TRC-Bobcaygeon
Current Events and Activities
Unity Drum Group at September 30th Event
September 30th, National Truth & Reconciliation Day (Orange T-shirt - Every Child Matters Day) is quickly approaching - that time when we commemorate all the Indigenous children who never returned home from the Indian residential schools as well as the survivors....
September 30th 2024
In keeping with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day on September 30, 2024, Truth and Reconciliation Community Bobcaygeon and the Mishkodeh Centre for Indigenous Knowledge invite you and your family and friends to a remembrance ceremony...
Opening Beach park Garden
About 100 people gathered June 19th to celebrate the opening of the friendship garden "Gdinuhwendimin" at the Beach park in Bobcaygeon. There was a nice turn out of folks from Bobcaygeon, two classes from Bobcaygeon Public School, members of the Getsiinyag - the over...
June 19th Opening of Garden Event
In collaboration with the Mishkodeh Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, Truth and Reconciliation Community Bobcaygeon invites you to a time of friendship and celebration with the opening of the Bobcaygeon Beach Park garden circle. This project has been four years in...
Book Discussion
As promised late last year, TRCBobcaygeon is having a book discussion this spring to discuss the following books: Aazhoodenaang Enjibaajig. Our Long Struggle for Home. The Ipperwash Story. and Heather Menzies. Meeting My Treaty Kin: A Journey Toward Reconciliation...
Saturday September 30th
September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation On Saturday September 30, the local organization, Truth and Reconciliation Community - Bobcaygeon will hold a public gathering to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The event will take...
Box Lunch Social at the Beach park
Truth and Reconciliation Community - Bobcaygeon had our second annual Box Lunch Social aka picnic with CLFN’s Getsiinyag +55 group. The weather co-operated and we had a sunny day with pleasant temperatures. The idea was to enjoy our first event at "Inawanadimin" - the...
Beading Workshop
To call our Beading Workshop with Anishinaabekwe artist and scholar Malinda Grey a "workshop" is a bit of a misnomer. It was definitely more of a Playshop as our group resembled unruly Kindergarteners to a large degree. Malinda Gray is a PHd student and course...
Blanket Exercise
The Blanket Exercise was well attended and people reported being very moved by the experience. We had folks who drove from as far away as Caledon to attend. Anne Taylor led the exercise and added her own personal experiences and familiy stories to bring her lived...