Aboriginal Parent-Child Mother Goose
2022-05-05 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-26 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver)
Indigenous Early Years is proud to present Aboriginal Parent-Child mother goose with Cindy, Lorinda & Ramona your AIDP workers.

Please note the change of date.

Registration is required as slots are limited

please include your name , phone number and any allergies in the email: ramona.iey@vahs.life

PAFNW Supporting Families Of MMIWG
2022-05-05 18:00 - 20:00
Pacific Association of First Nations Women (PAFNW Language – Cree) is hosting a Zoom gathering, May 05, 2022 from 6-8pm.

May 05, 2022, PAFNW will host a Zoom gathering from 6:00-8:00 pm. Char Leon will be a guest and she will speak of the work she does with PAFNW MMIWG2S. Then they will have time for others to share a story or a song.

Topic: PAFNW Supporting Families of MMIWG

Time: May 5, 2022 06:00 PM Vancouver

Join Zoom Meeting (save this link)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86461234333

Meeting ID 864 6123 4333

Join their Facebook event page at this link:

https://fb.me/e/50dLQ1G57

Comic Book Day
2022-05-07
Come to this FREE Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 7th! In Partnership with Heroes For Sale, Fraser Valley Regional Library is happy to participate in this annual outreach initiative of the North American Comic Book Industry, so that they can bring new comics to customers across the Fraser Valley and for FREE!

Visit your local library for more information!

Cultural Cooking With and Elder
2022-05-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-18 15:00 - 17:00
Langley Youth Hub is very excited to share they will be running a cultural cooking program with an Indigenous Elder, Indigenous Child and Youth Mental Health and the Langley Youth Hub. Learn life skills on budgeting, cooking, grocery shopping and so much more!
The program begins May 11th and will run for 6 sessions on Wednesdays from 3pm-5pm (see attached poster for details).
Please call the Langley Youth Resource Centre to reserve a spot 604-546-1130.

Red Road Recovery Support Group
2022-05-11 17:30 - 19:30
Join Spirit of the Children Society: Addictions & Family Development Program for their weekly Red Road Recovery Support Group happening every Wednesday Night!

Register by calling 604-524-9113 or 236-863-9232

Location:
201-768 Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 1B4

ISC Cultural Connections: Beading - Crafting Circle
2022-05-13 14:00 - 16:00
Cultural Connections is an opportunity for Indigenous SFU students and ISC staff to connect and engage with cultural, artistic, and wellness activities. From casual gatherings where students can share their own artistic projects to facilitated workshops, the ISC provides materials and supplies to promote cultural and artistic practice and bring balance to the busy student life.
Cultural Connections has a bunch of great workshops coming your way this term and SFU Indigenous Student Centre would love to host you! Please complete the following registration form to let them know if you are interested and intend to make some of the workshops.
Registration form: http://ow.ly/oUhF50J1zsi

Studio Ghibli Night
2022-05-20 17:30 - 19:30
Make sure to join BYRC at their first Studio Ghibli viewing night!

Watch Kiki’s Delivery Service on Friday, May 20th in BYRC!

DTES Neighbourhood House Kids Kitchen Program
2022-05-22 12:00 - 14:30
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House Kids Kitchen program is returning for a Free 8 Week session for kids aged 6-12. Program runs every Sunday until July 3rd. Please take note that the program time has changed to 12pm–2:30pm. For more information or to register, please contact Shaista at kidskitchen@dtesnhouse.ca or 778-707-3319.

Gathering for Connecting & Learning for Suicide Loss Survivors
2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:30
Gathering for Connecting & Learning for Suicide Loss Survivors
When: May 25th, 2022 @ 7:00pm to 8:30pm Pacific Time
Losing a significant other to suicide is most often challenging and isolating. Creating new connections and finding oneself within a community of others who may understand your grieving process can be essential. In this online gathering may you find a safe space to share.
This Gathering for Connecting & Learning for Suicide Loss Survivors online session will promote the connections to a supportive community of survivors.
This 90 min (free) online get together will include:

Opening
Educational Piece: Suicide awareness for everyone
Facilitated Grief Circles
Closing

