Members of the Laurier community are welcome to share their Indigenous practice with us as we journey through a wholistic wellness approach that encompass the mind, body, spirit, and heart through ceremonies and healing practices.

Garden Awakening Ceremony

The Garden Awakening Ceremony is done in the springtime to awaken the plants, herbs and foods in our Mino-Kummik garden. Led by a knowledge keeper or elder, we gather in community to rejuvenate our plant life and honour the garden in ceremony.

Full Moon Ceremonies

Full Moon Ceremonies are for women to connect with and honour their Grandmother Moon. Led by a knowledge keeper or an elder, women spend time with each other and their Grandmother for healing, rejuvenation, prayer, song and kinship. They learn teachings around the roles of Indigenous women and two-spirit people, and the role of men in honouring women’s ceremonies. During a full moon, women can talk to their Grandmother and give her offerings and thanks.

Knowledge Sharing and Teachings

Using teachings from Indigenous knowledge keepers, programming for men, women, and two-spirit people provide the opportunity for all to discover where they feel comfortable on their learning journey. There is time for singing, drumming, praying, and supporting one another.

Visiting Elders

Elders are respected members of the Indigenous community who hold important traditional and contemporary knowledge and teachings. Visiting Elders program allow students to take in different cultural teachings and stories from Elders representing the diversity of Indigenous students at Laurier.