Come celebrate National Indigenous History Month this June with George Brown College’s Indigenous Initiatives at this year’s Indigenous Arts Festival on Sunday, June 18 at Fort York.
The festival, which takes place on Garrison Common June 17 and 18, is a free event that spotlights contemporary First Nations, Inuit and Métis music and performance arts, artisans and a food market.
As a community partner, Indigenous Initiatives will be supporting the local talent of DJ Shub as well as supporting Elder and artist food payment through community food security project Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin (‘They Feed the People’). They will also be on site at the festival to provide more information to the community about their events, opportunities, knowledge sharing and services at George Brown.
This festival participation is in line with one of the college’s Seven Pillars of the Indigenous Education Strategy, Community Partnerships & Collaborations. The Pillars embody the three themes of Achievement, Retention and Support to achieve our community vision of MinoBimaadiziwin (‘To live the good life’).
Each Pillar is unique, with a trajectory that weaves throughout the college to build and sustain programs, projects and partnerships that fundamentally embrace reconciliation principles. The Community Partnerships & Collaborations Pillar aims to develop strong meaningful partnerships internally and externally that support our education and enrollment goals while also maintaining a meaningful relationship with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
“We are honoured and excited to be a part of the Indigenous Arts Festival,” said Audrey Rochette, Director of Indigenous Initiatives. “To be surrounded by all of this talent and history is such a gift to us, and we look forward to sharing more of what we do for students, alumni and employees with the larger community.”
Members of the GBC Community are invited to come and celebrate National Indigenous History Month and enjoy music, dance and culinary experiences of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. If transportation is required, please reach out to Indigenous.Services@georgebrown.ca.
To learn more about Indigenous Initiatives at GBC, please visit georgebrown.ca/indigenous.
