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“We could not have done that day without our student volunteers”
aty Doucette, Salisbury’s Co-ordinator for Events and Special Projects, says the town has wanted to include a powwow in this year’s celebration of 250 years of permanent settlement “since the earliest planning stages. “We outlined that we would like to have a Mawiomi (the Mi’kmaq word for powwow). We have a teacher who sits on the 250th anniversary committee, Krista Cote, who noted that the school district was looking for a school to host the Mawiomi this year and was exploring the possibility of having Salisbury be that location.” Between the town’s 250th anniversary committee, the Anglophone East school district, teachers and staff at Salisbury Regional School, and the Indigen-
ous community, plans were solidified to bring a Mawiomi to Salisbury Regional School. The teacher who led that process, Alissa Hewey, credits the strong sense of teamwork between
“Everyone played to their strengths. I do not think I realized how big an undertaking it was until all those buses with students started arriving and I thought, “wow, we did it!”
we could not have done that day without our student volunteers. They were one hundred percent ready, willing, and able and on the go all day long, always smiling, making everyone feel like they were welcome and belonged. They were wonderful. the organizing groups for making a huge event (more than seven hundred students attended from across the district) into a huge success.
The Mawiomi was held on September 24th, part of the week of activities leading up to National Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30th.
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From left, Katy Doucette, Salisbury’s Co-ordinator of Events and Special Projects, students Jenna Duncan, Meredith Wallace, Hailey Colpitts, Veronique Cote, and Zoe Hopper, and Salisbury Regional School teacher Alissa Hewey, a key organizer of the Mawiomi.
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While students were not involved in the planning stages, a number of student leaders at Salisbury Regional School were key participants in
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the event itself, ensuring the event went smoothly. Says Hewey, “we could not have done that day without our student volunteers. They were
one hundred percent ready, willing, and able and on the go all day long, always smiling,
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