meaningful, and community-oriented care with a focus on sex positivity. The successful consultant will work in alignment with the Lodge’s teachings.

Scope of Work/Contract Deliverables:

  1. Land Based Gathering and Project Opening – Consultant will coordinate with the Kôhkums and Lodge team to plan and execute an event that opens the project and creates the goals, scope, and timeline for the project.
  2. Literature Review and Community information gathering – Consultant will deliver a document that provides a scan of the literature and community consultation related to the concept of Matriarchy and Matriarchal Governance.
  3. Lodge Governance Document Development: Consultant will develop and execute a knowledge gathering strategy to learn about the history and current practices of the Lodge and develop a governance model grounded in Indigenous matriarchal leadership and based on the practices and protocols developed by the lodge. This will include interviews and sharing circles with current and former staff, relatives, cousins, and led by the Kôhkums.
  4. MPSWL Matriarchal Governance Model Guidance Document and Culture Building overview: Consultant will deliver a Guidance Document providing an overview of the Lodge Model. They will integrate and analyze the reports and documents that were developed over the year. Finally, they will provide recommendations on curriculum and learning objectives that can support the Lodge to maintain and further build a working culture that reflects the work of this project.
  5. Final Gathering: Consultant will plan and execute a final community gathering and knowledge exchange to close out the project.

Monitoring and Evaluation

This project funding requires two reports to be submitted. The consultant will be responsible for a 6-month report and a final report that includes the following reporting requirements:

  • A summary of the Project activities
  • Description of project outcomes
  • Lessons learned
  • Any documents or tools that were developed for the project/lodge

Ka Ni Kanichihk is committed to achieving employment equity; therefore, candidates are strongly encouraged to indicate in their cover letter if they are of Indigenous ancestry.

Contract award: 

Ka Ni Kanichihk will interview prospective consultants and will award the contract following the interview process. Indigenous candidates will be prioritized through this search.

Please send your letter of interest, Resume, and a writing sample (for example: report, paper, lit review, story, essay etc) to Ka Ni Kanichihk by April 15, 2026.

Human Resources

Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.

455 McDermot

Winnipeg, MB R3A 0B5

Email:  careers@kanikanichihk.ca

Ka Ni Kanichihk thanks all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.