Who is it for?
This is open to all survivors of suicide loss (18 & older).
Can’t attend live?
We understand that life is busy and sometimes unpredictable, still due to the nature of this event, it will not be recorded.
Facilitators
This session is facilitated by Jessica Wolf Ortiz, RCC and Lu Ripley. Jessica is the current Bereavement Coordinator at the Crisis Centre of B.C., registered Clinical Counsellor and author of Overcoming Suicide Grief. The stories of those who stay. Lu Ripley is the Director of Community Learning and Engagement program at the Crisis Centre of B.C. who brings a life promotion and whole community perspective to suicide prevention.
The Crisis Centre of BC is a non-profit charitable organization in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. To make a donation for this free session, visit crisiscentre.bc.ca/donate.
To register for this online event, please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gathering-for-connecting-and-learning-for-suicide-loss-survivors-tickets-329251749847
Questions?
Please email: cle-zoom@crisiscentre.bc.ca or bereavement@crisiscentre.bc.ca

ISC Cultural Connections: Beading – Crafting Circle
2022-05-27 14:00 - 16:00

Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery
2022-05-28 11:30 - 17:00
What: The Canadian premiere exhibition of Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery is a solo exhibition by the award-winning designer, artist, and activist. The meticulously crafted couture gowns, textiles, paintings and photographs celebrate the beauty, strength and resilience of First Nations communities in the face of historical and ongoing trauma. The exhibition aims to spark conversations around genocidal colonial practices, confront the theft and murder of Indigenous women and children, and honour front lines activists.

When: Now until June 5, 2022

11 am to 5 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday

Where: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art — 639 Hornby Street, Vancouver

Admission: $6-$13, free for Indigenous Peoples, members, and children 12 years and under.

Purchase online here: https://www.billreidgallery.ca/products/regular-admission

Textile Thursdays
2022-06-02 10:00 - 15:30
Join Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society‘s Textile Thursdays workshops to create unique, empowering cultural items. Elders and Knowledge Keepers will help you build your sewing skills while sharing the ceremonial roles and teachings behind these creations.

Whether you’ve never used a sewing machine before or you’ve been sewing for years, these workshops are for you. See poster for more details.

Bringing Tradition Home
2022-06-06 11:00 - 14:00
Attention urban Indigenous families of Vancouver Tracy and Cindy will be co-facilitating Bringing Tradition Home at IEY located at Phil Bouvier Family Centre. Free program with access to child minding lunch and bus tickets.
Space is filling if you are interested in registering please feel free to email or text Cindy Pete Aboriginal Infant Development Worker and they will gladly register you. They will need your name number child’s name and if there are any food allergies.

Traditional Parenting Practices
2022-06-09 13:30 - 14:30
Learn about traditional Moss Bag Teachings from Cree Elder Dorothy Visser, in this first #TraditionalParenting session!
Thursday, June 06 1:30 – 2:30 PM (PT) Zoom: ahsabc.com/jun09 Moss bags continue the sense of security of a mother’s womb and are wrapped with care for the mother to carry close to her.
Moss bags help children closely feel the warmth, love, and connection with their mother during their early development.
There are many developmental benefits from this traditional parenting practice. Continuing this cultural practice empowers Indigenous families and supports future generations to be strong and resilient.
Dorothy Visser is a Cree Elder from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Treaty Six territory. She has been teaching Cree language and culture in Metro Vancouver since moving to the area in 1981.
Elder Dorothy believes that the sharing of our history is good for those who are still unaware. She also wants to teach and inspire those who may be looking to find their roots as Indigenous People.

In-person Expressive Art Workshop for Suicide Loss Survivors
2022-06-11 10:00 - 12:00
Event Timing: June 11th, 2022 @ 10am to 12pm Pacific Time
Event Address: The Crisis Centre of BC –
763 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5T 1X8
Contact: bereavement@crisiscentre.bc.ca
In this in-person, guided intermodal expressive arts therapy workshop, participants will explore the wildness of suicide grief. The group itself will serve as a container for exploring what individual losses look and feel like.
This session will be led by Heather Prost, a Certified Expressive Arts therapist. Suicide bereaved, themselves, Heather’s main focus is on generating brave spaces where people can build relationships with their grief as well as connect with others in establishing peer to peer support networks.
Participants will have an opportunity to reflect and sit with their grief story, processing their emotions through the arts. We will be utilizing visual arts + “mark-making”, creative writing, and mixed media collage as a guiding tool to generate personalized expressions of grief.
You do not need to have any experience with art to attend this workshop.
This 2 hour workshop will include:

