Sessions
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Eight-Pointed Star Cross-Stitching
Join host, Kendall (They/Them/Nekm) for an afternoon of cozy crafting! Kendall will be teaching cross stitch, which is a type of embroidery comprised of X-shaped stitches done on fabric with an even and open weave, like Aida. Kendall has created a simple pattern for beginners using the Mi’kmaw eight-pointed star as a reference. Everyone is welcome to come and learn the basics of cross stitching and learn about the significance of the eight-pointed star in Mi’kmaw culture. Kendall is a proud Mi’kmaw person, originally from Membertou First Nation in Unama’ki (Cape Breton).
Stitch a Community Tatreez Tapestry
In this session, there will be an introduction to the history and making of Tatreez; traditional Palestinian cross-stitching. Tatreez includes hundreds of region-specific motifs, which we will learn how to cross-stitch together.
Walking the Circle: Tools for Wellness
This session invites participants to explore wellness as a living and dynamic circle. Through the wellness wheel and compassion meditation, participants will discover practical tools to connect mind, body, spirit and community.
Casual Sewing Drop-In
The Neighborhood Shop is open to everyone looking to start or continue working on their current sewing projects. Use our drop-in sewing sessions this spring and chat with fellow lovers of the craft. Learn, share, and exchange ideas!
All My Lil Relations (Msit No’kmaqji’j)
Join resident Pat and explore Mi'kma'ki under the microscope this spring! Come check out some of our little relations: bees (amuk), flowers (wasuekl), butterflies (mimikejk), pebbles (kunte'jl). Bring small things you want to see magnified!
Autism Roundtable Discussion
Join us for an engaging autism roundtable, exploring what autism is, lived experiences, and available supports. Connect with community, ask questions, share perspectives, and learn about local resources to better support autistic individuals and families together.
Protest Banner Making
Do you have scrap fabric or old pillowcases lying around and want to give them a second life? Join our low-sew Banner Making session and design your own applique pillowcase banner at the Neighbourhood Shop!
Handle Making and Tool Restoration #2
Ever wondered how a great tool handle is made? Or how to restore an old favourite? Join us to learn wood, methods, and hands-on techniques for shaping and fitting handles to tools, plus caring for them so they last. No experience needed; all are welcome.
We Are All Dancers
Let’s move and groove to the songs we love and share the stories that move us! Everyone is welcome! Come solo, with friends, or bring the whole family to a joyful, all-ages celebration of dance, music, and community in Kjiptuktuk.
Discovery Day at the Neighbourhood Shop
Join the Every One Every Day team as we explore the potential of the Neighbourhood Shop! Stop by for a light lunch and refreshments while we chat about the benefits of hosting a session with us, what you’d like to see or do in the Shop, and more.
How to Play Waltes
Waltes is a uniquely Mi’kmaq game played with dice made traditionally from bone, wooden sticks, and a carved wooden bowl. It is a game of chance and strategy, with origins rooted in culture and storytelling.
Join Linda at the Neighbourhood Shop to learn how to play the game of Waltes with neighbours, friends, or family.
Community Potluck
Celebrate the last day of May Action Week with a Community Potluck at the Neighbourhood Shop! Join residents and community members alike. Share conversations and connect with your neighbours over food! Please provide an ingredients list if you're bringing a homemade dish.
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Powwow Etiquette
Chat all things powwow with host Killa! Learn the dos and don’ts for powwow including respectful protocol for dancers, drums, different dance styles, differences between traditional and competition powwows, when audience members can participate, and much more! Everyone is welcome to join the conversation and encouraged to come with questions.
Session host Killa is from the Listuguj First Nation in Quebec and is one of Every One Every Day’s Co-Directors.
A powwow is a gathering and celebration of First Nation cultures through dance, singing, food, music, and crafts. In Mi’kmaq the word mawio’mi is used, which means ‘gathering’.
Handle Making and Tool Restoration #3
Ever wondered how a great tool handle is made? Or how to restore an old favourite? Join us to learn wood, methods, and hands-on techniques for shaping and fitting handles to tools, plus caring for them so they last. No experience needed; all are welcome.
Embracing Unpredictable Paint Pours #2
Join Ronald and David in a playful exploration of acrylic paint pouring as we mix and layer paint colours to reveal some amazing abstract designs. No two paintings come out the same, leaving you with a truly unique piece to take home.
Mi'kmaw Language: In Conversation
Learn how to introduce yourself in the Mi’kmaw language and practice with your fellow participants! This session is designed for beginners, but advanced speakers are also welcome to practice with us.
Pop-Up Art & Bike Repair Hub
The Pop-Up Bike Hub Mini and the Art Bikers are traveling in tandem to provide space, tools, materials and inspiration to create art and fix your bike. Get tuned up and tune in for some creative explorations!
Inuit Style PomPom Keychain
Join Dora and Frances to learn how to sew your very own rabbit fur keychain! We will have lots of brightly dyed rabbit and faux fur for you to craft with your family, friends and neighbours. Listen to Dora and Frances throat sing while making this unique craft!
