CREDIT: COURTESY OF FANSHAWE COLLEGE'S FIRST NATIONS CENTRE
Logan Staats with be performing Mar. 21 at noon alongside Lacey Hill in Forwell Hall.

Fanshawe’s First Nations Centre (FNC) will be hosting their 19th Year End Gathering celebration from March 21 to 23.

In previous years the celebration was a one-day event, but thanks to the support of the Centre and students it grew into a three-day event instead.

Daniel Kennedy, the Aboriginal community outreach and transitions advisor at Fanshawe, said the event is a celebration of everything the students have accomplished that year.

“It’s a celebration of student success, the end of the second term and a cultural celebration for our students and for Fanshawe,” Kennedy said.

On March 21, the event will host a musical Nooner, inviting two artists from Six Nations, Lacey Hill and Logan Staats. They will be performing in Forwell Hall at 12 p.m.

On March 22, the FNC organized a lacrosse workshop in Gym 3 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Also on this day, comedian Ryan McMahon will do a live taping for his podcast “Red Man Laughing” in A1047 from 12 to 3 p.m. and will perform a comedy show in D1060 from 7 to 9 p.m.

On March 23, two traditional teaching sessions will be made available from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Liz Akiwenzie will give a lecture titled “Understanding Culture Education” in SC2014 and Jessica Ford will give a lecture titled “Who are the Local Indigenous People and what do they do?” in SC2012.

The official Year End Gathering will take place later that day in J Gym from 11 to 2:30 p.m. Grand entry takes place at 11 a.m.

The FNC also gives out a Student of the Year Award to a First Nations student who was active with the FNC and performed well academically.

Kennedy hopes indigenous and non-indigenous students alike come out to the event.

“We encourage everyone to come out to the event. Every year it’s gotten bigger and bigger and we want to keep it growing as much as possible.”

All events are free and all students and staff are welcome.