2025 Wəlastəkw | Saint-Jean | St. John River Summit
2025 Wəlastəkw | Saint-Jean | St. John River Summit Many Hands, One River: Building Resilience Together
October 8 & 9, 2025
Hosted by WWF-Canada with the help of the New Brunswick Environmental Network, the Wəlastəkw | Saint-Jean | St. John River Summit will occur this fall on October 8th and 9th. This event will be based at the Maqiyahtimok Centre in Sitansisk (St. Mary's First Nation), with a field visit to Mactaquac Provincial Park.
October 8 & 9, 2025
Hosted by WWF-Canada with the help of the New Brunswick Environmental Network, the Wəlastəkw | Saint-Jean | St. John River Summit will occur this fall on October 8th and 9th. This event will be based at the Maqiyahtimok Centre in Sitansisk (St. Mary's First Nation), with a field visit to Mactaquac Provincial Park.
October 8th will start with an outing to Mactaquac Provincial Park from 1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
After a break, there will be an optional evening social from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Ducks Unlimited Conservation Centre.
October 9th will showcase the resiliency of the Wolastoq through presentations and activities from 8:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. at the Maqiyahtimok Centre.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided at the evening social on October 8th, while snacks and lunch will be served on October 9th.
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Agenda:
Day 1
1:00 Outing- Mactaquac Provincial Park
A showcase of scalable restoration and climate resilience projects being piloted by park staff
4:30 Break
6:00 Reception: Informal meet and greet
Ducks Unlimited Conservation Centre: 752 Union Street, Fredericton
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Day 2
Location- Maqiyahtimok Centre: 247 Maliseet Drive, Fredericton, NB
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome & Ceremony
9:30 Presentations- Governance
11:00 Health Break
11:00 Health Break
11:15 Presentations- Climate Resilience
12:45 Lunch
1:30 Interactive Activity with Ian Smith
1:30 Interactive Activity with Ian Smith
2:15 Presentations- Community Resilience
3:00 Health Break
3:15 Presentations- Habitat Resilience
4:15 Wrap-up and Conclusions
This event will be held on the unceded and unsurrendered ancestral homelands of the Wolastoqiyik.
Event Information
| Event Date | 08 October, 2025 1:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 09 October, 2025 4:30 pm |
| Cut off date | 08 October, 2025 10:00 am |
| Location | Fredericton |
| Categories | Conferences |
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