June is a busy month. It is not quite the Summer, and not quite the Spring.  It is a liminal zone between the end of the rigidities of the school year and the freedom that the Summer promises.  You could say it is a time of reckoning and re-evaluating before the height of the Summer solstice and the inevitable descent into shorter days and the busyness of the Fall.  June still holds the freshness of a new year and the gratitude that comes from acknowledging we are all still here, and the Summer is ahead! 

We recognize a lot of important days in June. June is Indigenous History month – a time when we acknowledge the rich history of this land and its original inhabitants – the First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.

In June we celebrate older adults – our wisdom keepers. As the average age in our communities continues to rise, and older adults out number youth, we are collectively learning to embrace our older years and redefining what it means to be older.