writing | voice | community + culture

writing | voice | community + culture


Some of the things I’ve done
Co-creator and facilitator of an experiment in “reconciling with the land and each other” culminating in a Land Back rematriation of an 98-acre cultural and environmental landscape.
Facilitator of a cultural re-orientation of Port Au Choix National Historic Site, towards UNDRIP an ancient Indigenous burial ground and rich living cultural landscape.
Creator and curator, Plants Growing Along the River, a learning guide for reconciliation through land, plants, and Metis culture.
Creator and co-host, Bannock and Jam, a yearly land-based gathering for singing, plants, and reconciling relationship 2017 – 2021.
Creator and co-host, Jam by Tree, an annual community celebration of ‘ukulele, singing, and one very big very old tree, 2018 – 2021.
Creator, writer and performer, “The Minister of Sugar Speaks”, a series of politically-charged dialogues.
Creator and facilitator of relationships between art and cultural professionals and institutions as Canadian Consul in Barcelona, Spain.
Co-founder and facilitator, the first Terry Fox Marathon of Hope in Havana which became the largest Terry Fox event outside of Canada, raising funds for Cuba’s Cancer Research Institute.

Land Acknowledgement
I live, create, and flourish thanks to the people – the ancestors, the living, and the generations to come – of Treaty Six, and the Dakota and Michif. I am grateful to them. I have endeavoured to act on TRC Principle Eight, and Calls to Action #83, 92, 57, and while I haven’t always done that well, I am committed to trying. I believe in Indigenous Guardianship of lands and waters, and the need to respect and follow Indigenous ways of knowing for our collective health.

I’m happy to hear from you.
roberta@growsolutions.ca