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June 21 - July 1, 2025 (ch'atlich | Sechelt)

syíyaya Days began in 2022 with a partnership between the District of Sechelt, the shíshálh Nation, and the syíyaya Reconciliation Movement. The multi-day event starts on June 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day and wraps up with a community parade on July 1, Canada Day.

REGISTER FOR LA FÊTE DU / CANADA DAY PARADE

REGISTER TO BE A MARKET/ARTISAN VENDOR @ HACKETT PARK

 

🎉 Heads up! Our event schedule might do a little dance and change from time to time. 
Be sure to check the drop-down date list below to stay in the loop!

🌟 All programs and activities are FREE (unless otherwise noted). Most do need registration though—space is limited and spots go fast!
So don’t wait—register early and save your place!

Printable Event Schedule

Saturday June 21 (National Indigenous Peoples Day / Journée nationale des peuples autochtones)

National Indigenous Peoples Day Festivities & Craft Fair

shíshálh Nation (5532 xenichen Ave) | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm 

FREE / DROP-IN | Learn More!

 

First Nations Storytime & Orange Heart Craft Activity

Sechelt Public Library (5797 Cowrie St) | 10:30 - 11:00 am

FREE / DROP-IN | Recommended for families with children 5 yrs and under.

 

Cultural Gathering: music, jigging and potluck

United Canadian Métis Nation | Seaside Centre (5790 Teredo St) | 12:00 - 3:00 pm

FREE / DROP-IN - 2 day event (June 20 & 21)

 

In Conversation

Author Wade Davis with moderator Vickie Garbereau and Emcee Ed Hill

Gibsons Public Art Gallery (431 Marine Dr, Ch’kw’elhp Gibsons) | 6:30 - 8:30 pm (In person SOLD OUT)

  • Live stream access: $40 | gpag.ca/events-workshops

Sunday June 22

Cultural Walking Tour: Talking Totems

with Talaysay Tours

Meet at Tsain-Ko Gift Shop (5545 Sunshine Coast Hwy) | 9:00 - 11:00 am

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.talaysay.com/events

 

Dialogue Circle Towards Reconciliation

with Circle Keepers: híwus Calvin Craigan & Diane Marshall; Restorative Justice of the Sunshine Coast

Mission Point House (4603 Sunshine Coast Hwy) | 1:00 - 3:00 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.rjpsc.org

 

Cultural Walking Tour: Spoken Treasures

with Talaysay Tours and sponsored by Domtar Howe Sound Mill 

Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd, Ch'kw'elhp | Gibsons) | 2:00 - 3:15 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca

 

Cultural Walking Tour: Talking Trees

with Talaysay Tours

Porpoise Bay Provincial Park (6451 Sechelt Inlet Rd) | 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm 

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.talaysay.com/events

Monday June 23

s-yéwyáw: AWAKEN film screening + filmmaker / artist Q&A

with híwus Calvin Craigan; Alfonso Salinas; Liz Marshall

Raven's Cry Theatre (5555 Sunshine Coast Hwy) | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (doors open at 11am)

  • FREE | Register by email, events@sechelt.ca

 

*Thank you to Domtar Howe Sound Pulp and Paper for their support of this activity.

Tuesday June 24

Cultural Walking Tour: Talking Trees

with Talaysay Tours

Porpoise Day Provincial Park (6451 Sechelt Inlet Rd) | 10:00 - 11:00 am

  • Limited Space | Register at www.talaysay.com/events

 

KAIROS Blanket Exercise; An Interactive Workshop on the History of Colonization - A Canadian Story

Presenters & Circle Keepers: híwus Calvin Craigan, tituya Keith Julius, John & Nancy Denham; Restorative Justice of the Sunshine Coast

Seaside Centre (5790 Teredo St) | 5:30 - 8:30 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.rjpsc.org

 

*Thank you to Domtar Howe Sound Pulp and Paper for their support of this activity.

