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INCLUSION

Pow Wow returns for 20th anniversary
A sunrise ceremony, drumming and dancing

Jennifer Meness (centre), from the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, is a doctoral candidate in the joint Communication and Culture program through Ryerson and York.

PHOTOGRAPH BY KAYTEE DALTON

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2018, the community came together for the first Ryerson Pow Wow since 2001.

Held in the Kerr Hall Gym and open to the public, the Pow Wow included a sunrise ceremony, a prayer by Elder Joanne Dallaire, Indigenous dancing, drumming, singing, crafts, a market and more.

The event commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first Ryerson Pow Wow, held in 1998 (the first such event ever held by a Toronto university), and was one of the recommendations made by Ryerson’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report. The event was hosted by Saagajiwe, an Indigenous centre for research and creation based in the Faculty of Communication and Design.

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