Events

Éy swayel, We are so excited to invite you to our Community Clean Up on April 28, 2023 in honour of Earth Day.  Fresh BBQ and snacks will be provided for lunch from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at the Community Hall, followed by a cleanup of the Community from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.  A map...

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Semá:th Community Critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) is a process for helping people who experienced or witnessed a traumatic event to talk about it and cope with the stress. It aims to reduce the long-term symptoms of traumatic stress and restore the normal functioning of the team. Dinner will be...

Meet the new Emergency Department. Disaster Kits Available. Kids Activity Tables. Food. Discussions with First Responders. Interactive Learning. Gain Disaster Awareness. Learning more about Family Emergency Plans. Prizes! Please email Dale Ganzeveld, Community Recovery Assistant, at dale.ganzeveld@sumasfirstnation.com if you have any questions.

We are having our Youth Kilgard Creek Clean Up Day on Thursday, June 08, 2023, 3:30pm to 6pm! We are seeking SFN Youth to help us clean the Kilgard creek. #HelpProtectOurFishBearingCreek Food will be provided for all volunteers. The group that removes the most trash by weight will win a prize! If you have any...

Hello community! You are warmly invited to the SOFT OPENING of our Conservation, Guardianship, & Harvest Program: Food, Social, and Ceremonial (FSC) Fishing & Scientific Platform. Join us for food & refreshments, and to help us fill sandbags that will be used on-site. Together we can help make the Weir FSC (Food, Social, & Ceremonial)...

Come celebrate indigenous art at our very own Semá:th Community Hall, August 24-25! This stunning art exhibition will celebrate the importance and relevance of water, and features members of the Semá:th community as presenting artists (Jodi Silver-Douglas and Raphael Silver). Admission is FREE for all Semá:th and Máthxwi community members, so please stop by for...

The Community is hosting a Salmon Canning Day, open to all band and community members, on August 26th! Many hands make light work, so join us to can salmon that our fishers will be collecting early in the morning before we get started. Canned salmon will be distributed to community members. Please bring your own...

Semá:th First Nation Community - join us at the Abbotsford Centre on Sept. 25th to watch the Vancouver Canucks take on the Calgary Flames! Drumroll please.... Hockey season is officially here (if you count pre-season 😜) and the Abbotsford Canucks association has generously provided 90 FREE tickets to the upcoming Canucks pre-season game. Come watch...

Sumas First Nation hosted the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure at our Community Hall on October 22nd. This relationship-building event allowed us to gather SFN staff, members of the community, and key staff from the Ministry together on Semá:th territory to share a meal and discuss the upcoming Highway 1 Expansion project. We were...