Virginia Barter
Ph: Cell: 416-312-9457 E-mail: vbarter@rogers.com
Artist in the Schools and Community Event Booking
Bookings for 2022/2023 . . . Back in class again!
ONGOING . . . Art Gallery of Ontario – I work part-time as an art educator at the AGO, so I am there at various times throughout the week giving onsite tours and Virtual Schools Programs. The VSP program theme on Tuesdays is Indigenous Art & Artists, which is one of my main programs. (VSP sessions are offered for JK-3 and Gr 4 – 8)
Below is a list of school bookings and community engagements by date order starting at 2023 and going back to 2011. For quick reference, I have abreviateted and colour coded the various school boards as such:
Toronto District School Board TDSB
Toronto Catholic District School Board TCDSB
York Region District School Board YRDSB
Upper Grand River District School Board UGRDSB
Durham District School Board DDSB
Durham Catholic District School Board DCDSB
Peel District School Board PDSB
Halton Region School Board HRSB
Sineonokway Education Authority SEA
Ontario Arts Council OAC (Arts in Education Grant)
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Upcoming 2023 . . .
July 19 – August 6 August – Gathering of our People – Heritage events in Moose Factory, ON Treaty 9
Past events 2023 . . .
June 24 – Oshawa Durham Region Métis Council – Heritage Celebration
June 9 – YRDSB – Woodbridge College, Woodbridge – grade (special needs + gr. 9 & 10) through Community Living Ontario (contact: Jennifer Palermo)
May 25 & 26 – TDSB F H Miller PS – Metis cultural & dance workshops with Alicia Blore
May 24 TDSB Heydon Park Secondary (special needs class). through Community Living Ontario (contact: Jennifer Palermo)
May 12, 15, 18, 29 & June 1 – TDSB Weston Collegiate CI (NAC10 + English + octopus bag project)
May 8, 10 & 11 – TDSB Arts Department Co-op – presentations
May 4 & 5 – TDSB Etobicoke School of the Arts ( NAC 10 + English)
May 1 – YRDSB – Alexander MacKenzie High School, ( 2 special needs classes) through Community Living Ontario (contact: Jennifer Palermo)
April 24 – TDSB C W Jefferys Collegiate Institute (NAC10)
April 20 & 21 – TDSB Subway Academy II
April 19 – TDSB – Inglewood Heights JPS, with Alicia Blore
April 17 – TDSB Earl Haig Secondary School – grade 9 film students
April 13 – TDSB Highland Creek PS, Metis workshops with Alicia Blore
April 4 – TDSB Galloway PS, Metis workshops with Alicia Blore
March 9 – TDSB Ursula Franklin Academy (NAC10) octopus bag project
Jan 23 & Feb 6 – TDSB Anson Park Public School, Metis workshops with Alicia Blore
Jan 16 – TDSB Monarch Park Collegiate (Sole Alternative), guest speaker
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Past events 2022 . . .
Dec 02 – TDSB North Albion Secondary NAC10 program
Nov 30 – TDSB Subway Academy II – guide for Kent Monkman exhibition at the ROM
October 31 – TDSB TheStudentSchool, TDSB secondary (grades 11/12)
Oct. 27 – Indigenous Artist Showcase, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Oct 21 & 22 – Nation Trust Conference; Moose River Heritage & Hospitality Association ( MRHHA) , presenter and award recipient, Toronto
Oct 14 – Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies Colloquium – MRHHA “More Than 350 in 2023 Committee co-chair and presenter (Winnipeg, virtual)
Sept 30 – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, guest speaker at Roncesvalles United Church, Toronto
Sept. 19 Ontario Tech University/ Durham College: Indigenous Book Club speaker/facilitator
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Aug 26 – 2022 University of Calgary’s Free Exchange Graduate Conference – presenter
August 18 – 21 – Métis Nation of Ontario Annual General Assembly, Mayor Tory’s apology (Aug 19)
July 11 – 13 – research trip – fur trade – Glengarry & Brockville, ON
June 25 – Oshawa Durham Region Metis Council Métis Heritage Celebration
June 23 TDSB Blaydon Public School
June 16 TDSB Chester Elementary – Parents – New perspectives for our community series; (Pro Grant) – virtual
June 7 – TDSB Harbord Collegiate
June 6 TDSB Bala Avenue Parent group –
May 31 – TDSB Horizon Alternative
May 13 – TDSB Etobicoke School of the Arts
Feb 16 – TDSB Teacher course – presenter
( 2021/22) – taking time to do my Masters Degree in History at York University. Still doing virtual AGO Art Education programming.)
