A four-day campus-community event in partnership with Glooscap First Nation, co-hosted by Acadia University and the Town of Wolfville

Please note that events held on the Acadia University campus are open to invited speakers and guests and the "campus bubble" (students, faculty, and staff). Due to COVID-19 precautions, these events are unfortunately not open to the general public.

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October 1: Treaty Day

Clock Park, Wolfville

6:30am:

• Sunrise Ceremony by the Tipi at Clock Park

11am:

• Opening Prayer, Glooscap First Nation Councillor Larry Peters, Member of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council
• Words of Welcome, Darlene Peters Copeland, Glooscap First Nation; Deputy Mayor Oonagh Proudfoot, Town of Wolfville; Acadia Students Union VP, Georgia Saleski
• Peace and Friendship Treaty, Zabrina Whitman, Member of Glooscap First Nation and Coordinator, Indigenous Affairs, at Acadia University
• Mi’kmaw Elder and Youth Co-Artists Speak about the Mawio’mi Mural they are completing: Gerald Gloade and Lily-Beth Fisher
• Reconciliation with Mother Earth: #FridaysfortheFuture: Remarks by Lily-Beth Fisher, youth climate activist, certified beekeeper, and member of Glooscap First Nation
• Open Mic
• Honour Song

University Hall front lawn, Tipi (Campus students/faculty/staff only)

• Sunrise Ceremony by Tipi on campus
• Students hear Elders share traditional learning

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October 2: BEE-long Day of Friendship

Clock Park, Wolfville

During the day, Elders and community members share knowledge and stories by the tipi at Clock Park

10am-12pm

• Lusknikn, Mi’kmaw Bread

Acadia University (Campus students/faculty/staff only)

1-3pm, Fountain Learning Commons Great Hall

• ASU Creative Gathering:  Join Mi’kmaw artist Quentin-Syliboy, co-created of the Hope Mural in the SUB for an afternoon of creativity and conversation in the Fountain Commons’ Great Hall. Refreshments provided.

2-10pm, KC Irving Centre Auditorium

• ISSA and ASU Mawio’mi Indigenous Film Screening, KCIC Auditorium. Refreshments provided.
  • 2pm: Moana (family-friendly option)
  • 6pm: Indian Horse
  • 8pm: Angry Inuk
  • 10pm: There's Something in the Water

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October 3: BEE-well with the Truth

Clock Park, Wolfville

During the day, Elders and community members share knowledge and stories by the tipi at Clock Park

12-2pm:

• Lusknikn, Mi’kmaw Bread

Waterfront Park, Wolfville

2pm:

• Concert in the Park: The Hupman Brothers

Acadia University (Campus students/faculty/staff only)

11am-12pm and 3-4pm, University Hall front lawn:

• Yoga with Acadia student Olivia Stevenson, a 200-hour certified yoga instructor, by the Tipi on the Front Lawn (Rain location: Fountain Learning Commons Great Hall)

1-3pm, Fountain Learning Commons:

• ASU Creative Gathering:  Join Mi’kmaw artist Quentin-Syliboy, co-creator of the Hope Mural in the SUB, for an afternoon of creativity and conversation in the Fountain Commons’ Great Hall.

1-4pm, Fountain Learning Commons:

• ASU Drum-Making and Interactive Art Workshop for AU Residence Assistants and Students with Mi’kmaw artists, Holly Meuse and Cruzer Meuse, AU student in the Great Hall.

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