by Learning Lead – Melinda Munding At the end of May my family welcomed a large number of house guests into our small home. We were able to host them all in because they move around slowly and noiselessly. Despite living with us for the last month, our grocery bills have not increased as they…
by Learning Lead & Indigenous Relations Coordinator Stephanie Pheasant-Recollet For the Cautious Optimist blog, I chose Fish Skin Leather tanning. Noticing a resurgence of traditional practices from my fellow Indigenous people across Turtle Island, I wanted to share that spiritual and emotional connection to traditional methods our ancestors may have used. The challenge imposed here being:…
by Learning Leads – Caden Hebb & Lily Barraclough Imagine a lush and prosperous vegetable garden, with peas crawling up lattice, zucchini plant leaves as big as your head, and bush beans everywhere. How can you get a garden like this, and become a person with a zucchini problem? In Caden’s family, there is an…
by Learning Lead Amy Sinclair Ever wonder how people used to make clothes? Some knitted, crocheted, wove or sewed… But all these practices require yarn and they couldn’t just go to the store to buy it, so how did they make it? I’ve often found myself wondering about this over the last few years. I…
by Learning Lead – Segen Mehreteab So, Spoons. What are these magical rounded objects we use to funnel foods into our mouth? We move through a Drive-Thru, maybe we pick up an Oreo McFlurry with peanuts (the machine wasn’t broken this time!) and included in it is a bright white plastic spoon-like contraption. The convenience…
by Learning Lead Joanne Cerdan The price of groceries for Torontonians has increased by 17% from last year. Food categories with the most significant cost increase include dark green vegetables (17.3%) and other vegetables and fruit (15.2%). The average person in Toronto will spend about $302.35 on groceries per month (City of Toronto, 2021). One…
by Learning Lead – Paul Whipp “Owooooo! I startle awake and my eyes search the endless darkness around me. The wolves sound like they are right next to me as they howl into the night. It’s eerie, but oddly comforting. Cold winter nights like this can be so quiet. The only other sound is the…
By Artistic Director – Christopher McLeod Let’s explore the question, What Does Our Water Need? Have you submitted a response on the website? I have one so far, with many more that could be offered. This is a broad question and ideally one that more and more people will begin to reflect upon and consider.…
Project Lacie created the project Inheritance, a site-specific multimedia installation that combines graffiti and woodburning techniques, as a sculptural installation along the shores of Lake Erie. Where you stand today, right now, are the Traditional Lands of the Haudenosaunee Indigenous Peoples who have inhabited, cared for and protected the land and waters for millennia. I…
Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6JzwSqI76k Project: Song for the Water Artists: Logan Staats & Rob Lamothe with Suzie Miller Installation Site: Song is available online for free at https://roblamothe.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-the-water As an arts-based community development project, participants attended a series of workshops led by Logan Staats, Rob Lamothe and Suzie Miller. The sessions utilized talking circles to build a…
