Contact Alex (Specialist, Indigenous Science) to learn more about ongoing on-the-land programming for Indigenous youth ages 10-17. Workshop is free, food and transportation provided.
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An outdoor space created through stories, ceremony, and community. With guidance from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous community members, the Gathering Circle invites everyone to connect with the Land, the Cosmos, and with one another. It is a place to gather, learn, teach and grow.
Learn MoreSurrounding the Circle is a medicine garden, with carefully chosen Native plant Ancestors, all with deep stories, medicinal qualities, and uses to many local Indigenous communities.
Plant Ancestors making the Gathering Circle home include: Saskatoon Berry, Choke Cherry, Goldenrod, Strawberry, Wild Rose, Kinnikinik, Red Willow (Red Osier Dogwood), Wild Onion, Thistle, and Yarrow.
There are close connections between the quantum world and Indigenous science and spirituality, and hence Spark worked closely with Dr. Leroy Little Bear (Kainai) and Rob Cardinal (Siksika) to weave together these ways of knowing science. Within an Indigenous worldview, all is alive and in motion, and connected through energy and spirit. These connections are embraced and expanded when in relationship and in ceremony, where the parameter of human senses are opened, allowing us to learn from the more-than-human.
Learn MoreAn evening gathering of stories, knowledges, and connections through Indigenous science.
A bite of history and flavour. Bison (buffalo), are significant for many Indigenous peoples; they have provided food, shelter, clothing, and materials to make glue, tools, and much more. This hearty burger is coated in smoky BBQ sauce, topped with melted jack cheese, crisp lettuce, and a kick of chipotle aioli.
Featured June 16–22, 2025, for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Saskatoon berry compote, chocolate curls, Nootka rose sugar, and crunchy pemmican bits. Pemmican was a traditional high-energy food made with dried bison meat, fat, and berries, like an early power bar, packed with nutrients to fuel long hunts and winters. It is even preserved through pectin from the berries. This is the original science!
Spark is grateful to the peoples who have been caretakers and stewards of this Land, allowing us to thrive on this Land today, where many cultures and Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island, live together in peace and respect.
Land AcknowledgementExperience the many ways humans can connect through the science of the Land.
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