Exploring how objects connected to our loved ones may support our grief
Stream-of-conscious creative writing, collage, and mark-making
Space to connect with others who are suicide bereaved
Opportunity to share creations with the group
Resources and tools to integrate into supporting your grief

The Crisis Centre of BC is a non-profit charitable organization in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. To make a donation for this session, visit https://crisiscentre.bc.ca/donate/
To register for this free in-person event, please follow this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmNZEC5PINrf-joWSD0DQEWmtrYkMMJZxQoIxRd21-uy70vA/viewform

Medicine Walk
2022-06-11 12:00 - 15:00, 2022-06-24 16:00 - 19:00
Indigenous women and 2-Spirit People are invited to join this Medicine Walk event in beautiful Stanley Park. Don’t miss it!

June 11th from 12:00pm to 3:00pm

June 24th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Complete the survey & register now: tinyurl.com/IWRTales

Baby & Me
2022-06-13 12:30 - 14:00
Join Westcoast Family Centres‘ drop-in group Baby & Me!
This group gives parents with children 0-2 years old the opportunity to connect with other parents, learn songs and rhymes, and gain important knowledge about their baby’s development.
WFC Tri-Cities Office in Port Coquitlam Every Monday and Wednesday in June, and every Wednesday in July 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
DROP-IN ONLY! No registration required. *First come, first serve*
For more information: https://www.westcoastfamily.org/events

Indigenous Art Contest
2022-06-15
Calling All Creatives – EXTENSION!

Deadline for Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association – FRAFCA‘s ongoing art contest has been moved to June 15 2022.

Send in your submissions to – maddy.reilly@frafca.org

Be sure to include your contact information.

Art Therapy Open Studio
2022-06-21 14:00 - 15:30
ART THERAPY OPEN STUDIO

Stopping The Violence by Atira Women’s Resource Society will be hosting this 5-week series between 2-3:30pm on Tuesdays from June 21st. Join facilitator Alexia to express yourself through exploring, creating and connecting in our safe space.

To register, email
stv@atira.bc.ca or call
604-331-1407 ext. 107.

Canoe Cultures :: Ho’-ku-melh
2022-07-03
The work of 20 Indigenous artists and carvers alongside historical images and information tells the story of the resilience and strength of Indigenous peoples through the war canoe and all it represents. Curated by Indigenous artist and cultural historian Roxanne Charles. The exhibition runs until July 3rd.
Ticket Prices are $13.50 for adults and $11 for seniors.
Purchase tickets here!
https://www.straight.com/listings/events/1411576

Youth Basketball Camp
2022-07-04 10:00 - 2022-07-07 12:00
To kick off summer, Nisga’a Ts’amiks Vancouver Society have teamed up with The Vancouver Basketball Foundation™ and I·SPARC to deliver a free Youth Basketball Camp for Ts’amiks youth (age 8-15).
The basketball camp will take place from July 4 to July 7, 2022 at Nash Family Courts within the PNE Fairgrounds. The camp encourages young athletes of all skill levels and abilities to enjoy the game of basketball and a have a lot of fun in the process.
To register online or to learn more, please visit https://bit.ly/3OFEkWv

Outdoor Movie Night - The Lion King
2022-07-05 18:00 - 20:30
Did you know that you and your family can watch movies on the big screen outdoors on summer evenings for FREE!?

VANCOUVER 📅 Beginning Tuesday, July 5 More Info: http://www.summercinema.ca/

Women's Craft Night
2022-07-07 17:00 - 18:30
Kw’umut Lelum are calling all Women! Time to get crafty and make your own or gifted bath bomb, candle, and more.
There are limited spots so be sure to register today!

Progressive Aboriginal Relations Webinar
2022-07-13 12:00 - 13:30
The next Progressive Aboriginal Relations™ (PAR) webinar is on July 13th. Join Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business from 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST to learn more about how the PAR program can help your business.

To register, contact Victoria Prue at par@ccab.com.

Women’s Craft Night
2022-07-14 17:00 - 18:30
Kw’umut Lelum are calling all Women! Time to get crafty and make your own or gifted bath bomb, candle, and more.
There are limited spots so be sure to register today!

To register contact:

kseymour@kwumut.org | (250)-591-0933
