Tipi Raising and Teachings

Lakehead University 500 University Ave, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

You are invited to join Lakehead University in a tipi raising on Sunday, June 11. In honour of National Indigenous History Month, Luana Harper-Shirt & her family will be sharing tipi teachings and will be leading us in the raising of the tipi on the Orillia Campus. The Tipi Raising is in partnership with the …

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Rally at MPP Dunlop’s Orillia Office – CORRUPTION in the Greenbelt

Jill Dunlop's Office 575 West Street South, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Please join us, including speakers Madeleine Fournier (Stop Sprawl Orillia), Aaron Cayden Hiltz (Past candidate Simcoe North Liberal Party), Dr. Elizabeth Van Houtte (Past candidate Simcoe North NDP), Jacob Kearey Moreland (Co-founder of Orillia for Democracy), and Margaret Prophet (Executive Director Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition), as we express our serious concerns, not only about the …

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Rama Powwow

Rama First Nation

Rama Powwow is one of the biggest and best powwows in Ontario. All are welcome! Held on Chippewas of Rama First Nation territory, at the John Snake Memorial Community Multi-Purpose Grounds. Cost is $10/day $15/weekend pass; free for kids under 12, seniors, handicapped, or veterans. No pre-registration or advance tickets necessary – pay at gate. …

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Greenbelt Public Forum

Hey #Simcoe Community! Are you frustrated over the Ontario government’s handling of the Greenbelt? Do you still have questions about the whole process? Wondering what can be done in response? Us too! Mark your calendars for September 12th @ 7:00 PM and join us at Grace United Church in Barrie for a special public forum. …

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Orillia Climate Strike

?SEPTEMBER 15TH @ 4PM ?TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON CLIMATE ACTION ORILLIA This historic mobilisation renews and reinforces global efforts focused on ending the era of fossil fuels. The scale of this mobilisation and the urgency of the moment underscore the devastating impacts of recent record breaking heat, deadly floods, wildfires and other …

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An Evening with Dr. Ellen Field: Young People and the Climate Crisis

Creative Nomad Studios 23 Mississaga St W

Dr. Field, an assistant professor at Lakehead University and a leading researcher in this field will present her findings and recommendations from her recent study of 1000 Canadian young people - ages 16 to 25. A study that captured young people's perspective on the climate crisis, their futures and what we, the older generations can …

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Special Film Screening: Orange Shirt Day

Orillia Public Library 36 Mississaga St W, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Join us in the Program Room on Tuesday, September 26 at 1:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. for this special screening of "Orange Shirt Day".  In honour of the 10 year mark of Orange Shirt Day, Phyllis Webstad shares the Orange Shirt Day origin story by reliving what it was like growing up in an Indigenous …

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