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syiyaya Days

syíyaya Days 2024

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.

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Printable Event Schedule

Friday June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day / Journée nationale des peuples autochtones
12:00 - 3:00PM \| Cultural Gathering: Music and Potluck with the United Canadian Metis Nation Seaside Centre (5790 Teredo St) FREE 2:30 - 4:30PM \| Medicine Pins: Red Dresses & Orange Shirts Rockwood Lodge Art Space (5511 Shorncliffe Ave) FREE Thank you to the Sunshine Coast Credit Union 3:00PM \| House of Songs: beading and weaving activity* Hackett Park (5765 Dolphin St) FREE 4:00PM \| Old Elk Dance Troupe performance Hackett Park (5765 Dolphin St) FREE
Saturday June 22
POSTPONED \| s-yéwyáw AWAKEN Full Film + Community Experience with Ecko Alec 4:00 - 5:15PM \| "Talking Trees" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours Meet at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, beside the playground FREE, space limited Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com POSTPONED \| Ecko Alec & Katherine Denham performance including spoken word / hip hop & dance
Sunday June 23
12:00 - 4:00PM \| shíshálh Storytelling with Wesley Jeffries Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St) FREE, All Ages POSTPONED \| Unveiling Ceremony - Reconciliation Pole
Monday June 24
POSTPONED \| Chief Robert Joseph: Reading & Talk 6:00 - 7:30PM \| "Talking Totems" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours Meet at Tsain-ko Gift Shop (5555 Sunshine Coast Hwy) FREE, space limited Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com
Tuesday June 25
10:00 - 11:00AM \| "Spoken Treasures" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours A light walking tour along Skwxwú7mesh Ch’kw’elhp / Gibsons Landing. Meet at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd) FREE Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com
Wednesday June 26

Thursday June 27 (Multiculturalism Day / La journée du multiculturalisme)
12:00 - 2:00PM \| Making Nests with Red Cedar Woman Gathering Place / Red Cedar Woman Weaving Studio (5511 Wharf Ave) FREE 2:00 - 4:00PM \| Dialogue Circle Towards Reconciliation with Circle Keepers: hiwus Calvin Craigan & Diane Marshall Mission Point House (4595 Sunshine Coast Hwy) FREE, space limited Register: tatiana@rjpsc.ca 6:30 - 8:00PM \| Changing the Way We See Canada Day A talk by and dialogue circle with Huron University Research Team Capilano University, kálax-ay Campus (5627 Inlet Ave) FREE
Friday June 28
2:00 - 4:00PM \| Salish Sea Waterfront Walk with Jessica Silvey Gathering Place (5511 Wharf Ave) FREE 6:00 - 7:30PM \| "Talking Totems" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours Meet at Tsain-ko Gift Shop (5555 Sunshine Coast Hwy) FREE, space limited Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com
Saturday June 29
10:00 - 12:00PM \| Ch’kw’elhp Genealogy with K’atxa’mat Frances J. Nahanee Gibsons Public Library (470 S Fletcher Rd) FREE 2:00 - 3:15PM \| "Talking Trees" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours Meet at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, beside the playground FREE, space limited Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com
Sunday June 30
10:00 - 11:00AM \| "Spoken Treasures" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours A light walking tour along Skwxwú7mesh Ch’kw’elhp / Gibsons Landing. Meet at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd) FREE Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com 12:00 - 4:00PM \| shíshálh Storytelling with Wesley Jeffries Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St) FREE, All Ages
Monday July 1 (La fête du/Canada Day)
8:00AM \| Pancake Breakfast by Lions Club Cowrie Street FREE 9:30AM \| Sunshine Coast Orchestra Cowrie Street FREE 10:30AM \| Parade Cowrie Street, Inlet Avenue, Dolphin Street 12:00 - 3:00PM \| Free Family Fun! Live music, bouncy castles, food & craft vendors, collectible cars, face painting, & more! Dixie Honey Hula Hooping Knotty Dotters Storytime Theatre Brothers in Farms Hackett Park FREE 10:00-12:00PM & 1:00-3:00PM \| Weaving Cedar Hearts, presented by Ali + Bella Casey (Rainbow Women) To honour the lives lost to residential schools Gathering Place / Red Cedar Woman Weaving Studio (5511 Wharf Avenue) FREE

