Kakekalanicks

09/16/2026

Join us at Ball’s Falls Conservation Area on September 26, 5:30–8 p.m. for Reawakening: Sounds of the Forest to Fireside Storytelling

Fireside gathering with Geneviève Gros-Louis of the Huron-Wendat Nation

$30 | Limited capacity | Register now: https://buff.ly/9rIj336

All proceeds support Indigenous-led initiatives in the Niagara Peninsula watershed.

Kakekalanicks
Bridges Niagara Immigrant and Refugee Services

09/16/2026

Some evenings are meant to be experienced, not simply attended.

Forest. Water. Story. Fire.

On September 26, Reawakening returns to Ball’s Falls with Sounds of the Forest, an immersive Sonic Trail, followed by an extraordinary fireside performance with internationally renowned Huron-Wendat composer and violinist Geneviève Gros-Louis.

Tickets are moving quickly, and I cannot wait to gather with you.

Come walk with us. Come listen differently.

https://www.showpass.com/reawakening-stories-by-the-fire/

08/29/2026

Growth happens in relationship.

Hands in the soil.
Voices raised.
Hearts open.

On Tuesday, September 1, we gather again at the Thorold Indigenous Unity Garden for CommUnity Gardening with Jesse.

What I love about this garden is that it was never meant to simply be a beautiful Indigenous space within a park.

It was created to be lived in.

A place where we return. Where we tend the medicines together. Where songs move through the garden as our Youth Drummers gather. Where sweetgrass is harvested and shared. Where conversations happen naturally between people who may not otherwise have found themselves standing beside one another with their hands in the earth.

For me, this is where placemaking becomes something deeper.

We can design a space.
We can plant a garden.
We can install a sign.

But relationship cannot be installed.

It has to be tended.

That belief sits at the heart of the work we do at Kakekalanicks. We create Indigenous-led places and experiences that invite people to listen, participate, discover, and build meaningful relationships with story, land, and one another.

The Unity Garden continues to remind me that the most meaningful measure of a place may not be what we put into it, but what begins to grow between the people who gather there.

And like any garden, that takes time.

Sharing. Discovering. Connecting.
Every strand strengthens our CommUnity.

🌿 Join us Tuesday, September 1 from 5:30–7:00 PM at the Thorold Indigenous Unity Garden at Mel Swart Park.

08/10/2026

🌿 Move. Garden. Gather. 🌿

Our beautiful Thorold Indigenous Unity Garden is flourishing, and we invite you to gather with us on Tuesday, August 18 from 5:30–7:00 PM at Mel Swart Park.

We’ll begin with Mindful Movement with Michele-Elise, grounding ourselves before joining Jesse in caring for the garden, weeding and harvesting sweetgrass, and sharing to***co seedlings with our CommUnity.

And as we work, we’ll once again be joined by our Youth Drummers. Their songs and rhythms remind us of the importance of coming together in a good way. 🌻🌿

Bring comfortable clothes, gardening tools if you have them, and your drums or rattles as we continue to sing to the garden.

Come witness what has grown—the medicines, the flowers, the pawpaw fruit, and perhaps most importantly, the relationships being nurtured alongside them.

Sharing. Discovering. Connecting.
Every strand strengthens our CommUnity.

Everyone is welcome. 💚

Cultivating CommUnity, one seed at a thyme.

05/07/2026

Save the date: JUNE 27TH

Braiding our stories:
Celebration of Indigenous Peoples

Cedar tree naming ceremony:
honouring the Life, Spirit & Teachings of Elder Albert Choken

Details & time to follow
Thorold Indigenous Unity Garden