Pembroke Celebrates First Moon First People Indigenous Culture Celebration

Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2021

Pembroke Campus has kicked off activities in conjunction with the First Moon, First People Indigenous Culture Celebration. The month-long event will include a series of activities in collaboration with the Circle of Turtle Lodge that celebrate Indigenous Culture.

“This is the fourth year of this annual event,” said Jodi Bucholtz, Marketing, Event Planning and Recruitment Coordinator. “Through these programs, we are able to expose students and employees to learn more about indigenous culture.”

Events are aligned with course curriculum to allow for wide interest and participation. All students and staff are welcome to attend.


“During the planning stages we speak to faculty and are able to align programming to ongoing curriculum,” said Bucholtz. “Our new moon activities were attended by our outdoor adventure naturalist students so they could participate as a class. They will have an assignment based on the program. For our talking circle, we have our outdoor adventure naturalist students, our social service worker students attend. They learn how talking circles can be used for healing and for a safe space, which can be used during placements as a tool in their tool kit.”

Upcoming programs include:

  • Algonquin Song Lesson & Drumming Circle – January 26
  • Talking Circle – January 27
  • Colonization Road – Q&A with Director – February 3

The First Moon, First People Indigenous Culture Celebration is a result of the College and Community Social Innovation Fund. This three year-grant is supporting several new Indigenous activities that are part of Mamiwi Maadaadizi – “The Start of an Algonquin Journey”.

(photos displayed above are from last year’s event)


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