2020/21 . . . (during COVID19, my programs will be moving to online formats)
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Past 2021 events . . .
Dec 16 – TDSB Woburn Collegiate (virtual)
Dec 12 TYRMC – Oldsters Dot Art – facilitator (virtual)
Dec 13 TYRMC – Wellness Group – guest speaker (virtual)
June 21 – Concordia University – guest speaker ( virtual)
June 21 Centennial College – guest speaker (virtual)
June 16 TCDSB – Aboriginal History Month presentation
June TYRMC – Fingerweaving workshop series (4)
Apr 23 TYRMC – Christi Belcourt learning session
Apr 7 & 8, May 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 TDSB East York Alternative NBE 11 (virtual)
May 4 & 5 – TDSB Etobicoke School of the Arts – NAC 10 (virtual)
Mar 23 – Durham College, Oshawa (virtual)
March 5 & 7 TYRMC Oldsters
Mar 15 TYRMC – AGM Metis Archive Project presentation
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Past events 2020 . . .
April 15 TDSB UIEC Zoom meeting with artists
Feb. 29 & Mar. 1 -TYRMC Fingerweaving Workshops Bata Shoe Museum
Feb 18 YRDSB Jersey PS, Keswick – Metis cultural workshops with with Alicia Blore
Feb 12 YRDSB Kettle Lake PS, Richmond Hill – Metis cultural workshops with with Alicia Blore
Feb 6 – 9 Beading Symposium, Winnipeg
Jan 22 – TDSB UIEC meeting, 16 Phin Ave.
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Past events 2019 . . .
Dec 8 – TYRMC Beading Workshop with Marissa Magnison
Dec. 5 City Of Toronto – Indigenous Advisory Committee Meeting
Nov. 16 Louis Riel Day Metis Showcase.
Nov. 15 U of Toronto, Scarborough Campus – LRD event
Oct. 26 & Nov. 2, Metis Dance Workshop
Oct. 22- 27 ImagineNative Film Festival, Toronto
August 19-22 – Cree Immersion Class – University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
August 11- 18 – Walking With Our Sisters – Batoche
March 31, April 7, 14, May 4 & May 11 – TYRMC – Octopus Bag and Beading Project – Bata Shoe Museum
June 15 Paddle the Rouge, CPAWS event – opening prayer
June 24 – TDSB Contact Alternative, contact: Donna Dolson, (NAC 10) art teacher
Feb 23 – Hungry for Comfort – Fort York
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Past events 2018 . . .
Dec. 13 – TDSB – Art Gallery of Ontario – NAC10 Grade 9 art students
Nov. 29 & 30 – TDSB Bowmore PS
Nov. 16 – Albi, France – Canal du Midi historical canoe event promotion and public meeting.
October 9,10,11 – Indian Residential Schools Survivor Celebration, Toronto & York Region Métis Council teepee – Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
September 9 – Paddle the Humber, Toronto Region Conservation Authority event, Etienne Brule Park
July 2 – 26 – French Language Immersion Program, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi
June 16 — Métis Cultural programming – Paddle the Rouge – CPAWS Wildlands League – Contact: Janet Sumner, Ex. Dir.
