Lorrie Potvin is a tradeswoman, artist, teacher, and maker. A proud Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Lorrie describes herself as being queerishly two- spirited, and is the author of Horses in the Sand – A Memoir (Spring 2022) and First Gear – A Motorcycle Memoir (Fall 2015). Lorrie’s craft, Rusted Development – “A…

Join Métis Knowledge Keeper Lorrie Potvin for a Pipe Ceremony and Sharing Circle. You will begin with a smudge, followed by songs and opening prayers. Lorrie will share the pipe creation story, and talk about the meanings of stone and stem depending on each nation’s traditions. Then, pipes will be loaded and prayers shared. The…

The Kairos Blanket Exercise is based on using Indigenous methodologies and the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. Everyone is actively involved as they step onto blankets that represent the land, and into the role of First…

Ma-Kwa-Hingan, l’Écho des Bois and Elder Archie Martin & wife Pierrette, and other Indigenous Nations representatives and participants. Ma-Kwa-Hingan was born from a dream! Both Métis, they tell us about their Abenaki, Haudenosaunee, Algonquian, and French ancestral roots. They take us back in time to let us discover the Métis People of the East, their…