Colouring Contest

Weekly colouring contests will engage youth of all ages. Original works of art have been purchased from 3 Indigenous artists (Pam Callou, Cristi Belcourt and Jason Gullo) and is available online to download. Participants can upload their finished works (by age) to social media using the hashtag #SSIFColouring and encourage votes. Weekly prizes by vote...

SPECIALS -Hoop & Smoke Dance (All ages)

Post videos & vote until 8pm EST June19

First Round Competitions: Competitors Post & Audience Votes @ Social Distance Pow Wow for the Top 5! 12pm EDT to 8pm EDT each day. Finalists announced by 10pm EDT.

Paddle Painting

Claire Brascoupé
Available On-Demand until June 30th

Claire Brascoupé

Paint a 14-inch pine wooden paddle with Claire Brascoupé. Learn the fascinating Algonquin story of the first paddle while Claire demonstrates techniques to paint your paddle with Algonquin medicinal plants. Register for this workshop and all required materials will be delivered to your door, or purchase your own materials and follow along with the video...

$20

Finalists – Top 5 each age group & category Day 1

Available On-Demand until June 30th

Finalists – Top 5 each age group & category – Second Round – June 19 & 20 All finalists (dancers) submit to the Northern Cree songs provided. NEW and original music produced by multi-Grammy nominated Northern Cree for SSIF Pow Wow. Saturday June 19th – 12pm to 5pm on Facebook Live Sunday June 20th -12pm...

Live Music Night June 19th

Available On-Demand until June 30th

Produced in collaboration with the International Indigenous Music Summit (IIMS), 16 Indigenous artists from across “Canada'' will be showcased in 16 short documentaries, produced by Jennifer Podemski and directed by Sarain Fox. Each artist will tell a visual story of their work, highlighting perspectives and meditations on connection to land/place, identity, and their creative process....
Free

Finalists – Top 5 each age group & category Day 2

Available On-Demand until June 30th

All finalists (dancers) submit to the Northern Cree songs provided. NEW and original music produced by multi-Grammy nominated Northern Cree for SSIF Pow Wow. Saturday June 19th – 12pm to 5pm on Facebook Live Sunday June 20th -12pm to 5pm on Facebook Live and Winners announced! PRIZES same as listed below from 2020 with addition...

Ojibwe Spirit Horses

Available On-Demand until June 30th

When Terry Jenkins was a child, Indigenous horses ran wild on Wapole Island and in the late 1960s these ponies were eradicated from the island and the culture of their native people. Terry's dad, Ernie Jenkins brought home a trailer load of these ponies and it triggered wonderment in a young child's eyes. When Terry...

Seared Venison Frenched Rack with Sweetgrass sauce

Chef Billy Alexander
Delivery to GTA, Manitoulin Island and Sudbury Region is now available

Chef Billy Alexander

Chef Billy Alexander guides participants in the preparation of an amazing meal featuring Venison loin rack, a sweet sauce made with torched sweetgrass and a Beet, Butternut Squash stack with traditional corn. Meal kits are available for 2 or 4 guests. Register for this workshop and all required materials will be delivered to your door...

$60/2

Sunrise Ceremony

Available On-Demand until June 30th

Join an Elder in a sacred space on your own and follow the virtual sunrise ceremony. The ceremony is an empowerment tool and meant to nurture resourcefulness among urban Aboriginal youth of Ottawa.

Homemade Fish Tacos with Hominy Corn Salsa

Chef Justine Deschenes
Available On-Demand until June 30th

Chef Justine Deschenes

Create spectacular flour tortillas and delicious fish tacos made with fresh Ontario Walleye sourced from an Indigenous supplier, paired with a Hominy Corn salsa with Chef Justine Deschenes.

Meal kits are available for 2 or 4 guests.

Register for this workshop and all required materials will be delivered to your door (Ottawa only), or purchase your own materials and follow along with the video instruction. This event will be available for on-demand viewing following the live presentation, June 21.

$50/2

Indigenous Celebration & Drive-In Concert – NOW June 29th

Presented by OLG and Know Indigenous History. Hosted by Elmnt FM and simulcast live on Rogers TV. 

June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day across Canada. Celebrate with a summer evening of drive-in entertainment including a cultural showcase of Inuit Throat Singing & Hoop dancing (7 pm), performances by SSIMA’s Nominees Silla & Rise and Twin Flames (8 pm) and then, be mesmerized as 200 drones, in synchronized formation, fill the sky with light and colour to tell the story of Indigenous Ontario- exciting new drone show was specially commissioned by Indigenous Tourism Ontario. (10 pm).
$29.85

Seared Venison Frenched Rack with Sweetgrass sauce SUDBURY, MANITOULIN & TORONTO

Chef Billy Alexander
Delivery to GTA, Manitoulin Island and Sudbury Region

Chef Billy Alexander

Chef Billy Alexander guides participants in the preparation of an amazing meal featuring Venison loin rack, a sweet sauce made with torched sweetgrass and a Beet, Butternut Squash stack with traditional corn. Meal kits are available for 2 or 4 guests. Register for this workshop and all required materials will be delivered to your door...

$60/2