June 8 – Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business – juror “Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations” Contact: Andre Morriseau
June 8 – TDSB Outdoor Education Teachers’ PD Day – Toronto Island – Contact: David Hawker-Budlovsky, Central Coordinating Principal
June 1 – TDSB Annette Street PS, TDSB – Teacher contact: Karen Goodfellow
May 11 – TDSB Top Cliff PS
May 8 – TDSB Glen Park PS
April 16 – May 7 – Albi, France – (Lapérouse history research trip)
Mar 27 – Ontario Arts Council – Literary Creation Project – juror (non-fiction) Contact: Jack Illingworth, OAC Literature Officer
Mar 7 – TDSB McMurrich Junior Public School; Contact Teacher/Librarian: Jennifer Higgins
Feb 24 – Hungry for Comfort Food symposium – guest speaker and food demo Fort York National Historic Site, Contact: Bridget Wranich
Jan 16 – TDSB Beaumonde Heights Junior Middle School, Contact: Teacher/Librarian: Rosella Dotto
Jan 26 – TDSB NAC 10 Training at Aboriginal Education Centre, Contact Principle: Tanya Senk
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Past Events 2017 . . .
TDSB *Writer in Residence – Author visits for 2016/17 Contact: Ruth Hall TDSB Head Librarian
http://www. .on.ca/About-Us/Innovation/Just-Read-It/2016-17-Authors
(See TDSB website for detailed listing of schools)
TDSB Arts Department Co-op Program – Film & Media Facilitator (Jan – June 2017). Contact: Lorraine Suthern
TDSB Arts Co-op student performance tour, TDSB elementary schools – June
TDSB Arts Co-op, Gala Performance, Young People’s Theatre, June 13
Planet in Focus, Environmental Film Festival, Host for students from , Oct 19 -23 (Contacts: Jordanna Aarons, Alessandra Cannito)
Métis Rendezvous, Toronto & York Region Métis Council, Black Creek Pioneer Village, – historical presenter, Oct 14
TDSB Eastdale Collegiate, NAC 10 , Sept 19
Fort York, Food demonstration, Canada 150 event, Sept 17
City of Toronto, Humber River Event, historical presenter, Sept 10
City of Toronto, Rouge River Event – historical presenter, Aug 20
Moose Factory – historical presenter, August 1 to 3
SGI Educators Conference, Caledon – Aug. 3 -6
TDSB Northlea PS, Contact Teacher: Taggett Cornish, June 23
TDSB *Writer in Residence – Northern Prep, JPS, June 21
York University, Planet in Focus Student film showcase, June 19
TDSB Vic Park Collegiate, Indigenous Voices, May 26
TDSB *Writer in Residence – Mountview/Keele PS, Author visit
TDSB *Writer in Residence – Jack Miner PS, Author visit May 29
TDSB *Writer in Residence – Jackman PS, Author visit May 18
TDSB Rose Ave JPS, Music Monday, Contact: Andrew Luck, May 1
Louis Riel Opera Performance – Land Assembly cast, Canadian Opera Company April/May
Canada 150 – Ingersoll Masonic Lodge, music performance with Susan Lyndon, June 24
Paddle the Rouge, CPAWS – Métis representative, June 18
TDSB * Writer in Residence – Hillcrest, April 25 -Author visit
TDSB Riverdale Collegiate, Feb 2 & 6, 8 NAC10 Teachers: Ariadny Fragos and David Bradley
TDSB Henry Hudson SPS, Contact Teacher: Emily Mason Feb 7
TDSB * Writer in Residence – Shirley Street PS Author visit Jan 30
TDSB Aboriginal Education Centre Artist Gathering, Jan 26
TDSB Sheldon Outdoor Education Centre – Professional Development presenter; David Hawker-Budlovsky, Central Coordinating Principal, Jan 20
Native Child – Women’s Talking Circle, (Contact: Constance Simmonds) Jan 12
TDSB * Writer in Residence – Sir Alexander MacKenzie Senior Public School, Author visit Jan 13
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Past Events 2016 . . .
