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National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration with Grandmother Donna

Sunday, June 21, 2026, 4-7 PM

Event Details

Join Grandmother Donna Powless and her family at the High Park Nature Centre on Indigenous People’s Day to talk about her work in Taiaiako’n and Toronto, as well as the contemporary importance of these lands to the Haudenosaunee peoples. There will be a sacred fire, a planting event, and some soup for all to enjoy. Please bring nut-free dessert if you’d like! Nya Weh, we’ll see you there!

Price: FREE

Please bring:

  • A small nut-free dessert to share with community

Registration is not required but helps us when planning for food. 

Sunday, June 21, 2026, 4-7PM

This event will begin at the High Park Nature Centre’s Forest School building located at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.

A number of changes were made to the travel network within High Park as part of the High Park Movement Strategy that might influence your decision to drive to High Park. In case you’re driving we strongly recommend you to park your car at the public parking lot near Grenadier Cafe.

We continue to recommend using the TTC or biking as the best way to get to High Park and the Nature Centre. The Nature Centre is situated just a 5-minute walk from the High Park Subway Station. In case you were biking, there are bike racks available in front of the Nature Centre.

Please note, High Park is closed to cars on the weekends. If your event is on a weekend, you will need to park outside the park and walk in, or take transit.

Visit our How To Get Here page to learn more about planning your trips to High Park.

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Hike routes through High Park might include some uneven terrain and mild slopes.

We welcome registered therapy or guide dogs to our events. However, we kindly ask that that family pets be left at home.

Dogs and other pets are not permitted in our programs. However, certified service animals, such as registered therapy or guide dogs, are welcome.

A Poster promoting Grandmother Donna Powless' return to the Nature Centre for Indigenous Peoples Day. The Poster Reads Grandmother Donna Back at the High Park Nature Centre for Indigenous Pepople Day. June 21, 2026, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.