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AC will mark National Indigenous Peoples Day with strawberries and storytelling

Algonquin College will join this week with other organizations, local and national, to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.

On Thursday, June 21, the Mamidosewin Centre will host a storytelling event in the DARE District’s Indigenous Commons that highlights Indigenous traditions tied to the arrival of summer. It is open to the entire College community.

Entitled “Honouring the Heart-Shaped Berry,” the noon to 2 p.m. event will offer stories that relate the importance of harvesting strawberries as a symbol of new life as well as their value as a medicine for healing and reconciliation. Guests will enjoy strawberry drinks and desserts as they listen.
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What to expect in the new Student One Stop Space

The DARE District will not only change the face of campus, it will change the face of student services at Algonquin College.

While May 3 marks the new building’s grand opening, construction will continue on lower-level Student One Stop Space until the end of July. Services in the area will include the Registrar’s Office, a Test Centre, the PLAR and Pathways Office, the Centre for Academic Success, and the International Education Centre. Some services will begin moving in Aug. 1.

“This new service space is going to be open, bright, modern, and state-of-the-art,” says Todd Schonewille, Director of Physical Resources. “We have completely demolished the original space and will be rebuilding it entirely from scratch. Coordination of this project with the DARE District in the floors above has allowed us to make significant improvements to this space that would not have been possible otherwise. Most notable perhaps is increased final ceiling heights as well as the addition of windows to the exterior. Also, the design will be aligned with that of the DARE District, both in the aesthetics as atmosphere – as well as in the use of environmentally sustainable design and building materials.”

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