TDSB Cedarbrae Collegiate, Global Youth Conference, Keynote Speaker, Dec 9
TDSB Diefenbaker JPS, Dec Teacher Contact: Lisa Briones, Dec 5 -9
TDSB HJ Alexander Community School, Teacher/Librarian Teresa Nesci, Nov 28 – Dec 2
TDSB Art Gallery of Ontario, Learning days, November 17, 25 and Dec 14 & 15
TDSB Lawrence Park Collegiate, Nov 4
TDSB Contact Alternative Highschool, Oct 25th NAC10 Teacher: Donna Dolson
Planet in Focus, Oct 18 -23 – Videographer for David Suzuki Student Eco Hero Round Table and PIF Industry Day panels.
TDSB Contact Alternative High School, TDSB (OAC School presentations); Sept. 12- 20; Teacher contact: Donna Dolson
Indigenous Material Culture Field Course – Videographer for U of Winnipeg at Anpo Ranch, July 11- 15
CPAWS – Paddle the Rouge Sat. June 18th – Métis cultural heritage displays with TYRMC
TDSB Annette PS … (OAC school presentations) June 13,15,17, and June 20 (21); Teacher contact: Karen Goodfellow
TDSB J.G. Workman PS … TDSB (Scarborough) (OAC school presentations) June 7- 10 Teacher contact: Susan Dykstra
Grassy Narrows Youth in Toronto – Ryerson /Queen’s Park March – May 31/June 2
TDSB Global Youth Conference – Vic Park Collegiate, May 26. VB presenter
CRLS – Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies, U of Winnipeg, May 18-20. VB presenter
TYRMC Youth “Weaving the Sash” – Traditional Food Workshop, Historic Fort York, Toronto, May 7. Virginia & Sandy Barter facilitators
TYRMC – Native Child, March 19
TYRMC – Youth drum making workshop, OISE, Feb. 6th
Planet in Focus- Eco Film Workshop for teachers, Feb 1 – VB presenter
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Past Events 2015 . . .
Cultural Strategy forum, Dec 5th Sheraton Centre, The Métis Nation of Ontario and the Ministry of Tourism Culture and Sport, Dec 5th
Louis Riel Day – Monday, November 16th – Métis Nation of Ontario – Toronto events
Louis Riel Day – Sat., November 14th – Toronto & York Region Métis Council – meeting and community gathering
Planet in Focus – 16th Annual Environmental Film, Festival Oct. 21- 25
Discover Your Heritage Program, Leaside Library, 65 McRae Drive, Toronto. VB guest speaker, Tues. Oct. 27th 2- 4 PM. Contact: Barry Penhale
Discover Your Heritage Programs, Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 16 Presteign Avenue, (East York) Toronto. VB guest speaker, Thurs. Oct 15th 1:30 – 3:30 PM. Contact: Barry Penhale
ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, October 14- 18th
Culture Days – Toronto Public Library – Malvern Branch, TYRMC Métis Roots Cultural Showcase – Coordinator Virginia Barter. Sat. Sept 26
South Grey Museum, Flesherton, ON 2015 Lecture series – VB featured speaker – Wed. August 29. Contact: Barry Penhale
SGI Canada Educators Conference, Caledon – August 6-9 – Digital Story workshop presentation
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON – Wed Aug. 5, ArtVenture Day Camp – Métis cultural dance workshop. Contact: Justine Maalouf
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Native Canadian Centre of Toronto – July 25 – Indigenize Your Mind – Métis Workshop; Contact:
Aboriginal Day Celebration – Yonge-Dundas Square – Toronto, TYRMC June 24
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON – Sunday June 21, Family Day event – Métis cultural workshop Contact: Rachel D’Oliveira
TDSB Howard Park PS, Toronto – Planet in Focus – Eco Film Lab workshop , June 18 Teacher: Ann Serazin
TDSB Lynwood Heights PS, Toronto Planet in Focus – Eco Film Lab, June 9 Teacher: Viktoria Feldman