Friday June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day / Journée nationale des peuples autochtones

12:00 - 3:00PM | Cultural Gathering: Music and Potluck with the United Canadian Metis Nation
Seaside Centre (5790 Teredo St)

FREE

2:30 - 4:30PM | Medicine Pins: Red Dresses & Orange Shirts

Rockwood Lodge Art Space (5511 Shorncliffe Ave)
FREE
*Thank you to the Sunshine Coast Credit Union

3:00PM | House of Songs: beading and weaving activity
Hackett Park (5765 Dolphin St)
FREE

4:00PM | Old Elk Dance Troupe performance

Hackett Park (5765 Dolphin St)
FREE

Saturday June 22

POSTPONED | s-yéwyáw AWAKEN Full Film + Community Experience with Ecko Alec

4:00 - 5:15PM | "Talking Trees" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours
Meet at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, beside the playground
FREE, space limited
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

POSTPONED | Ecko Alec & Katherine Denham performance including spoken word / hip hop & dance

Sunday June 23

12:00 - 4:00PM | shíshálh Storytelling with Wesley Jeffries
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St)
FREE, All Ages

POSTPONED | Unveiling Ceremony - Reconciliation Pole

Monday June 24

POSTPONED | Chief Robert Joseph: Reading & Talk

6:00 - 7:30PM | "Talking Totems" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours
Meet at Tsain-ko Gift Shop (5555 Sunshine Coast Hwy)
FREE, space limited
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

Tuesday June 25

10:00 - 11:00AM | "Spoken Treasures" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours

A light walking tour along Skwxwú7mesh Ch’kw’elhp / Gibsons Landing.
Meet at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd)
FREE
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

Wednesday June 26

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

12:00 - 2:00PM | Making Nests with Red Cedar Woman
Gathering Place / Red Cedar Woman Weaving Studio (5511 Wharf Ave)
FREE

2:00 - 4:00PM | Dialogue Circle Towards Reconciliation
with Circle Keepers: hiwus Calvin Craigan & Diane Marshall
Mission Point House (4595 Sunshine Coast Hwy)
FREE, space limited
Register: tatiana@rjpsc.ca

6:30 - 8:00PM | Changing the Way We See Canada Day
A talk by and dialogue circle with Huron University Research Team
Capilano University, kálax-ay Campus (5627 Inlet Ave)
FREE

Friday June 28

2:00 - 4:00PM | Salish Sea Waterfront Walk with Jessica Silvey
Gathering Place (5511 Wharf Ave)
FREE

6:00 - 7:30PM | "Talking Totems" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours
Meet at Tsain-ko Gift Shop (5555 Sunshine Coast Hwy)
FREE, space limited
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

Saturday June 29

10:00 - 12:00PM | Ch’kw’elhp Genealogy with K’atxa’mat Frances J. Nahanee
Gibsons Public Library (470 S Fletcher Rd)
FREE

2:00 - 3:15PM | "Talking Trees" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours
Meet at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, beside the playground
FREE, space limited
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

Sunday June 30

10:00 - 11:00AM | "Spoken Treasures" Indigenous Walking Tour with Talaysay Tours
A light walking tour along Skwxwú7mesh Ch’kw’elhp / Gibsons Landing.
Meet at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives (716 Winn Rd)
FREE
Register: scsyiyaya@gmail.com

12:00 - 4:00PM | shíshálh Storytelling with Wesley Jeffries
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (5714 Medusa St)
FREE, All Ages

Monday July 1 (La fête du/Canada Day)

8:00AM | Pancake Breakfast by Lions Club
Cowrie Street
FREE

9:30AM | Sunshine Coast Orchestra
Cowrie Street
FREE

10:30AM | Parade
Cowrie Street, Inlet Avenue, Dolphin Street

12:00 - 3:00PM | Free Family Fun!
Live music, bouncy castles, food & craft vendors, collectible cars, face painting, & more!
Dixie Honey Hula Hooping
Knotty Dotters
Storytime Theatre
Brothers in Farms
Hackett Park
FREE

10:00-12:00PM & 1:00-3:00PM | Weaving Cedar Hearts, presented by Ali + Bella Casey (Rainbow Women)
To honour the lives lost to residential schools
Gathering Place / Red Cedar Woman Weaving Studio (5511 Wharf Avenue)
FREE