Frances and Dora run the Atelihai Inuit program at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre that supports Inuit families in the Maritime Provinces.
Discovery Day at the Neighbourhood Shop
Join the Every One Every Day team as we explore the potential of the Neighbourhood Shop! Stop by for a light lunch and refreshments while we chat about the benefits of hosting a session with us, what you’d like to see or do in the Shop, and more.
Casual Sewing Drop-In
The Neighborhood Shop is open to everyone looking to start or continue working on their current sewing projects. Use our drop-in sewing sessions this spring and chat with fellow lovers of the craft. Learn, share, and exchange ideas!
Kite Making
Join us for a fun, hands-on session where we’ll turn simple sticks and paper into your very own high-flying craft! We’ll show you the easy tricks to get your kite off the ground and dancing in the clouds. Come get creative, get colorful, and let’s fill the sky together!
Acknowledgement in Relation
At Every One Every Day, we value and honour relationships, Wsitqamu'k (land), as well as our fellow human and nonhuman kin. That’s why we’ve adapted our view away from Land Acknowledgments and instead towards Acknowledgments in Relation. We invite all residents interested in learning and reflecting on their unique roles as treaty people to attend this session. Join host Tammy and your fellow neighbours for open and honest conversations about how to begin an Acknowledgment in Relation.
Session host Tammy is from Glooscap First Nation and is one of Every One Every Day’s Co-Directors.
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Big Picnic!
Come join us at the Big Picnic, where our community gathers for outdoor games and a BBQ! Let’s celebrate together in North End Kjipuktuk, transforming the field by the George Dixon Centre into our playground!
Rain date: Sunday, June 28
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Amalamek Way Build Day
Building on insights gathered at the Neighbourhood Shop, this outdoor session brings NSCAD students, the Community Build Trailer, and neighbours together at Amalamek Park for hands-on design and build activities that transform shared ideas into real, on-site possibilities.
Meet at the greenspace on Amalamek Way - look for the Community Build Trailer!
Latin Cooking with Latispánica
Join Latispánica for a cooking class with Venezuelan ambassadors Darwin Rengifo and Tulio Quintero as they prepare Asado Negro (Grilled Roast), a traditional Venezuelan dish from Caracas, born in colonial times. Today it usually served on special family occasions and is a symbol of Venezuelan tradition.
Growing on Common Ground with Veith House Urban Farm
A multicultural garden knowledge exchange. Through conversation and stories, we'll co-create the foundations of multilingual crop signs installed at Veith House Urban Farm to help all gardeners connect, learn, and grow together.
Discovery Day at the Neighbourhood Shop
Join the Every One Every Day team as we explore the potential of the Neighbourhood Shop! Stop by for a light lunch and refreshments while we chat about the benefits of hosting a session with us, what you’d like to see or do in the Shop, and more.
Embracing Unpredictable Paint Pours #1
Join Ronald and David in a playful exploration of acrylic paint pouring as we mix and layer paint colours to reveal some amazing abstract designs. No two paintings come out the same, leaving you with a truly unique piece to take home.
Boundaries for Liberation
Boundaries design lives and communities. In this discussion, we explore the internal dialogue between sensory information and perception. As observers, we explore why and how understanding boundaries, capacity and context leads to reconciliation, community care, and decolonization.
Sweat Lodge Circle
Join Bryan Blue for an honest and informative conversation about Indigenous ways since time immemorial as we come together in a good way to discuss the Indigenous Sweat Lodge Ceremony. Everyone is welcome to learn, ask questions, and share your experience.
Handle Making and Tool Restoration #1
Ever wondered how a great tool handle is made? Or how to restore an old favourite? Join us to learn wood, methods, and hands-on techniques for shaping and fitting handles to tools, plus caring for them so they last. No experience needed; all are welcome.
Mawio’mi Stop Motion Animation
Join Linda Denny & Rodion Shub for a fun interactive learning about Mawio’mi (a Mi’kmaq sharing and celebration of culture). We can use clay to be creative and capture images about what we learn through stop motion animation.
Art Supply Swap
Do you have art supplies you love but rarely use? Bring a tote bag to the Neighbourhood Shop for a mini art supply exchange! Explore making craft kits, learn to make and organize your supplies, and celebrate creating, sharing, and giving materials new life together.
Languages of Africa
Bethuel is new to Canada, having only moved here in December. He is from Kenya. He was a journalist across Africa and is excited to share his wealth of knowledge and experience in African language and other topics.
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Open Shop
Visit us at the Neighbourhood Shop for Open Shop hours. Bring a friend, work on a project, or just pop in to say hello and get inspired!
Host Gathering
Calling all hosts! Join us for an evening of connection, creativity, and fun. Whether you’re a first time, returning, or prospective host; come mingle with community! A light meal will be provided.
Spring Program Launch Day
Join us on April 1 as we celebrate reopening and the launch of our Spring Program! Meet neighbours and hosts, explore what the Spring Action Weeks have to offer, and help kick off this new season.
Movie Media Meetup 4: The Canoe
What if recreation was about relationship, not just activity?