UN World Environment Day – Short Film Festival – Art Gallery of Ontario, June 4 (Planet in Focus)
HRDS Halton District School Board – West Oak Public School, Oakville, Planet in Focus – Eco Film Lab, Gr. 3 – June 3 Teacher: Alyssa Weir
TDSB City School – May 25, Teacher: Barbra Sniderman
TDSB Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies, – Gr 11 – May 27. Teacher: Laura Groome
TDSB Yorkview PS, – Planet in Focus – Eco Film Lab workshop – May 29. Teacher: Nadia Bravo
TDSB Thistletown CI – NAC1O program – Gr. 9 Aboriginal art class – Teacher: Nicole Pepper – Apr. 27, 29, 30, May 1, May 26
TDSB Regal Road PS – (OAC) – Teachers: Jamie Roos, (Gr 4/5); Bonnie Wells, Joel Endert, Heather Misner-Crichley (Gr 5/6) – May 11, 12, 14, 15
Native Child & Family Services – Métis Roots Cultural talk with Constance Simmonds – May 11
TDSB Leslieville PS – Planet in Focus Eco Film Lab workshop – Apr. 21. Teacher: Alan Robertson Gr 4
TDSB Clinton PS, – Planet in Focus Eco Film Lab workshop – Apr. 17. Teacher: Jennet Poffenroth Gr 5
Toronto & York Region Métis Council – AGM – OISE – U of Toronto, April 11
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Past Events 2014 . . .
Toronto & York Region Métis Council – community gathering Louis Riel Day, Nov. 14 – OISE – U of Toronto
Digital Storytelling Workshop – Nov. 1 & 2, and Nov. 8 & 9. OISE – U of T
McMichael Art Gallery, Keinburg, ON – Sunday August 10. Family Day event – Métis cultural workshop
SGI Canada Educators Conference, Caledon – August 7 – 10
Métis Heritage Days – Oshawa – Spoon workshop and storytelling, June 21.
Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies Colloquium, University of Edmonton – May 14- 20
TDSB Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill – Earth Week – April 22
“Marching Through History” Symposium, London Central Library – March 29
DDSB – Durham Continuing Education, adult ESL classes – Oshawa March 21
Past Events 2013 . . .
September 30, Oct. 1, 2, 3 Waterloo County Museum Aboriginal Festival
Fort York, 1812 Bicentennial June 21-22 – performance of “Corps de Voyageurs: Soldiers in Capotes” written by Virginia Barter and music performed and written by the Metis Fiddler Quartet (Friday June 21 at 7:15 PM AND Sat. June 22 at 4PM ) (See my welcome blog for more details.)
Oshawa Durham Regional Metis Council Heritage Day event , Sunday June 23 – spoon & jigging workshop.
Maplehurst Correctional Complex – Aboriginal Day event – with Metis Fiddler Quartet. June 27, 11 AM- 2PM.
Chicoutimi, University of Quebec – July 1- Aug.3
TDSB Brockhaven Public School, Toronto, June 5
TDSB Dewson St. Public School, Toronto, June 18
West Hill United Church, First Nations Study Group – guest speaker, Apr. 29
Military parades & Fort York Ceremonies, Apr 27 (filming)
Infinite Reach, Metis Youth Year End Gathering, U of Toronto, April 25
YRDSB Earth Day Symposium, Unionville, Apr. 22
UGDSB Willow Road PS, Guelph, Apr. 15 (OAC)
UGDSB Ken Danby PS, Guelph, Apr. 16 (OAC)
UGDSB Westwood PS, Guelph, Apr. 17 (OAC)
UGDSB Kortright Hills, PS, Guelph, Apr. 18 (OAC)
UGDSB Aboriginal Heritage Festival, Education Day, Fergus – Wellington County Museum , Apr. 19 & 20 (OAC)
Moose Factory, March 24 – Apr. 4
TCDSB (Toronto Catholic District School Board) St. Brigid’s School, Toronto – Feb 19, 20, 21, 22, 27,28, March 1 & 7, Apr. 30 (OAC)
Métis Cooking Workshop, U of Toronto, Aboriginal Awareness Week Feb. 7
Oshawa Durham Region Metis Council Annual Family Gathering & Dinner, Feb 2
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Past Events 2012 . . .
