A Pow Wow spans generations

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A Pow Wow spans generations – Ryerson Today

by ahnationtalk on October 1, 2018433 Views

September 28, 2018

On September 21, the Ryerson 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. It was hosted by Saagajiwe, a transdisciplinary Indigenous centre for research and creation based in the Faculty of Communication and Design.

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). To the audience on September 21, Ryerson President Mohamed Lachemi noted that reviving the Pow Wow was one of the recommendations listed in Ryerson’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (the community consultation report, released in January, was titled PDF fileTruth and Reconciliation at Ryerson: Building a New Foundation for Generations to Come).