Making Her Dress Workshop

As the facilitator dresses two life-size mannequins with the Nakoda Sioux-style traditional dresses, she integrates storytelling within cultural pedagogy. Workshop themes include historical impacts of settlement, intergenerational trauma, language and communication, beadwork and traditional dress regalia origins, song and dance, rites of passage, addictions, suicide, MMIWG, healthy relationships and parenting, grief, trauma and loss, and wellness. Participants will have a choice of creating miniature dolls or participating in art therapy through the colouring book she has created to accompany the workshop. This workshop won the 2019 Mark Amy Award from Nechi Institute for Excellence in the Trainer of Trainer Program, where this workshop was further enhanced. This workshop is also being showcased as a Documentary called My Blood Memory is Couture which was completed with a grant by Telus StoryHive along in collaboration with Indicity. This documentary aired in fall 2019. Hosted as part of Truth and Reconciliation Week (September 25 to 30)