TDSB Secord Public School, Toronto, (OAC) Dec. 10-14
Chief of Ontario Assembly, Nov. 27-29
Louis Riel Day – Law Society of Upper Canada, Nov. 16
TDSB Toronto District School Board – Aboriginal Education Centre – Louis Riel Day event, Nov. 14
MFQ Voyageur performance York U. – History Symposium, Nov. 1
Fort York, Toronto – 1812 Food Symposium – guest speaker, October 20, 2012
Canoe Museum talking group – Walrus 8:30 AM 9 Duncan St
scheduled for June 26, 2012 at 11:00 PM to June 27, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Yorkton Film Festival, Golden Sheaf Award Nominee – May 24-27 , 2012
Rupert’s Land Colloquium, University of Winnipeg, HEARNE presentation, May 18, 2012.
Fort Whyte Conservation Centre, Winnipeg, Métis history and contemporary culture and ecology film presentations – May 19, 2012
TDSB J.G. Workman Public School, Scarborough (OAC), Apr. 25
Aboriginal Heritage Festival, Education Day, Fergus – Wellington County Museum (OAC) – April 20
SEA Sineonokway Education Authority – Chief Simeon McKay Education Centre – Kasabonika Lake First Nation . . . (OAC) March 26 – April 5, 2012
Peel District School Board . . . Louise Arbour Secondary School, Brampton – “Critical Thinking Through the Arts” education symposium – March 1
Oshawa Durham Region Metis Council – Annual PotLuck Gathering -February 11, 2012
TCDSB Pope John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, Scarborough, Jan 13th.
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Past Events 2011. . .
7th Generation Image Makers ( Native Child & Family Services) Talent Showcase “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 26th
Canadian Aboriginal Festival, Queen Elizabeth Building CNE, “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 18th.
Circle of Light – Aboriginal Education Conference, Royal York Hotel, Toronto – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 14-17th.
Boreal Forest Initiative – community forum at U of Toronto. “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 17th
Aboriginal Talent Showcase, Hard Rock Cafe, “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 17th.
Ancestral Teachings: Contemporary Perspectives – art show at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto . “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 17th.
Louis Riel Day events – Queen’s Park and The Upper Law Society of Canada, “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Nov. 16th
Ontario Teachers Federation Conference, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto. Storytelling. October 24th at 4:30 PM, Toronto
HEARNE showcases at the Lucerne International Film Festival, in Switzerland. Oct 19 -23rd.
ImagineNative Film & Media Festival – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. October, 21-23rd.
Traditional Awareness Gathering – NCCT – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Oct. 15th
CULTURE DAYS, Parliament Street Library, Toronto. Lord Dufferin Public School grade 8 class. History Through Film – Hearne presentation, 1-3 PM, Fri. Sept. 30th.
CULTURE DAYS, Métis Rendezvous, (Culture Days) S. Walter Stewart Library, East York – Toronto 1- 5 PM. “Urban Aboriginal” film crew. Sat. Oct. 1st. (Also organized the event through the Métis Heritage Guild. )
The Woods Music and Dance Camp, August 10-15th – participant
Mississauga of the New Credit First Nation Pow Wow – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew, Aug 28th
Aboriginal History Month Celebrations – Dundas Square, Toronto – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew – June 21st.
