Shared Wisdoms: SHE - the Feminine in Land-Based Traditions
Sun, Mar 23
|Black Creek Community Hall
An intercultural storytelling experience hosted by Chief Wedlidi Speck and Kester Reid, with special guests JoAnn Restoule and Alysia Livesey
Time & Location
Mar 23, 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Black Creek Community Hall, 2001 Black Creek Rd, Black Creek, BC V9J 1G5, Canada
Guests
About the event
We are excited to invite you to the second in a series of intercultural storytelling events hosted by Chief Wedlidi Speck and Kester Reid, supported by the K’ate’mot Cultural Society and Comox Valley Arts.
This edition of Shared Wisdoms with feature guest storytellers JoAnn Restoule and Allie Livesey, who will share stories from Indigenous and settler traditions that honour the roles, teachings, and expressions of the feminine in land-based cultures.
All are welcome.
JoAnn Restoule is Anishnaabe Kwe, a member of the Okekindawt -Dokis First Nation. For JoAnn, storytelling honours oral traditions, creating a pathway to gather, build relationships, cross cultural awareness and understanding.
Alysia Livesey is a settler of Italian/Irish/English and Syrian heritage. Alysia is a passionate naturalist, craftswoman, land-based educator with SD71 and Fianna Wilderness School.
This is a full day event of story-work celebrating the rich threads connecting Indigenous and European traditions. As a cultural exchange, these sessions…