Presentation to Aboriginal Affairs Committee September 25, 2017

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1 Presentation to Aboriginal Affairs Committee September 25, 2017

2 UPDATE ON CANADA 150 PROGRAMS Follow-up to presentation on May 12, 2017 Provide an update on the inclusion of Indigenous peoples in the City of Toronto s Canada 150 activities. 2

3 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY June 21 (National Aboriginal Day): 4643, IAF Attendance Total: 16,694 Reached over 1500 students with education and outreach programming over three days (21-23) 60 performers over 5 days, including award-winning artists Susan Aglukark, Crystal Shawanda, William Prince, and Ulali. Partners included the Aboriginal People's Television network for a live broadcast component on June 21st for National Aboriginal Day, as well as the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Ipsos survey results 94% of attendees would recommend NAD to friends & family 86% were satisfied with their experience at NAD 67% of attendees from Toronto 21% tourists (beyond 40km from Toronto), including 6% from outside of Canada 150 participants were surveyed 3

4 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY LIVE 4

5 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY 5

6 CANADA DAYS Festival Locations: Nathan Phillips Square, June 30 th to July 3 rd Mel Lastman Square, July 1 st Humber Bay Park West, July 1 st Scarborough Civic Centre, July 1 st Over 225,000+ attendees at all four sites 22 performances by Indigenous Artists over the four day festival Music: Award-winning, established performers Emerging artists Cross-Canada and International Traditional and non-traditional Multi-Arts / Performing Arts / Site Animation: First Nations Elder Traditional Welcome (all sites) Dancers, Drummers, Performing Arts 6

7 CANADA DAYS: TRADITIONAL WELCOME + SPEECHES Chief Stacey Laforme Elder Andrew Wesley Elder Garry Sault Elder Cat Criger Elder Joanne Dallaire 7

8 CANADA DAYS: BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE NPS JUNE 30 Buffy Sainte-Marie 8

9 CANADA DAYS: PERFORMING ARTS + DANCE Red Sky Performances - Mistatim Ian Akiwenzie Lisa Odjig w/ Hand Drummers + Singers Toronto Metis Jiggers 9

10 CANADA DAYS: MUSIC Ghostkeeper The Chippewa Travellers Kristi Lane Sinclair Shauit The Jerry Cans 10

11 MOMENTO POP-UP MUSEUM 11

12 MOMENTO POP-UP MUSEUM May 24 October 31 Will visit nearly 60 community events, in every City ward, to tell stories of people, places, and events in Toronto that have shaped Canada. Over 50 stories on exhibit timeline, including several relating to Indigenous history in Toronto Includes acknowledgement that history of Canada and the history of Indigenous peoples long predates

13 MOMENTO POP-UP MUSEUM 13

14 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE ROUGE August 20, Attendance: 2000 Canoe passengers: 800 Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Toronto and York Region Métis Council participated in opening ceremonies History of Métis Nation represented on site throughout the day Indigenous history also represented through TRCA s pop-up Archaeology exhibit. 14

15 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE ROUGE 15

16 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE ROUGE 16

17 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE HUMBER September 10, 2017: Attendance: 2000 Canoe passengers: 500 Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Toronto and York Region Métis Council participated in opening ceremonies Métis Nation and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation represented on site throughout the day Maawandoon Jiimaan Collective interpreted the creation of an authentic birchbark canoe Indigenous history also represented through TRCA s pop-up Archaeology exhibit. 17

18 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE HUMBER 18

19 MOMENTO BY CANOE: CELEBRATING THE HUMBER 19

20 OTHER EVENTS On Common Ground, September 15-17, Fort York Featured the world premiere of Miigis by Red Sky Performance Street Art 2017 Team of artists using chalk drawings to highlight Toronto s history throughout the downtown core Artistic team included Dr. Bob Phillips (Great Bear) 20