Indigenous Education

Pow Wow 2023: Registration

April 3, 2023

RRC Polytech is proud to host its 23rd annual Pow Wow to honour Indigenous graduates and Indigenous student academic achievement! Please join us to celebrate our students as we send them off on their continued journeys to success. The annual Pow Wow gives our community the opportunity to dance, drum, sing, eat, connect, and participate in Ceremony.

Friday, May 5, 2023

Notre Dame Campus, North Gym

  • 10:00am – Pipe Ceremony
  • 12:00pm – Grand Entry
  • 2:00pm – Honouring Indigenous Graduates
  • 4:30pm – Feast

Graduating students can register for attendance here. Students don’t need to register for stoles ahead of time and can pick them up at the Registration Table at the event.

Dancers and drum groups can register at the Registration Table on the morning of the event.

Crafters and artists can email Frank Parkes at fparkes@rrc.ca to register.

Attendees don’t need to register ahead of time.

RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.

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