Kujenga Family Wellness Fair
Ustawi Futures: Thriving Families, Thriving Community
About this Event
Kujenga Family Wellness Fair 2026
Ustawi Futures: Thriving Families, Thriving Communities
The Kujenga Family Wellness Fair brings families and community members together for a joyful day of connection, culture, wellness, and community care.
Centered on this year’s theme, “Ustawi Futures: Thriving Families, Thriving Communities,” the fair celebrates the importance of creating nurturing environments where families can grow, heal, and flourish together. The theme honours the strength, sacrifice, wisdom, and love of parents, caregivers, guardians, and Elders who continue to guide and support future generations.
This free community event welcomes parents, caregivers, youth, Elders, service providers, and community members to explore accessible resources, celebrate culture, and enjoy a full day of family-friendly activities.
Throughout the day, guests will have the opportunity to connect with services and supports that promote family wellbeing, while also engaging in meaningful conversations about healing, parenting, identity, and community wellness.
The fair also acknowledges the realities many families navigate — including migration, systemic barriers, racism, parenting stress, and intergenerational healing — while celebrating the creativity, cultural pride, resilience, and love that continue to sustain our communities.
What to Expect
? Free Food and Refreshments
Enjoy food and treats while connecting with families, vendors, and community members.
? Local Vendors and Community Organizations
Explore a vibrant vendor marketplace and resource fair featuring local businesses, family services, wellness providers, and community organizations.
? Cultural Performances
Enjoy live performances from talented cultural artists and performers from across the GTA.
? Keynote Presentation
Be inspired by a keynote speaker who will help ground the day in reflection, wellness, family, and community.
? Six Interactive Wellness Workshops
Participate in workshops designed to support families on their journey toward thriving, with topics connected to parenting, wellness, mental health, healing, relationships, culture, and community care.
? Children and Youth Activities
Children and youth are warmly invited to participate in family-friendly programming and activities throughout the day.
? Community Healing and Conversation Circles
Join meaningful conversations focused on supporting families, addressing the needs of children and youth, men’s wellness, relationships, community violence, and intergenerational wisdom with Elders and Indigenous leaders.
Rooted in Community
Hosted by the Kujenga Family Wellness Project and community partners, the Wellness Fair creates a welcoming space for families to learn, connect, reflect, celebrate, and access resources that support their wellbeing.
Rooted in Africentric and Indigenous worldviews, Kujenga honours the values of Ubuntu, cultural pride, storytelling, intergenerational wisdom, healing, and collective care.
Whether you join us for the full day or stop by for part of the event, we welcome you to gather with us in joy, reflection, and community.
Event Details
? Location: Audley Recreation Centre
55 Audley Avenue, Ajax, ON
? Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
? Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
?️ Admission: Free community event
Registration is encouraged to help us plan for food, materials, and family programming.
Come with your family, your friends, and your whole heart as we build Ustawi Futures — thriving families and thriving communities.
Agenda
?: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Understanding Attachment and Behaviour with Compassion
Host: Natasha Halliday
Info: Join moderator Natasha Halliday, and panelists as we explore challenges and the opportunities to strengthen families through compassion, attachment, and love.
?: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Healing the Past: Addressing Intergenerational Trauma in Parenting.
Host: Dr. Jennifer Clarke
?: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Rooted and Resourced: Community Care & Self-Perservation
Host: Imani Monetta James
Info: Imani Monetta James is an Afro-Indigenous artist, healer, and transformational facilitator who guides people into the lived experience of alignment, embodiment, and purpose. Rooted & Resourced is a 60–90 minute facilitated, in-person experience for parents and caregivers of all backgrounds — grounded in the healing traditions of the African and Indigenous diaspora.
?: 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Future Ready Families: AI Technology and the Next Generation
Host: Yvette Elliot
Info: Yvette A. Elliott is an AI Growth Architect, executive leader, and educator with 15+ years of experience helping businesses navigate digital transformation. This 75–90 minute session with Yvette A. Elliott—an award-winning digital strategist and national media voice on AI—brings families together for a real talk about what AI means in everyday life.
?: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Father's Circle: Men's Care
Host: Dr. Vidoll Regisford
?: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Intergenerational Wisdom Circle: Elders, Indigenous Leaders, and Community
Host: Ginelle Skirett
Info: This intergenerational circle will bring together elders, Indigenous leaders, and community members to share teachings, lived experiences, and cultural wisdom. The discussion will center storytelling, knowledge transfer, land-based and ancestral ways of knowing, healing across generations, and the importance of preserving culture, identity, and community memory for future generations.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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