Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

#Quwutsun #Elders will lead #Reconciliation : Journey of our Generation, a day-long #workshop offered since 2006, on #LocalHistory & the impacts of #colonization . It will take place at the Quw'utsun' Cultural & Conference Centre.

Register :

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reconciliation-journey-of-our-generation-workshop-duncan-june-20th-tickets-622703923197

#FirstNations #IndigenousLed #NativeLed #decolonizeYourMind #DecolonialEducation #VancouverIsland #vanisle #Cowichan #DuncanBC #PNW #PacificNorthwest #CoastSalish #Cultural #BritishColumbia #Canada #educational #EldersWisdom

#Kwunatsustul #Counselling & #Cowichan #Hospice Society are hosting a two-day #workshop on #Honouring #Community #Grief . Friday, June 16 will be a drop-in day for community members who wish to access support from counsellors, hospice volunteers, Elders & wellness workers.

Please register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf77uO8iziE4qQG8lSL-kDPpPHF-Dm6zIfA60kfeg_elg3Mgw/viewform

#VancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #SupportServices #vanisle #CoastSalish #NativeLed #therapy #counsellors #HealthAndWellness #HealingServices #SocialServices

It's back! My #Mohawk #NativeMusician friend & fellow #activist Logan Staats is playing at the #VictoriaBC show🎶🎵

Please come out to check out fab music in your own boat or book a spot on one of the sailing boats!

#FestivalAfloat is a #PaddlePowered #MusicFestival & #educational offering that brings together #allied #businesses & #CommunityMembers to #RaiseFunds & #awareness for #Indigenous led #LegalChallenges

https://raventrust.com/paddle

#RavenTrust #ecojustice #PNW #yyj #VictoriaBC #NativeLed

A #pilot #forestry project that puts some of #NovaScotia 's #forest lands in the care of #Mikmaw communities could be extended.

Over the last 4 yrs, the #confederacy of Mainland #Mikmaq , the #Unamaki Institute of #NaturalResources & the #KwilmukwMawklusaqn, also known as the #MikmaqRightsInitiative - managed 30,000 hectares of #CrownLand using Mi'kmaw foresty practices.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mikmaq-forestry-initiative-land-management-1.6803759

#Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeLandManagement #NativeLed #Maritimes #Canada