Secret Path Week and ReconciliACTION Through Arts, Entertainment and Education
6:00pm Start
Dalton Associates Head Office
240A St. David St. N, Fergus, ON
Live Band | Family Event | Food Catered by Pow Wow Cafe
FEATURING A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE POETS, Leo Atlookan, and The Aazhibik Singers of MCFN #40A
The Poets are a band that is based in Moose Factory / Moosonee in northern Ontario. They first got their start in 2018 at a local community arts and music festival called The Gathering Of Our People. Band members include guitarists Clint Hamilton, Rob Carter, bassist Jon Kapashesit, drummer Paul Chakasim and rounding it off is lead singer Vic Linklater. All the guys reside in Moose Factory and Moosonee. Vic saw an opportunity to start something to support Gord Downie’s cause of reconciliation in the wonderful unity that is the Downie Wenjack Fund, of which The Poets are members of. The band continue into 2022 and beyond with their passion for building bridges and creating partnerships with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples and communities across Ontario and Canada in the spirit of Gord Downie and reconciliation.
Singing and Pow Wow drum group performance by The Aazhibik Singers of MCFN #40A and Leo Atlookan will be doing a presentation about his home land, Eabametoong First Nation, ON, regalia and boil water advisory issue.
About the Legacy Space Program
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The Legacy Spaces Program contributes to the DWF’s mission and invites participating organizations to create safe, welcoming places dedicated to providing education and spreading awareness about Indigenous history and the journey of truth and reconciliation. Visit www.downiewenjack.ca to learn more.
Donate to The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund
Dalton Associates will make a donation for every person that attends in-person on October 19th.
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