Indigenous Blanket Ceremony- Tues Aug 4, 9-3 at Pioneer

Please join us for an exciting event- an Indigenous Blanket Ceremony at Pioneer Memorial on Tuesday August 4 from 9am to 3pm. Sign up by July 25 by emailing or calling Verna. hummingbird50@live.ca or 705-789-0093. A light lunch will be served.

The Indigenous Blanket Exercise is an interactive, experiential workshop that teaches the history of colonization in in Canada from an Indigenous perspective. Participants stand on blankets representing the land and walk through the impacts of colonization, treaties, and residential schools to build empathy and understanding.