St. Matthew's United Church

April is Earth Month, and the flag that reminds us of the beauty and vulnerability of our planet is flying. On one side is the flag of the Anishnabek Nation, for the wisdom our Elder-in-Residence Dr. Catherine Brooks brings to us here. On the other is the flag that reminds us of lost children, but also of the hope for generations yet to come. Flag reminding us of lost children, Earth Month flag and flag of Anishnabek Nation in the garden Join us for the final workshop of We A

Brainstorming at the We Are All Water Protectors workshop . The We Are All Water Protectors Community Art Project continues to evolve The second We Are All Water Protectors community art-making workshop unfolded on March 27th at the Oakwood-Vaughan Oasis Centre for Healthy Aging, with the expert guidance of emerging artists h kryworuchko and Aysia Tse of tiny cultural centre. Hodgson Middle School students and Oasis Centre seniors were quick to respond to the prompt "What are

Two birch trees grow side by side outside Tollkeeper’s Cottage Museum on the corner of Gete-Onigaming--the portage route now known as Davenport Road--and Bathurst Street, planted by Mississaugas of the Credit and Community History Project (CHP) leadership when the Museum first opened. Indigenous and Settler people coming together in the spirit of Right Relations was felt again Saturday, February 28th, as little hands and big got busy around Reva-Marie Peters-Ackroyd’s Tea, Ba

We began at the curb in the St. Matt’s parking lot, where asphalt over degraded soil meets undulating paver bricks up to a side door and over into the Bracondale House courtyard. The first snow of the year had melted. We looked at the puddles, how water had pooled, seeking a way underground. We looked at the catch basin, barely visible under the back of an SUV. We looked up at the doors on which We Are All Water Protectors will be installed next May. tiny cultural centre foun

Beginning with a Body:  Found just inside Noojimo’iwewin Gitigaan’s entranceway garden, the pigeon had just begun to be plucked. Two parallel wounds on either side of the breastbone suggested powerful talons. On the back, identical wounds on either side of the spine. The strike had been from above and behind. The pigeon didn’t have a chance. I hadn’t found a body in the garden for some time, though I knew red-tail hawks hunted here. Our neighbour on Rushton Rd. had told us th

Soil. Sun. Water. Love. From spring to summer through autumn, the Hippo School children have learned all that our Plant Relatives need to grow. They have come to understand that plants offer gifts to us as humans, and to insects and other animals along the way. They’ve observed bees gathering pollen and butterflies nectaring in the Butterfly and Berry Garden. And they’ve found evidence of other animals harvesting, just as they do. Tuesday mornings in October have been all abo

Elder Catherine Brooks in the Noojimo'iwewin Gitigaan garden. Six years ago, at the height of Covid 19, we welcomed Dr. Catherine Brooks...

Rev. Brigid Maya Douglas adds a prayer flag in the Noojimi'iwewin Gitigaan Garden. June 21 was a busy day for IPSG members, with...

Monarch Butterfly collaborator, Lumy Fuentes C. of Canada Nos Une leads a session. Pollinators carry pollen from one plant to another, a...

Noojimo’iwewin Gitigaan first participated in Toronto Urban Agriculture Week in 2020, the year we built the Right Relations Food &...