July 2022 COMMUNITY NEWS
RenfrewCollingwoodCommunityNews.com
Collingwood Days are back! July 15 — 23 “We are currently preparing for our annual Collingwood Days Festival, which will be happening on July 23rd this year at Gaston Park,” says Community Connections and Celebrations Coordinator Sussan Yáñez. “The week full of community events and workshops starts July 15th and culminates with the community festival at Gaston. “This year we have also introduced a project called Breathing Life Back into Waterways, with the intention to fulfill some of the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by making space for Indigenous folks to take leadership on their ancestral territories and to provide newcomers and the Renfrew Collingwood area and its 40,000-plus commuters with educational resources of the living stories of the Indigenous peoples and ecosystems that still thrive through asphalt and concrete.
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Co lli ng wo od Da ys Ju ly 15 - Ju ly 23 Schedule: page 9
“We are bubbling with excitement as we concoct a previously unseen programming for this year’s festival! Please join us from July 15th to the 23rd in our dance, gardening, historical neighbourhood tours, drum making, hide tanning workshops and more!” Look out for the full schedule and calendar in this issue and the website www.collingwooddays.com.