Na-Me-res Pow Wow, Toronto – “Urban Aboriginal” film crew – June 25th
Oshawa Métis Heritage Days -drumming – June 25 & 26
Pine Ridge Secondary School, Pickering, Earth Day presentation with Gary Sault – April 20th
Native Heritage Day, Centre Wellington District High School, Fergus, Ontario. Saturday, March 26th
Georgian College, Owen Sound Campus, 1:00PM – guest speakers Virginia Barter and author/playwright Drew Hayden Taylor. Wednesday, March 23,
Lake Scugog Drum Social – “All Our Relations Women’s Drum Group” performance. Saturday March 12th,
Aboriginal Family Network Program takes place from 6:30 – 8:00 in the Cafetorium at GL Roberts CVI, Oshawa – storytelling and music. Tuesday, March 8 th
TDSB – Aboriginal Artist & Teacher Meet & Greet, Native Canadian Centre, Toronto, 11-2 PM Tuesday March 1st.
Native Child and Family Services – storytelling 6:30 PM (Scarborough) Tuesday, Feb 15th
Cannington Dogsled Races and Winter Festival, Feb, 26 & 27
DDSB Pierre Elliot Trudeau Public School, Oshawa, ON – Hearne/Metis cultural presentation, Jan 27
Oshawa Durham Metis Council Annual Pot Luck – January 13
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2010
TDSB, Aboriginal Education Centre, Louis Riel Day Event – workshop presenter – Métis dance and storytelling, Nov. 15, 2010
17th Annual Inuit Studies Conference, University of Quebec, Val d’or , Oct. 2010 – presenter
HEARNE – Trebas International Student Film Awards –writer, producer, director Sept. 8, 2010.
Summerfolk, Music and Craft Festival, Owen Sound, Ontario, Aug. 2010.
(Aboriginal village with John Samosi and Kathryn Edgecombe, Métis cultural display, storytelling, drumming, jigging workshop)
Trent University, Metis Cultural presentations, (with Carol James) June, 2010
Abbeylawn Manor Métis Festival, Pickering, Ontario May 2010 – cultural display
Sugar Shack Métis gathering, Women’s drum group, Rigaud, Quebec, April 2010
DCDSB Métis History and Culture presentation, Teacher Rep Day – Durham Catholic District School Board, Feb. 18, 2010 – guest speaker
Oshawa Durham Metis Council Annual Pot Luck – January
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2009
Planet IndigenUS 2009, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Aug. 2009 –featured artist
Aboriginal Week, “Savoir Faire”, – Métis Artists’ Collective gallery presentation, Toronto City Hall, June 2009 – featured artist “Four Directions” Art Piece.
Chantry Institute Lecture Series, Southampton, Ontario, May 19, 2009- guest speaker
Cannington Dogsled Races and Winter Carnival, Ontario, Feb. 2009 – storytelling and drumming group
Oshawa Durham Metis Council Annual Pot Luck – January
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2008
Métis Arts Festival, Black Creek Pioneer Village, July 2008, “Four Directions” featured art piece – coordinator and historical presenter
PDSB – Peel District School Board, City of Brampton/ Peel Region, Aboriginal Awareness Week, June 2008 -tipi storyteller
Journey Through Teachings, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Gathering, Prince Albert National Park, Waskesiu, May 20-22, 2008 – participant/performer
Centre for Ruperts’ Land Studies Colloquium – Rocky Mountain House, presenter – May 2008
Durham District School Board Aboriginal Education Symposium, May 8, 2008 – presenter
*National Michif Language Conference , Saskatoon, – cultural entertainment at banquet, Mar. 14-15, 2008 – participant and performer*
*Boreal Forest School Tour, James Smith and Sturgeon Lake First Nations, Saskatchewan, Mar. , 2008 (with Joseph Naytowhow & John Murray)
McNally Robinson, guest author series – Saskatoon, Mar. 19, 2008
*Calder Centre, Youth & Adult Addiction Recovery Workshop, Saskatoon, Mar. 2008
Cannington Dogsled Races and Winter Carnival, Ontario, Feb. 2008 – storytelling and drumming group
*Treaties in Education Symposium, Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, Jan. 2008
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2007
*Sacred Heart Community School, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, Dec. 2007
*Vancouver Library Services, “Lullaby for Baby” Book Launch, University of British Columbia, November 2007
Fraser Valley Métis Association, Louis Riel Day Celebration, Abbotsford, BC, November 2007 (Métis book and CD presentation to organizers)
Heritage Canada Roundtable on Appropriate Use of Aboriginal Symbols, Vancouver, November 2007 – participant
*The Forest Storytelling Festival – Port Angeles, Washington, October 2007.
