What is a Makerspace?

SGEI’s Makerspaces (located at the Fort Frances and Kenora campuses) are collaborative spaces open to everyone. Our spaces offer a wide range of technology and cultural crafts for creating, inventing, sharing, and enjoying a hands-on experience. We have the equipment, tools and supplies so you can get creating and making!

Who can use our Makerspace?

Our Makerspace is open to everyone: SGEI students, staff and the public. To use the Makerspace, you can:

  1. Sign up for a workshop
  2. Drop-in during our hours of operation
  3. Bring home a DIY Kit

Workshops

SGEI hosts a variety of free workshops, open to everyone. Refer to our website events calendar for the latest workshops, or stay-up-to-date with our upcoming workshops by subscribing to our monthly newsletter.

Drop-ins

We ask that all Makerspace patrons be trained before using our equipment. To get started using our Makerspace,

  1. Read our rules and regulations
  2. Book a tour/brief training session!

DIY Kits

Unable to make it to a workshop? Stop by our Makerspace and grab a DIY kit to create on your own at home. Available while supplies last.

Upcoming events & workshops

Take a look at our upcoming Makerspace events and workshops. For more details about each event, please visit our events calendar.

What’s in our Makerspace?

Our Makerspace features a wide variety of tools, supplies, software, machines, technology and more! Below are some examples of what our Makerspace has to offer.

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Craft supplies

Fort Frances & Kenora

Sewing machines, fabric, sewing needles, beadwork

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Cricut machines

Fort Frances & Kenora

Cricut machines and supplies

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Audio lab

Fort Frances

Our Audio lab is a fully equipped sound recording studio. Talk to our Makerspace Assistant about using this space.

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3D Printers

Fort Frances & Kenora

Our Makerbot 3D printer extrudes plastic filament into layers that build a 3D print.

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Laser Engraver/CNC Cutter

Fort Frances & Kenora

Our Fusion Edge laser machine can laser engrave and cut a variety of materials.

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Book-making machines

Fort Frances

SGEI has a lineup of machines, including a printer, binder, and professional page cutter for patrons to create their own books.

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Gaming consoles

Fort Frances

PS4 and XBOX One X consoles

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Video equipment

Fort Frances

Video green screen, camera, tripod and video editing equipment

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AR/VR Technology

Fort Frances & Kenora

Microsoft Holo Lens and Oculus Rift S

Hours of Operation

Below are the hours as of July 1, 2023. Subject to change come September 2023.

Fort Frances campus

Sunday – Closed
Monday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Tuesday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Wednesday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Friday – 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday – Closed

Kenora campus

Sunday – Closed
Monday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Tuesday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Wednesday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Friday – 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday – Closed

Please note that our Makerspace (and campuses) are closed for the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, National Indigenous People’s Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Please refer to our Events calendar for our campus closures surrounding the Christmas holiday season.

Contact Us

Fort Frances campus

Maggie LeMesurier
Makerspace Assistant
(807) 274-2796 x 1260
maggiel@7generations.org

Kenora campus

Izzabella Banning
Makerspace Intern
(807) 468-3096
izzabellab@7generations.org