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Indigenous Community & Healing Garden Opening - Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11 a.m.

Join the Ajax Pickering Hospital, Town of Ajax and special guests to officially welcome the community to the opening of the Indigenous Community and Healing Garden.

The Indigenous Community & Healing Garden at the Ajax Pickering Hospital is a designated healing space for hospital staff, patients, volunteers and the surrounding community. Visitors are welcome to enjoy and observe the natural beauty of the space and the various features it has to offer to promote peace, healing, stress relief and psychological comfort.

Agenda & what to expect:

  • Welcoming remarks & land acknowledgement
  • Remarks, singing & drumming by Anishinaabe Grandmother Kim Wheatley
  • Remarks by Mayor Shaun Collier
  • Performance by Traditional Fancy Shawl Dancers Je'niya & Cherish Kelly
  • Remarks from Lakeridge Health, the Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation & the National Healing Forest Representatives
  • Performance by Indigenous Spoken Word Poet and Artist, Sarah Lewis
  • Closing remarks
  • Refreshments

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