Editor’s note: The vendor fair and feast on Thursday, June 20 will now take place in Market Hall.

A traditional sunrise ceremony, drumming and Inuit throat singing are just a few ways Indigenous Peoples are sharing their heritage and cultures at Brock University this month.

Hosted by the Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre from Monday, June 17 to Thursday, June 20, Indigenous Peoples Awareness Week (IPAW) will offer more than 20 free, public workshops, demonstrations and guest presentations.

The week falls during National Indigenous History Month and just before National Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday, June 21.

Among the week’s highlights will be a beaded medicine pouch workshop on Monday, June 17; a ribbon skirt-making workshop on Tuesday, June 18; a two-part workshop about traditional Inuit life on Wednesday, June 19; and two Songs for Turtle Island workshops told through original song and hand drumming on Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20.

Brock’s IPAW festivities will wrap up with a vendor fair in Market Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feast at noon on Thursday, June 20. Pre-registration for the feast is required.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation’s We Were So Far Away exhibit in the Rankin Family Pavilion will educate members of the campus community about the Inuit experience of residential schools until the end of the month. All are welcome to visit, but photography of the exhibit is prohibited.

IPAW events are free and open to everyone in the Brock and wider communities, but advance registration is required as spaces are limited. Workshop registration will close the night before each scheduled session or when spaces are full. For more information and to register, visit the IPAW Eventbrite page.

Volunteers are still needed to help make IPAW a success. Please visit the Hadiya’dagénhahs ExperienceBU page to learn more about volunteer opportunities.