Date(s)
| Tuesday, | March 4, 2025 | 2 p.m. |
Venue(s)
Parc Nicolas Viel
95, boul. Gouin O
Montréal (Québec) H3L 2W9
Extrémité nord du boulevard Saint-Laurent au coin de Somerville
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Tickets
Free
Adults, 10 years +
Before taking a stroll along the Rivière des Prairies to discover the twelve audio clips chronicling a moment in the history of Skawanoti, join Wendat author and storyteller Jocelyn Sioui for a tree ceremony.
Event details
- Participants are welcomed and the Skawanoti podcast project is explained, a complement to Jocelyn Sioui’s show Frétillant et Agile.
- Labrador tea and bannock is served under an emblematic tree in Nicolas Viel Park.
- Participants are invited to stroll along the Rivière des Prairies waterfront and listen to the story of Ahuntsic, the site of Montréal’s last Indigenous village.
About Skawanoti
Ahuntsic is one of Montréal’s historic neighbourhoods, but one in which very few traces of the past remain. Its river is steeped in history and the borough is the site of the last Indigenous village on the island of Montréal. But there’s nothing to indicate this. Skawanoti is the story of the First Nations along the Rivière des Prairies. Indigenous peoples have been made invisible, but I thought that just because we can’t be seen doesn’t mean we can’t be heard. —Jocelyn Sioui
Jocelyn Sioui invites you to listen to a ballad* as you walk along the Rivière des Prairies. Each stop along the footpath chronicles a moment in the history of Skawanoti. You may listen to each episode at your leisure and in any order, along the footpath or in the comfort of your own home.
This story complements the show Frétillant et Agile, presented during the Festival international de Casteliers, on Thursday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
Consult the footpath map and listen to the podcast episodes: https://jocelynsioui.ca/skawanoti/
*Ballad: A simple, spirited poem in short stanzas that narrates a popular story.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Language: French
Running time: 90 minutes
Nicolas Viel Park
95 Gouin Boul. West
Montréal (Québec) H3L 2W9
North end of Saint-Laurent Boulevard, corner of Somerville
Dowload the footpath map
Photos
Photos: Skawanoti
Company
A storyteller, creator and community builder, Jocelyn Sioui is a founding member of Belzébrute, band de théâtre, and of OUF! Festival Off Casteliers, a festival showcasing emerging puppeteers. One of the few Indigenous puppeteers in Québec, he is also a writer, designer, and performer, and his works have been staged across Canada and in France. The originality of his approach has won him numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the OFF/Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes de Charleville-Mézière for Shavirez, in 2013.
