Tseshaht – Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Indigenous Food Network

Cedar Weaving

Diandra Jurkic-Walls — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:03:22 +0000

Both days at the Conference Cedar weaving has been taught. It has been a great experience sitting near the women weaving, teaching and learning. There is so much strength in women sharing space together and growing and healing together through working with their hands, binding their hearts. I’m so honoured to share space with them.

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Traditional Foods Feast!

Diandra Jurkic-Walls — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:50:43 +0000

After our day of learning, sharing and teachings, conference participants got to sit together and enjoy a dead with each other. Communities from across the west coast region donated traditional and sea foods for our feast. We truly appreciate the donations!!

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Conference Committee

Diandra Jurkic-Walls — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:20:16 +0000

The conference committee is wearing red hoodies at the conference to help us stand out and stay warm in the chilly rainy weather. If you’re here and have a question or want to talk about VICCIFN please track us down!

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Conference Coordinator Position Filled by C. Anne Robinson

Anne Robinson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:28:39 +0000

I’m so excited to be brought onboard to coordinate the 5th Annual Traditional Foods Conference! So far it’s been great to be meeting and working with so many different people from many different walks of life. It amazes me to see and hear thier ongoing efforts and committment to the preservation of Traditional Foods on Vancouver Island. I’m looking forward the 5th Annual Traditional Foods...

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WordPress Training at First Nations Wildcrafters

Diandra Jurkic-Walls — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:04:36 +0000

VICCIFN has recently expanded it’s staff and projects and we now have three main programming streams including the Digital Harvest, Indigenous Foods Conference, and Sharing Our Voice, an Island-wide community engagement strategy. The staff who are leading these projects have the opportunity to get together with Sherwin Arnott from Pink Sheep Media to learn the ins and outs of working with...

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