LEARN BY DOING WORKSHOPS
—Workshops Full—
The Learn by Doing workshops are special offerings during the Elders & Traditional Peoples Gathering. The hands-on learning cultural activities are offered based on a small group basis with a maximum of 15-20 people per workshop. These workshops operated concurrently with the gathering. They are very popular sessions and sell out quickly.
Altar Cloth Making
Sandra Moore | March 19th
Sandra D Moore, Anishnaabe kwe from Hiawatha First Nation, can be found using her hands to create the work she loves, both teaching and/or filling orders. In the 32+ years she worked, she dreamed of a day when she would create and teach art and sew full-time! Sandra has made hundreds of custom regalia for Powwow Dancers in the surrounding area. She teaches regalia classes, ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts, Ceremonial Altar Blankets, Drum Bags, and much more. Sandra has been teaching and creating quill/birch bark art, caribou hair tufting, fish scale art in communities throughout southern Ontario for many years. She says “It does no good, if I don’t share what I know”. During the pandemic Sandra has made about 2,000 masks, doing her part for the greater good.
Beading Workshop
Dominique O’Bonsawin & Malinda Gray | March 19 & 20th
Dominique O’Bonsawin is an Abenaki/French Canadain second year Master's student in the Frost Centre’s Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies program at Trent University. She has been doing beadwork for about 4 years and loves to participate in beading circles or other crafting events.
Malinda Gray, M.A., is an Indigenous Studies PhD Candidate at Trent University, where she also facilitates beading workshops for the First Peoples House of Learning. She lives in Peterborough, ON with her husband, three sons, and her cat, Hazel.
