Better Together Circle
BTC is a volunteer group based in Westport and Rideau Lakes, Ontario
BTC plans community events focused on sustainability, the environment, social issues, climate change, and Truth and Reconciliation. We build community capacity in response to local and planet-wide environmental and social challenges.
EcoFest Westport, 2023
Orange Shirt Day
Up-cycled Crafts Event
Night Skies Info Night
Eco Farms
We're caring people who learn, laugh, discuss, grow, and take action on environmental and social issues together.
We cultivate resilience in ourselves, our community, and the natural world.
We like to roll up our sleeves, make a difference, and have fun doing it!
Sometimes the problems of the world can feel overwhelming.
In our experience, things are better
when we work together.
We believe in the power of ordinary people working for positive change.
Upcoming Events:
Orange Shirt/ Truth and Reconciliation Day
Monday, Sept. 30th 2024
1-3pm
Orange Shirt Day was inspired by Phyllis Webstad, a residential school survivor, whose new orange shirt was taken away on her first day of residential school. This story has become a powerful symbol of the experience of many indigenous children.
Lockwood Park, Westport Ontario
Ongoing Events
BTC has joined The Canadian Library (TCL) Project https://www.thecanadianlibrary.ca/ to honour and bring attention to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and TwoSpirit (MMIWG2S). This national project, launched in 2021, consists of communities creating an art installation together as a memorial to the 8000 murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls and 2S. The TCL project supports the building of micro galleries of books bound in Indigenous-designed textiles, with the names of those lost in gold on the spines of the bound books. Some books will remain nameless to represent those who may never have a chance to tell their story. The project, guided by Indigenous elders, reflects our shared commitment as Canadians to teach the truth about our history and move towards healing. The names that will be placed on the books have been shared by elders and families with the desire to have the stories told and the lives honoured. Our micro galleries will be displayed publicly and locally until all the micro galleries come together in a prominent place for permanent exhibition.
We invite you to sponsor the purchase of fabric, at $30/m
We invite you to register for our first public bookbinding event Oct 3, 3-6 at the Cove in Westport, conference room. Space is limited, the event is free. We accept donations towards costs. There will be an opportunity at this time to learn a little about some of the people the books will represent and to participate in respectful reflection.
We invite you to host a bookbinding event and or a microgallery in your public place to honour and raise concern for those missing or murdered. We can provide posters that support the exhibition.
Please contact us to sponsor, register or host at bettertogethercircle@gmail.com
The Better Together Circle acknowledges that we are on the land that has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples from the beginning. As settlers, we're grateful for the opportunity to meet, work and play here, and we thank all the generations of people stretching back in time who have taken care of this land. In particular, we gratefully acknowledge the Algonquin (Omàmìwininìwag) Anishnaabeg whose unceded territory this is. BTC is dedicated to taking action towards reconciliation and a harmonious relationship with the land.
