Crafting Kinship

Crafting Kinship is our cultural arts and wellness programming stream that braids together creativity, connection, and care.

Rooted in Indigenous teachings and guided by trauma-informed practices, this program prioritizes free and accessible offerings for Indigenous youth while also providing paid workshop options for organizations, schools, and broader communities.

These sessions use hands-on artistic practice as a pathway for cultural reclamation, mental wellness, and identity reflection.

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Anti-Racism Education Workshop

An interactive, discussion-based workshop rooted in youth stories and lived experience.

This session invites participants to examine race, privilege, and systemic inequality through storytelling, empathy, and guided reflection.

Purpose: deepen cultural understanding and anti-racist practice.

Best For

  • Educators
  • Youth programs
  • Community organizations

Format

Format: 90-120 minutes

In-person

Investment

Rate: $450

Defining Indigeneity

A Timeline of the Indian Act

An educational and advocacy-driven presentation tracing how colonial policy has defined and continues to affect Indigenous identity, access, and belonging.

This presentation explores the Indian Act, status policy, Métis and Inuit recognition, and the connections between legislation, lived experience, and systemic violence.

Best for

  • Youth gatherings, advocacy conferences, educators, and service providers seeking to better understand Indigenous identity systems and colonial policy impacts.
  • Teams working with Indigenous clients or navigating funding tied to status definitions.
  • Community organizers, cultural educators, and youth leaders.

Format

Format: 90 minutes

In-person or virtual

Investment

Rate: $400-800

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Interested in a workshop? Have a question or request?

turtleislandwic@theircollective.ca

Education, Advocacy & Speaking Engagements

Grounded storytelling, cultural education, and community dialogue.

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Our speaking engagements bring together grounded storytelling, cultural education, and community dialogue. Rooted in Two-Spirit identity, lived experience, and creative practice, we share stories that speak to healing, resilience, and Indigenous resurgence.

Whether offered by one of us or co-facilitated together, all engagements are shaped by honesty, reflection, cultural safety, and relationship.

Sessions can be adapted for classrooms, conferences, youth groups, community gatherings, or professional audiences.

Topics

  • Personal storytelling on intergenerational trauma and the ongoing impacts of residential schools.
  • Healing through art, creativity, and cultural reclamation.
  • Sobriety, resilience, and reclaiming identity after addiction and loss.
  • Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer identity, gender, belonging, and representation.
  • Youth advocacy, leadership, and empowerment through story and creative resistance.
  • Trauma-informed approaches to learning, teaching, and community care.
  • Decolonial wellness and the intersections of culture, identity, and mental health.
  • Art as medicine, creativity as care, cultural survival, and resistance.

Our sessions invite connection and learning, blending lived experience with cultural teachings, creative reflection, and open dialogue that supports both understanding and action.

Investment

Rate: $300–$500 for guest talks

$800+ for keynotes or extended/collaborative engagements

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turtleislandwic@theircollective.ca

Consulting & Organizational Learning

Supporting organizations in moving from awareness to action through relationship, reflection, and responsibility.

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Supporting organizations in moving from awareness to action through relationship, reflection, and responsibility.

We offer consulting and collaborative learning for nonprofits, schools, and community organizations seeking to build more meaningful and culturally grounded practices. Turtle Island Wellness & Inclusivity Collective works to help teams move beyond performative gestures into relational, sustainable change, rooted in truth, accountability, and care.

Focus Areas

  • Developing and implementing Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) informed by community and local relationships.
  • Co-creating or reviewing land acknowledgments that are specific, lived, and accountable.
  • Reviewing policies and processes through a decolonial, trauma-informed lens
  • Building cultural safety frameworks and inclusive engagement practices
  • Facilitator and leadership mentorship for culturally safe and trauma-aware spaces.
  • Ongoing support and capacity-building for staff, educators, and boards.

Best For

  • Non-profits, advocacy organizations, government departments, or schools developing or revising Indigenous-focused policy or programming
  • Institutions seeking guidance on Indigenous youth engagement, gender inclusion, or decolonizing internal processes

Format & Investment

Format: Hourly, project-based, or ongoing advisory.

Rate: $125–$175/hour

Retainers from $1,000/month

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turtleislandwic@theircollective.ca

Land Acknowledgement & Relational Accountability

Building authentic understanding of land, story, and responsibility.

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Building authentic understanding of land, story, and responsibility. This workshop invites participants to move beyond scripted acknowledgments toward an understanding of what it means to be in right relationship with the land and the Nations who care for it.

Through reflection, discussion, and guided writing, participants craft land acknowledgments rooted in truth, care, and action. The session also explores relational accountability, small, practical steps organizations can take to embed reciprocity and care into their daily work and policies.

Each session is customized to reflect local Nations and lived realities.

Format.

  • Available as a single session or series
  • Can be offered in person or online
  • Customizable for region, age group, or sector

Format: 2–3 hours

In-person or online

Rate: $600–$1,200

Best for

  • Organizations, educators, municipalities, and community groups seeking to understand and improve their land acknowledgment practices.
  • Staff teams looking to reflect on their roles within colonial structures and grow in relational accountability

Investment

Rate: $600–$1,200

Contact us.

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Or send us an e-mail at

turtleislandwic@theircollective.ca

Educational Resources & Curriculum Development

Creating accessible, culturally grounded learning tools for classrooms, youth programs, and community organizations.

Turtle Island Wellness & Inclusivity Collective designs educational resources that weave together Indigenous knowledge, art, and story in ways that support meaningful learning and decolonial practice. Their work includes creating visuals, worksheets, guides, and digital materials that help educators, youth workers, and organizations introduce Indigenous topics with care and clarity.

Resources can be developed independently or collaboratively with our team, blending both of your strengths in cultural education, creative practice, and community advocacy.

What we can do

  • Custom Indigenous educational materials (visual guides, handouts, classroom resources).
  • Creative art-based curriculum for youth, schools, and community spaces.
  • Dot art, beadwork, moccasin-making, and cultural arts learning sheets.
  • Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer identity explainer materials.
  • Trauma-informed resources to support inclusive and safer learning environments.
  • Digital designs for cultural programming, workshops, and events.
  • Visual storytelling resources for organizations

Best for

  • Schools and teachers
  • Youth programs
  • Indigenous organizations\
  • Social service teams
  • Wellness groups
  • Anyone building culturally informed programming.

Investment

Rate: Project-based pricing

Typically $200–$600 per resource package

Contact us.

Drop us a line here.

Or send us an e-mail at

turtleislandwic@theircollective.ca

COMING SOON!

The Turtle Island Wellness Network is an Indigenous-led digital platform in development, designed to connect Indigenous people with culturally grounded wellness supports, including trusted practitioners, service providers, Elders, and community-based healing opportunities,
especially those often left out of mainstream wellness systems.

Blog Posts & Media

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