Oshawa, Ont. – Durham College (DC) will welcome participants, including competitors, coaches, families and organizers of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), to the Oshawa campus and Durham Region with a barbeque event on Saturday, July 15.

Hosted by the City of Toronto with events throughout the Greater Toronto Area, this year’s games will see 5,000 participants in attendance from July 16 to 23. During the games, more than 400 of those will call Durham College’s residences home. The college community, including representatives from the Aboriginal Student Centre, is excited to meet the participants and support them as they prepare to compete.

When: 

Saturday, July 15

• 6 p.m. – Barbeque
• 6:30 p.m. – Introduction of Elder Dr. Shirley Williams and Aboriginal blessing
• 6:40 – Remarks
• 6:46 – Trail Smoke Singers

Who:

• Dr. Elaine Popp, vice-president, Academic
• Elder Dr. Shirley Williams, Aboriginal Student Centre
• Mayor John Henry, City of Oshawa
• Granville Anderson, MPP, Durham

Where:

Durham College

South Wing (SW) courtyard and gazebo

2000 Simcoe St. N.

Oshawa, ON

The SW courtyard is located west of the South Wing of the Gordon Willey building.

Parking:

Complimentary parking will be available beyond the gates at Commencement Lot 1. 

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About Durham College

At Durham College (DC), the student experience comes first. With campuses in Oshawa and Whitby and a learning site in Pickering, the college offers more than 12,000 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 140 full-time and eight apprenticeship programs in a number of different disciplines, enabling them to develop the skills required to meet the demands of today’s job market.

The Oshawa campus features the state-of-the art Student Services building and the college has recently broken ground on the Centre for Collaborative Education, a legacy project tied to DC’s 50th anniversary in 2017. The new facility will bring together local, Indigenous and global communities, providing a new home for several of the college’s most innovative and ground-breaking programs. 

The Whitby campus features the W. Galen Weston Centre for Food, which includes Bistro ’67, a full-service, teaching-inspired restaurant, and Pantry, a retail store featuring food prepared by students in the college’s culinary programs.

For more information, visit www.durhamcollege.ca or call 905.721.2000.

  

Media contact:

Valerie McIntyre
Communications and Marketing
905.721.2000 ext. 6233

valerie.mcintyre@durhamcollege.ca