In our final session, The Canoe (27 mins), we explore how people across Canada, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, connect to the land and water through storytelling, tradition, and shared experiences.
This session invites reflection on how land-based recreation can be a pathway to reconciliation, healing, and community wellness.
Movie Media Meetup 3: Freedom Swell
What does freedom feel like when you reclaim your place in the waves?
For Black History Month, we dive into Freedom Swell (1 hour), a story of Black youth in North Preston, NS, who are redefining what it means to belong in outdoor spaces through surfing and resistance.
Together, we’ll celebrate stories of empowerment and brainstorm how we can each help break barriers in recreation and outdoor spaces.
Junkanoo Cultural Presentation with Gio and O’Neil
Celebrate African Heritage Month with a vibrant, drop-in cultural experience exploring Bahamian traditions—Junkanoo and Rake ’n’ Scrape. Enjoy music, art, and food through sound, taste, and touch. All ages welcome for an immersive, flexible space of joy, pride, and connection.
CANCELLED: Jewelry Stamping with I’thandi Munro
CANCELLED. This session will be rescheduled at a later date: This session is built around the idea of affirmations. Finding words that will lift up your day. Using poems and writings from various artists or from yourself you will create stamped ring magic charms that you can wear daily to remind you that the greatest love is found within.
I’thandi Munro is an award winning dancer, performer, visual artist and educator, who has reached International recognition. She incorporates her lived experiences of her own cultural understanding within her artwork. She has a double major in Photography + Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing from NSCAD University. Munro has been facilitating within dance studios, Halifax Regional Arts, artist centers, and community programs for over a decade. Munro continuously seeks to learn new ways of making, teaching, collaborating, and continues to educate herself in a multitude of techniques. She has spent her entire life pursuing art but dancing is the constant base of creating throughout her professional career.
Movement is at her core of making. Munro found herself naturally drawn to the research behind improv and freestyle dance. She uses the representation of line and cultural lineage as underlying concepts in her art. Her work has become an ever-changing body of work that can be explored and realized in many different ways. Munro is the founder of Drifted Collective, A co-founder of Scotian: The Collective. She has collaborated with many professional dance and theatre companies primarily based out of Mi'kma'ki and the Atlantic regions such as The Woods Professional Hip Hop Company, Mocean Dance, Kinetic, Rooted Dance (Votive) Nestutasi Story Telling, Home Economics Collective, and KasheDance.
A Place to Build with Andre Fenton
This session invites participants to explore their own unique stories through creativity, reflection, and discovery. Sessions begin with an engaging warm-up, followed by guided exercises where participants map out personal experiences through storytelling.
Andre Fenton is an award-winning African Nova Scotian writer, performer, and arts educator who has represented Halifax at seven national spoken word festivals across Canada. He had founded The Ink Collective in 2025, a program series to help Black writers find their path in the publishing industry. He is the 2023 recipient of the Portia White Protege Award and a 2022 recipient of an Emerging Artist Recognition Award from Creative NS Awards. Andre is the author of three young adult fiction novels, Worthy of Love. ANNAKA, which was the 2022 recipient of The Community & Place Award from Digitally Lit, and The Summer Between Us, which won Gold in The Coast’s 2022 Best Of Awards. Andre has facilitated writing and performance workshops in over 100 classrooms across Nova Scotia. He is currently screenwriting the film adaptation of his novel, ANNAKA that is being produced by Fine Devils Films. Andre is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Movie Media Meetup 2: The Pass System
What happens when access to land and movement is controlled?
In The Pass System (51 mins), we uncover a hidden part of Canadian history. The system that restricted Indigenous peoples’ movement for over 60 years. Together, we’ll discuss how these policies echo in today’s recreation systems and what Indigenous freedom of movement and expression looks like today.
Movie Media Meetup 1: There's Something in the Water
Who gets access to clean, safe, and joyful spaces?
Our first Media Meet Up session dives into environmental racism and the power of community through There’s Something in the Water (73mins). This documentary exposing how pollution and industrial planning have impacted Black and Mi’kmaq communities in Nova Scotia.
We’ll explore how environmental justice connects to recreation and what it means to support communities leading the fight for change.
Slow Printmaking 4
All your hard work comes to life as you prepare and print your final versions. We’ll print a small, numbered, edition of your print and enjoy the fact that each is unique in its own way.
Latin Cooking with Latispànica
Latispànica Cultural Association is back to teach us how to make another delicious traditional recipe! Join us for an afternoon of learning and cooking with your neighbours.
Community Potluck
Celebrate the last week of Fall Program with a Community Potluck at the Neighbourhood Shop! Join residents and community members alike. Share conversations and connect with your Neighbours over food! Please provide an ingredients list if you're bringing a homemade dish!
Make Your Own Climate Zine
Cut, collage, and craft your own zine while learning about the power of zines in activism and community-building. All materials provided, no experience needed. Hosted by artist and climate educator Ive Velikova.
Slow Printmaking 3
Exploring proper press setup, the critical role of correct pressure, ink preparation and inking the block. Then we will print test prints and examine them, discussing what changes to consider before final prints.