Master guitarist, composer, and environmental advocate John Sheldon’s music has been described as a combination of Tom Waits’ writing, Carlos Santana’s guitar playing, and Bob Weir’s singing. Jimmy Hendrix and James Taylor praised him, and National Public...
Ben Wride is most at home travelling without a plan through the expansive boreal forests of Turtle Island. He grew up off-grid near Flin Flon, Manitoba and is a member of Kinosao Sipi (Norway House) Cree Nation in Treaty 5. Coming from a family of skilled...
Rene Suša, PhD, is a post-doctoral researcher at UBC working with the Indigenous communities that are part of the “Teia das 5 Curas” network. His research addresses problematic patterns of engagement with Indigenous communities, especially in relation to...
Cash Ahenakew, PhD, is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Well-Being and an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of British Columbia. He is Cree and a member of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation with the ceremonial name pii tai poo...
A lifetime dancer Bernice’s passion is to awaken the dancer in others. She believes that moving the body with consciousness has the potential to unlock one’s own inner world, their purpose and ultimately a path to Divine truth. Bernice is the Founder of Dance...
Xhalida September (27) was born and raised on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tseil Waututh and S?wx?wú7mesh (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). Xhalida has been working with psilocybin for 10 years and has been compounding her own medicines for four...