Environment Canada, Aboriginal Cultural Sensitivity Workshop, Burlington, September 2007 – Métis political structures and history – presenter
Indian and Northern Affairs, Dodem Kanonhsa, Toronto, Métis history workshop, July, 2007 – guest speaker
*Beyond the Borders Storytelling Festival, Wales, U.K. July 2007
( – also included Aboriginal cultural performances at four local elementary schools)
*Pan-Canadian Music Education “Think Tank”, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld., June 2007
PDSB – Peel District School Board, City of Brampton/ Aboriginal Awareness Week, June 2007 – guest speaker and storyteller
*SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards, Saskatoon, May 2007
*Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Training Program Graduation, Saskatoon, May 2007
*Calder Centre, Youth & Adult Addiction Recovery Workshop, Saskatoon, May 2007.
*Aboriginal Awareness Workshop – Music presentation, Bruce Country Museum, Southampton, Feb. 2007
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Saskatoon, May 2007 – participant
(*Cree performance and storytelling with Joseph Naytowhow)
Publications:
“Searching for the Silver Fox: A Fur Trade Family History,” paper published as part of an anthology, “The Long Journey of Canada’s Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories”, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. – contributing author
Métis Voyageur Newspaper articles: – author
The History of Fort William, Autumn 2007
Pawkar Raymi – Andean ceremony, Autumn 2007
Métis brothers with a vision for change, Autumn 2007Book Review – The Métis: Memorable Events and Personalities ;The Sioux Métis Wars
Searching for the Silver Fox, A Fur Trade Family History, Winter 2007
Riel, Reflections and the women of Red River, Fall/Winter 2006
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2006
North American Fur Trade Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2006 –participant/presenter
Métis Artists’ Collective, Louis Riel Day Celebration, City Hall Toronto, 2006 – costumed interpreter
CBC radio, Metro Morning, Toronto – HBC family history, July 2006 – interviewee
North American Fur Trade Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2006 –participant/presenter
Parks Canada, staff training material for western historic sites, 2006 – contributing author
Métis Artists’ Collective, Louis Riel Day Celebration, City Hall Toronto, 2006 – costumed interpreter
CBC radio, Metro Morning, Toronto – HBC family history, July 2006 – interviewee
Métis Arts Festival, “Finding Métis Roots” Workshop, Toronto, July 2006 – presenter
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2005, 2004, 2003
Red River Descendants Reunion, Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba, August 2005 – guest speaker
Fur Trading at Saugeen, Ontario Heritage Foundation commemorative plaque ceremony, Southampton, Ontario, August, 2004 – guest speaker
1st Annual Hudson’s Bay Company Chair in Métis Studies Symposium, Carleton University, Ottawa, March 2003 – presenter
“Spencer Family Newsletter” – stories and history of a fur trade family, 2003 to 2005 – writer and publisher
Natural Heritage Books – historical presenter and guest speaker
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Other activities:
– Aboriginal Month Kick Off Concert, Dundas Square, Toronto, Jun. 1, 2010 – public relations
– Back To Batoche, 125th Anniversary Celebrations, July 2010. – videographer
– Winner of Windspeaker/Scotia Bank Photography Prize: Aboriginal History Calendar2008
– City of Toronto, 2008 Access, Equity & Human Rights Awards, – Aboriginal Affairs Award, – recipient
– National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Awards – Toronto, 2008, Winnipeg 2009
– Vancouver 2010 Olympics- Aboriginal Pavilion – photographer
– ImagineNative Film Festival, 2009
– 2006 National Cree Gathering- Moose Factory
– Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, 2006, 2007, 2008
– 4th Annual Ontario Aboriginal Women in Leadership Forum, May 2008.