Events
Discover all our past and upcoming events that bring the community together around freshwater conservation.
Past Events
World Water Day 2021
We are joining people around the world, in celebration and protection of freshwater. At the heart of the two largest Great Lakes, the only outflowing river from Lake Superior and a plethora of inland waterways, we are truly in a spectacular place to celebrate and protect freshwater.
From season to season, our experiences of water change, as do the activities and memories that go along with them. We have reached out to students across the Algoma District and broader local and global community, asking people to share their freshwater stories. What a heartwarming and wonderful experience to share. Thank you to all who contributed.
Experience World Water Day 2021
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Tagged Water Wow
OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH WATER DEFENDERS
On Sunday, March 28, 2021, from 1-3 pm, in alignment with the Sugar Making Moon, please join us for a conversation about our water and our future. Stephanie and Autumn Peltier have been travelling the world advocating for the protection of water for all beings of earth. In this dialogue you will learn about the maple harvest, cycles of the moon, the breaking of the ice as the season changes, and our responsibilities as humans to restore, defend, and ensure clean water for all. Photo by Maryam Southam Photography, supplied by Stephanie Peltier Brought to you through a partnership with Anishinaabe Studies at Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, Anishinaabe Initiatives, and Shingwauk Anishinaabe Students Association, through generous funding from the Laidlaw Grant.
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Tagged Indigenous Knowledge
Earlier Event: March 22
WATER WOW | WORLD WATER DAY 2021
Later Event: April 21
STORYTELLING SESSION WITH MARY ANNE CAIBAIOSAI
STORYTELLING SESSION WITH MARY ANNE CAIBAIOSAI
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Storyteller: Mary Anne Caibaiosai
Mary Anne Caibaiosai is Ojibway Anishnaabe kwe, bear clan from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, where her ancestors walked. She is an artist, counsellor and PhD candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She is also a water walker, holds and shares traditional teachings from her Elders and teachers; responsibility for the gift of workshops she received from her Elder on: Stages of Life, Medicine Wheel Teachings, Self Care on the Medicine Wheel, Seven Stages of Life and Indigenous/non-Indigenous worldview. She will lead the third of four ceremonial water walks for the Grand River following the protocols of Josephine-baa Mandamin. She also holds a Master of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of First Nations & Aboriginal Counselling Degree, Brandon University.
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Tagged Indigenous Knowledge
Earlier Event: March 28
OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE
Later Event: July 17
WATER WISE SHORELINE CLEANUP
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Tagged Plastics
Earlier Event: April 21
STORYTELLING SESSION WITH MARY ANNE CAIBAIOSAI
Later Event: March 22, 2022
WORLD WATER DAY 2022
In preparation for the United Nations’ World Water Day on March 22, 2022, volunteers across the Twin Saults through the leadership of Water Wise have come together to take the pledge to reduce the use of personal plastics and to creatively become more aware of local freshwater issues!
This year’s World Water Day theme is Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible. As part of this initiative, Water Wise has organized multiple virtual presentations with community partners along with a Water Arts initiative. Participants are invited to share in a day of storytelling, celebration, and freshwater protection here in the heart of the Upper Great Lakes. Click here for full details.
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Tagged Water Wow
Earlier Event: July 17, 2021
WATER WISE SHORELINE CLEANUP