Wednesday June 25

Cultural Walking Tour: Talking Totems

with Talaysay Tours

Meet at Tsain-Ko Gift Shop (5545 Sunshine Coast Hwy) | 6:00 - 8:00 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.talaysay.com/events

 

Dialogue Circle Towards Reconciliation

with facilitators Morrie Sacks & Jeannette Gibbons; Restorative Justice of the Sunshine Coast

Mission Point House (4603 Sunshine Coast Hwy) | 6:30 - 8:30 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.rjpsc.org

Thursday June 26

(FULL) Ch'Kw'elhp Living History Walk

with k'atxa'mat Fran Nahanee

Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd, Ch'kw'elhp Gibsons) | 10:00 - 11:15 am

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register: 604-885-8232

Friday June 27 (Multiculturalism Day / La journée du multiculturalisme)

(FULL) Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Wisdom of Wild, Edible, and Medicinal Plants

An Author talk with Loriann Bird

Community Room | Sechelt Public Library (5797 Cowrie St) | 1:00 - 2:30 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register by phone: 604-885-3260 -or- www.sechelt.bc.libraries.coop/calendar/

Saturday June 28

(FULL) Ch’kw’elhp Genealogy 

with k’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee

Gibsons District Public Library (470 S Fletcher Rd, Ch’kw’elhp Gibsons) | 10:00—11:30 a.m.

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register: 604-886-2130

 

Dream Café

Conversations about death and dying facilitated by shíshálh artist Nadine Ryan.

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St) | 5:00 - 7:00pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register at www.sunshinecoastartscouncil.com/workshops/

Sunday June 29

Orange Hearts with Heart

Paint and inscribe an orange wooden heart to share. All ages welcome.

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St) | 12:00 - 2:00 pm

FREE / DROP-IN

 

Drum Circle

with Circle Keepers: Coyote Terry Aleck & White Wolf Woman Christine Turrene; Restorative Justice of the Sunshine Coast

St. Hilda's Church (5838 Barnacle St) | 4:00 - 5:00 pm

FREE / DROP-IN | Bring your drum!

 

*Thank you to Domtar Howe Sound Pulp and Paper for their support of these activities.

Monday June 30

Film Screening Ninan Aussat: We, the Children

Community Room | Sechelt Public Library (5797 Cowrie St) | 3:00 - 4:30 pm

  • FREE | Limited Space | Register by phone: 604-885-3260 -or- www.sechelt.bc.libraries.coop/calendar/

Tuesday July 1 (La fête du/Canada Day)

Parade, Live Music, Bouncy Castles, Food & Craft Vendors, Collectible Cars, Face Painting, & More!

  • 8am - Lions Club Pancake Breakfast (Cowrie Street)
  • 8:30 -10:15am - Kids Bike Decorating for Parade (outside the mall near Lighthouse Liquor Store)
  • 9:30 - Sunshine Coast Orchestra (5699 Cowrie Street)
  • 10:30am - Downtown Parade (Cowrie Street)
  • Noon - 4 pm - Hackett Park Activities
    • "Trial by Fire" | upper Hackett Park
      A high-energy firefighter skills competition where teams and individuals from across The Coast go head-to-head in challenges of strength, speed, and stamina. Hosted by the Sechelt Volunteer Firefighters’ Association, it’s a thrilling community fundraiser you won’t want to miss.

 

Stage Performance Schedule (lower Hackett Park):

11:00am | Dixie Honey Hula Hooping

12:00pm | Welcome 

12:30pm | Graham Walker & The Jilly Bears

1:30pm | Storytime Theatre

2:00pm | Spindrift Street

 

 Ongoing Free Exhibits (Check venues for details)

2025 syiyaya Days Street Banner Feature: shíshálh Nation Weavers

Featuring weavings of shíshálh artists Jessica Silvey, Shy Watters, ch'elkwilwet Raquel Joe, and kwayimin Andy Johnson

 

shíshálh Nation tems swiya Museum Tours

(5555 Sunshine Coast Highway)

Monday to Friday | 1:30 and 3:30pm

 

New Directions: Contemporary Heiltsuk Paintings

Exhibition by Bradley Hunt & Family **CLOSES June 22**

Gibsons Public Art Gallery (431 Marine Dr, Ch'kw'elhp Gibsons)

 

Walking With Our Sisters | Red Dress Installation

By House of Songs Gathering Circle | Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St)

June 21-22 & June 28-29 | 12:00 - 4:00pm

 

Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel

syíyaya Days StoryWalk in the Rockwood Centre Garden (5714 Medusa St)

June 25 - July 1 | sunrise - sunset

 

Sechelt Public Library Indigenous Collection

Sechelt Library actively promotes Indigenous voices. Look for the identifying spine label to find titles throughout the library. (5797 Cowrie St)

 

Sunshine Coast Astronomers Club

Experience the wonders of the universe at our observatory! Admission by donation. Weather Dependent.

(4480 Hilltop Rd)

  • SALISH NIGHT SKIES: A list of Salish asterisms that Dr. Shandin Pete at the University of British Columbia has recovered in his research for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s World Asterism Project.

 

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