June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada
The Municipality of Kincardine is celebrating National Indigenous History Month with a Learning Circle featuring Trish Meekins at Victoria Park. This learning circle will teach participants the significance of sunrise and sunset in Indigenous culture.
Trish is of Pottawatomi and Mohawk decent and strongly identifies with her Anishinabek culture and history.
Register online to attend the June 1st, 2024 Learning Circle, or contact us by e-mail or phone at 519-389-1857.
Victoria Park, Kincardine
10 a.m. to Noon
Please bring your own lawn chair.
History of the Land from a First Nations, Metis and Inuit Perspective
To help us understand the history of the land from a First Nations Metis and Inuit perspective the Municipality of Kincardine we will be hosting a learning circle with Trish Meekins on June 19th, 2024.
This training will be conducted by Trish Nadjiwon Meekins. She will present the history of First Nations peoples perspective. Trish will also bring you on a journey from before contact with the newcomers of Turtle Island to where we are today. It is our responsibility to understand what it means to be treaty people and brainstorm ways to move forward from where we are today.
Register online to attend the June 19th, 2024 Learning Circle, or contact us by e-mail or phone at 519-389-1857.
Municipal Administration Centre at 1475 Concession 5, Kincardine
1:30 to 4 p.m.
Reconciliation: Where are you now?
A central theme that will be conveyed in this workshop is the necessity of reconciliation work beginning with acknowledging the implications of a settler state in the maintenance of complacence and continued oppression, marginalization, and inequities regarding the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples’ experiences. What do you need to know and what relationships are needed to begin addressing those calls within your context?
This training will be facilitated by Kelly Laurila who is an Indigenous Sáami and Irish woman, settler, sundancer, songcarrier, social worker, academic scholar, and lecturer who was born on the original territory of the Anishinaabe and Cree peoples in Northern Ontario known as Treaty 61.
These learning circles will be virtual and are a series and therefore participants should plan to attend both sessions.
Register online to attend Reconciliation: Where are you now? Learning Circles, or contact us by e-mail or phone at 519-389-1857.