240 - June is the Month of Month of's 🗓️
We’re a week into June, which means we’re also a week into Bike Month, Pride Month and Indigenous History Month—which is just another way of saying there’s a LOT going on!
We covered the city’s plans to celebrate bicycles last week, so we’re dedicating this week to Pride and Indigenous History…
PRIDE
Wortley Pride 🏳️🌈
With Pride London Festival taking place just the other side of June, Londoner’s can get the celebration started tomorrow (June 8) at Wortley Pride with a full day of vendors and programming in the heart of Wortley Village followed by an evening with Sarah Smith at the Palace Theatre.
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Before Stonewall 📽️
In partnership with Western University's Film Studies Program, FRAMES presents a screening of the award-winning film Before Stonewall at TAP Centre for Creativity on Friday, June 14: full details here.
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Western University’s Pride Library 📚
While Western’s Pride Library is set to re-open soon, many titles from their collection are currently available through the University’s main library archive here.
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National Indigenous History Month
30 Day Indigenous History Month Challenge 🗓️
Biindigen, Western's Indigenous Learning Circle has produced another steallar 30 Day Indigenous History Month Challenge! Some of our favourite resources to explore this year include; this map of Indigenous Art around the city, this workshop on Indigenous Allyship in the workplace and this colouring page from Mushkego Cree Artist & Illustrator, Hawlii Pichette.
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London Public Library’s Spotlight on Indigenous Reads 📚
With 20 books on this year’s list, the London Public Library has collected a variety of fiction, memoir, and more to celebrate the month in print here.
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Indigenous Solidarity Day (June 21) ☀️
The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, Atlohsa Family Healing Services, City of London, N'Amerind (London) Friendship Centre, and the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre invite the community to join them on The Green in Wortley Village to celebrate the region’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities with a sunrise ceremony at 6am followed by singers, dancers, food, vendors (and more!) during the main gathering from 12-4pm. Full details here.
Sponsors:
📍CityMatch / 🌲 BLUE Forest Realty Inc.
Patrons: Sameer Vasta / Mike Donachie / web.isod.es / Joan Sam / Black Coffee / Earmark / Rachel Berdan / Dan Hall / Paul Seale / Alexis Dowell / Kelly Ziegner / Ellen Husk / Sidetrack: A Wortley Café / Erin Naylor / Ethan Halko / Phronk / Alex Jaworiwsky / Pat Dryburgh / Jennifer Wain / Amanda DeVries Editors emeriti: Jon Clemens / Titus Ferguson / Steve MacDouell / Rebecca Minielly / Kevin Van Lierop / Kendra Perera Editor: James Kingsley
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