Booking

For inquiries about booking an FPHL space, please contact fphlbookings@trentu.ca.

For all booking requests, please fill out the form in the link below and return to the above email.

Looking to book a timeslot with one of our staff members? Want to have our staff attend your event? Please email fphl@trentu.ca with questions and inquiries, or book an appointment with one of our staff via this link.

Spaces Available:

Ernest and Florence Benedict Gathering Space

The event space is a beautiful 1400 sq ft room with outdoor access. The room comfortably fits tables and up to 75 people. It has a sink and microwave. Two televisions connected to a Trent computer hub make it excellent for presentations. It is not set up as a hybrid meeting room but we can advise you on that process. Great for small events.

Student Club/Group/Levy Group: $0

Trent Departmental Group/Graduate Students/Studies: $75 for 3 hours or less; $175 per day

Non-Profit Organization: $75 for 3 hours or less; $175 per Day

Local Business/Corporate Fee: $150 for 3 hours or less; $350 per day

Peterborough Traditional Space

The Mnidoowag A’Kiing (The Spirit Lands) Traditional Area is an outdoor green space south of Enwayaang Building (Gzowski College) and is surrounded by a large grove of beautiful cedars. Central to the area is our Tipi, which holds approximately 20 people inside and contains 6 wooden benches as the main seating. In addition to our Tipi is the wigwam, fashioned from both traditional and contemporary materials and techniques. This cultural learning space also contains wooden benches as seating and can hold a small number of people inside. In the outdoor spaces, you can find the medicine garden and additional planters containing traditional medicines and other plants cared for by the firekeepers and other FPHL staff. We ask that you do not touch the plants, but the garden can be a wonderful place to contemplate or work quietly. Surrounding the gardens and tipi is additional green space containing a couple of picnic tables and room for your group to sit in the grass to conduct outdoor activities. This space is perfect for small groups looking to host their group activities outside or around the fire, or for groups looking for a place to hold ceremony. The tipi is accessible for wheelchair users via a paved path leading from the parking lot to the tipi. The green space surrounding the tipi is visible from the paved path, it is not easily accessible via wheelchair due to the uneven ground.

Please note that you must book an FPHL or approved community firekeeper in order to light a fire.

Half-day: $50

Full-day: $100

Trent Classes: By donation

Costs will be used for the payment of firekeepers and to replenish any wood used.

Durham Tipi

The Endaayang (Our Home) Traditional Area features the Tipi, where FPHL holds social fires and ceremonies with the help of our Fire Keepers. The Tipi contains 6 wooden benches that can comfortably seat 11 people and our Fire Keeper around the fire pit. Outside of the Tipi, the small green space includes several picnic tables and small metal benches available for seating. The Tipi sits on gravel terrain, which is surrounded by cement that is accessible from the sidewalk. Our Tipi is accessible for wheelchairs, and we would be happy to accommodate for any other accessibility needs, just let us know! This area is located behind Building A, near the back parking lot.