Rhythms of Resilience: Voices of Warrior Women
Join YWCA Metro Vancouver in honouring Indigenous strength and resilience through an evening of art, music, dance and storytelling at Rhythms of Resilience: Voices of Warrior Women on September 25th.
Held each year in the lead-up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this event honours survivors and intergenerational survivors of the Indian residential school and Indian hospital systems.
Rhythms of Resilience: Voices of Warrior Women
- Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:30pm to 8:00pm
- Location: Japanese Hall (487 Alexander Street, Vancouver)
- Tickets: Registration is required
- This is a free event with limited seating. For those who are able and willing, there is an option to add a donation during registration. While this is not required, donations will help cover event costs and are greatly appreciated.
The event will uplift the power of Warrior Women: the matriarchs, mothers, daughters, aunties, grandmothers and knowledge keepers who have carried culture, protected communities and led with strength through generations.
Program Schedule
- 4:30pm Doors open
- Explore Indigenous vendor tables and savour traditional foods (courtesy of the YWCA).
- 5:30pm to 8:00pm Cultural performances
- Spakwus Slolem (Eagle Song Dancers)
- Hayley Wallis
- Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack)
Guided by Indigenous leaders connected to the YWCA, Rhythms of Resilience creates space for community to gather in remembrance and celebration.
There will also be Indigenous-owned small business vendor tables showcasing traditional and contemporary products, healing spaces led by Elders, offering cultural support and traditional medicines, and dinner by Salishan Catering.
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