We have partnered with a number of Métis organizations and educators to offer new courses, workshops and resources for celebrating and learning about Métis language and culture.
Courses & Workshops
Métis Learning for the Summer Solstice Virtual Workshop
June 4 for 60 minutes with Leah Marie Dorion
Free registration!
Jump into summer and join Métis artist Leah Marie Dorion as she shares stories and connection to the Land and Summer Solstice from her books. She will discuss her art and illustrations and how to celebrate summer cycles from a Metis point of view. You will have the opportunity to participate in a live art class with Leah and ask questions about Métis culture and outdoor learning.
Connecting to the Land, the Métis Way Summer Course
July 8 – July 29 (4 x 60 min sessions) with Leah Marie Dorion
50% discount for Métis participants (and free, if price is a barrier)
This course introduces educators, parents and adult learners to children’s resources on Métis knowledge, culture and history connected to the land. Join Leah Marie Dorion in discovering resources that include translations into Michif and offer incredibly vibrant illustrations giving insight into Métis life.
4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning
With 12 Indigenous Presenters, including Métis Artist, Christi Belcourt
50% discount for Métis participants (and free, if price is a barrier)
Offered in partnership with over 50 non-profit organizations, this course serves to support participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local Land and supporting more respectful, reciprocal relationships.
Books and Teaching Packages
Métis ‘Connecting to the Land’ Kids Book Bundle
Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Métis Plant Use
By Christi Belcourt
Métis author and artist Christi Belcourt fuses her evocative artwork with Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Western Science. This innovative and vibrant resource is filled with full-colour photographs, maps, illustrations and the names of plants listed in three Indigenous languages – Michif, Nêhiyawêwin (Cree) and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway).
Medicines to Help Us Kit (Book and Beautiful Prints)
By Christi Belcourt
This kit comes with the Medicines to Help Us Book, along with 8 x 11″ prints where one side gives a beautiful overview of each of the plants described, and on the back, each forms one piece of a wall-sized puzzle that can be put together to create a large scale print of Métis artist Christi Belcourt’s painting “Medicines to Help Us”.
