Braiding Sweetgrass for Educators Course – Spring Edition! 

After a HUGE amount of interest and positive feedback from our Winter Course, we are pleased to offer a Spring Edition!

Join us for these 4 x 75 min engaging and insightful online sessions which will unpack the essential elements of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults.

This will be facilitated by award-winning and best-selling Indigenous author, Monique Gray Smith, who adapted Robin Wall Kimmerer’s New York Times Best Selling book, Braiding Sweetgrass for a new generation of readers. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.

Monique will take you on a learning journey, exploring the 6 sections of the book and the chapters within each of them, including key content for classroom and school use. 

Dates and Times:

5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern Time for 75 mins on Zoom:

1. Monday, May 12
2. Thursday, May 15
3. Monday, May 19
4. Thursday, May 22 

Recorded, with the recordings made available to registrants the day after the live session for those who can’t attend live.

In each session we will attend to:

1. Indigenous wisdom
2. Teaching of the Plants
3. Scientific Knowledge
4. History and Social and Emotional Wellness
5. The reflection questions, calls to action and beautiful illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt

All registrants will receive:

1. 4 x virtual 75 min learning sessions with Monique Gray Smith! (includes time for reflection, discussion & Q&A)
2. Access to the recordings (available for up to 3 months following the sessions)
3. A Certificate of Completion

Your contribution: 

• Early Bird Registration until April 18: $120 ($30/session) – please select this option if you are able
• 50% Discounted Registration: $60 ($15/session) – please select this option if price is a barrier
• 25% discount for groups of 5 or more using this code at checkout: N945QEAF

Your course fee goes towards supporting our charity in covering the course costs, including ensuring that we compensate the course instructors adequately, and that we can continue to offer learning opportunities like these.

Facilitator:

Monique Gray Smith is an award winning Indigenous author and educator. In addition to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, she has authored many other books including Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation and Lucy and Lola, part of The Journey Forward. Monique’s books are used to share wisdom, knowledge, hope and the important teaching that love is medicine. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years.