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Storytelling Around the Campfire with Jamie Oliviero
Since the Manitoba Nature Summit started I’ve had a dream of having a storytelling workshop around the campfire. Partly, because I love listening to storytellers and also because, as an educator, I’d like to work on my own oral storytelling.
So I’m suuuuuper excited that renowned storyteller Jamie Oliviero will be joining us Friday evening around the campfire to tell us a story AND share some storytelling tips with us!
You can find several youtube videos of Jamie on the internet and I’m really looking forward to seeing him in action around the main campfire at 7:45 pm at Camp Manitou!
This is why you should register for the whole Summit because one day registrations miss out on this event!
The Manitoba Nature Summit Inc. would like to acknowledge and thank Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. for donating 2 return flights so that our Keynote Speakers can make it to Yellowknife!
We are touched and amazed by their generosity and hope they realize that their kind donation will support hundreds of teachers to begin connecting their students to the land!
Please make sure that you support Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. if you have the opportunity. It is generous, responsible businesses like this who make Canada a great country.
Thanks with all our hearts!
We would also like to thank Brenda Dragon who took it upon herself to ask them on our behalf. It’s pretty special to have a keynote speaker who is so committed to presenting at your conference that they arrange their own free ride. We are blown away!
On behalf of the Committee Members and Participants of the Manitoba Nature Summit Inc.
Corine Anderson and Maddi Kettner-Baisburd- Co-Chairs
In keeping with our mandate of connecting people in Manitoba who are doing good work to get children outdoors we try to host a resource fair as part of the Summit.
This year we have the following vendors confirmed to attend the Summit. Please support them by purchasing their wares and frequenting their organizations!
The Resource Fair will be held in the Gym (Bock Centre) from 10:00 am-2:00 pm on Friday, September 14th only.
In attendance will be:
For more information about our resource fair contact Maddi at manitobanaturesummit@gmail.com!
Elder Florence Paynter
“We have to stand up for Mother Earth and give her voice. She is one of our entities which continues to support us and provide all its resources to us.” Elder Florence Paynter
The Manitoba Nature Summit is honoured that Elder Florence Paynter has agreed to lead our Closing Circle on Sunday morning.
If you’ve never attended the closing circle, it is only available to people who register for the entire Summit (Friday-Sunday), it is like a keynote but we hold it around the campfire in the forest. The original vision of the circle was to have the opportunity to reflect and be thankful for the learning opportunity that we were able to have at the Summit.
Elder Florence Paynter is an Award winning educator and Knowledge Keeper from Sandy Bay First Nation as well as a Band Member of Norway House. She is a third degree Mide Anishinabekwe and holds a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Manitoba. Florence speaks Anishinabe fluently and has been involved in many language and cultural initiatives and ceremonies. She helps teach the cultural and spiritual knowledge and traditions of the Anishinabe people.
Elder Paynter has a long list of accomplishments including, but not limited to- treaty education, sitting on the City of Winnipeg’s Grandparent’s Council, serving as an Elder/Advisor to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs with respect to the Enbridge Line 3 hearing, teaching in a classroom, she’s committed to language preservation and revitalization and has worked with the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre in research and development.
I could go on and on but I’ll mention only a few more of Elder Paynter’s projects that are exciting:
We look forward to learning from Elder Florence Paynter!
1.) To network with some truly amazing people.
2.) To re-discover wonder.
3.) Because when else can you attend a conference and not have to iron anything?
4.) You want a world that values play and children who appreciate nature.
5.) You need to stock up on Snow Saws and McNally Robinson’s Nature Books, as well as the other exciting vendors at the Resource Fair.
6.) Because you miss your sit spot.
7.) The best place to learn storytelling and drumming skills is around the campfire.
8.) You need to add to your wood cookie necklace collection.
9.) You’d like to channel your inner Gandalf and whittle a walking stick with Doug Mackie and the Mensheds group.
10.) You’d like to develop a deeper connection with nature so you can pass it along to the children you work with.
11.) You’d like to get your yearly allotment of Professional Development hours by playing outside rather than sitting in a dreary conference room.
12.) Two Words: Zip Line
13.) You are dying to know who has the best footy pajamas at the Summit.
14.) You love singing an acapella 90’s boyband mashup around the campfire with 40 of you newest bff’s.
15.)You missed the night hike with Maddi last time and you still regret it!
16.) You need to defend your Giant Jenga title.
17.) You can’t wait to see the Nature Matters Film!
18.) You haven’t missed a single Nature Summit and you’ve been looking forward to it since 2016. Or…
19.) You missed the last Nature Summit and you still regret it.
and last but not least…
20.) To help build a vibrant community of nature play in Manitoba and across Canada!
Don’t miss out! To Register for the 2016 Manitoba Nature Summit please follow this link: https://www.eventcamp.ca/event/mns
Our amazing keynotes are Gillian Judson and Chloe Dragon-Smith
Here’s a link to the list of awesome workshops.
Invite your friends to join you for an exciting weekend
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The Manitoba Nature Summit Inc.’s Annual General Meeting for 2017, will be held on Wednesday, March 7th at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the campfire near the shelter at the St. Vital Park Duck Pond.
The campfire will be started around 6 and we’ll have hot dogs, buns, and hot chocolate. Bonus points if you bring your own reusable plate and mug.
The meeting should be short and sweet. If it’s too blowy out to hold papers we’ll move into the shelter.
Come visit with us- meet us in real life and get the low-down on our upcoming Manitoba Nature Summit 2018!
Bring your family!
We are super excited about our upcoming ‘Conquer the Cold’ event. There will be so many fun winter activities – and it is FREE! (Donations to support our charitable organization are humbly accepted). Mark January 20th, 2018 on your calendars and head on over to Living Prairie Museum from Noon – 3pm. Dress for the weather – this is an outdoor event!
Please register here so we know how many people to expect.
Click the link below if you want a poster to share or print & post.
