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  3. Schedule: 49th Annual Elders & Traditional Peoples Gathering

Schedule: 49th Annual Elders & Traditional Peoples Gathering

Schedule (subject to change) 

Friday, November 7

Individual Sessions (Trent Durham - Oshawa) 

6:00 - Sunrise Ceremony with Liz Osawamick 

9:00 - Workshop 1: Paddle Painting with Vicky the Real Artist 

10:30 - Workshop 2: Medicine Wheel Keychains with Melissa Roberts

11:45 - Lunch hour 

1:30 - Workshop 3: Medicine Bags with Kristina Langevin 

3:00 - Workshop 4: Seal Skin Pins with Vanessa Brousseau 

6:00 - Livestream of Opening Ceremonies 

All Day Events - 9:00 - 5:00 (Trent Durham - Oshawa) 

Vendor Market 

Tipi Session - Mshkiki making with Beedahbin, Kylie and Zika’ige Peltier

Individual Events (Peterborough Campus) 

5:00 – Book Launch with Jackson Pind – Gathering Space 

6:00 – Opening Ceremonies – Wenjack Theatre 

6:30 – Opening Keynote – Autumn Peltier - Wenjack Theatre 

7:30 – Reframe Film Screening - Wenjack Theatre 

 

Saturday, November 8


Individual Sessions (Peterborough Campus)

6:00 - Sunrise Ceremony with Barb Wall and Zhaawnong Webb 

9:00 - Workshop 1: 

Indigenous Knowledge & Management with David Newhouse - ENW 105

Indigenous Spiritual Resurrection with Kevin Deer - ENW 106  

Little Spirits with Jay Lomax - ENW 108 

Qullik Seal Oil Lamp Teaching - Meeka Uniuqsarak - ENW 115 

10:15 - Keynote - Jeanette Corbiere-Lavell - ENW 114 and 117 (overflow) 

12:00 - Lunch - Robinson Dining Hall 

12:30 - Who Will Save the Night Sky Performance with Phillip Geller - Nozhem Theatre **This session requires attendance from start to finish

1:00 - Workshop 2: 

Sealskin Pins with Resilient Inuk (Vanessa Brosseau) - ENW 105 

Re-tying Generational Wellness with Indigenize (Beedahbin, Kylie and Zika’ige Peltier) - ENW 108 

Talk with Shirley Williams - ENW 115 

2:15 - Workshop 3: 

Metis Fiddling and Jigging with Alicia Blore and Aurielle Diotte - Nozhem Theatre 

Book Talk with Dr. Jackson Pind - ENW 108

Little Spirits with Jay Lomax - ENW 108

Talk with Peter Sackaney - ENW 115 

3:30 - Keynote - Claudette Commanda - ENW 114 and 117 (Overflow)

4:30 - Round Dance - Great Hall

5:00 - Feast - Robinson Dining Hall 

7:30 - Who Will Save the Night Sky Performance with Phillip Geller - Nozhem Theatre **This session requires attendance from start to finish

All Day Events - 9:00 - 5:00 (Peterborough Campus)

Vendor Market - ENW Atrium 

Cornbread and corn washing with Bailee and Tonatiuh - Jake Thomas Room 

Outdoor Sessions - Corn workshop with 

Smoked fish with Nimkii Lavell and Nate Bryant - Gzowski Firepit

 

Sunday, November 9

Individual Sessions (Peterborough Campus): 

6:00 - Sunrise Ceremony with Barb Wall and Zhaawnong Webb 

9:00 - Workshop 1: 

Wild Rice Workshop with Caleb Musgrave - ENW 105

Indigenous Spiritual Resurrection with Kevin Deer - ENW 106

Quslik  -Seal Oil Lamp Teaching -  Meeka Uniuqsarak - ENW 108

Kiinoomaagewag nibi manidoog with Barbara Wall - ENW 115

Metis Fiddling and Jigging with Alicia Blore and Aurielle Diotte - Nozhem Theatre 

10:15 -Workshop 2: 

Sealskin Pins with Resilient Inuk (Vanessa Brosseau) - ENW 105

Talk with Sheepa - ENW 106 

Talk with Tom Cowie - ENW 108

Talk with Peter Sackaney - ENW 115

Performance from Kelli’s Dance Class - Nozhem Theatre 

11:15 – Keynote - Keri Takao 

12:00 - Closing Ceremonies 

All Day Events - 9:00 - 1:00 (Peterborough Campus)

Vendor Market - ENW Atrium 

 

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