Ucluelet First Nation legislator Jeneva Touchie (蕯uk艂aamah蹋 Huh蹋tik, mamaa艂niqiic) is being featured in a new pilot series of Zoom events for women thatB次元官网网址檚 starting 2021 with some inspiration.
Amazing Strong Inspired, an organization founded to provide focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, is presenting a womenB次元官网网址檚 event, WomenB次元官网网址檚 Winter Yakfest, on the first and third Mondays of the month at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom.
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Jeneva serves as a member of her nationB次元官网网址檚 legislature.
As an elected executive member, Jeneva holds the culture and heritage portfolio. Some of her duties include meeting with the department head of culture and heritage and listening to ideas or concerns of citizens within the community of Hitac虛u and those who live away from home. She is learning to speak her traditional language as a life-long learner. The goal is to share the language with citizens of Yuu艂u蕯i艂蕯ath蹋who will then pass it on to the next generation.
She lives in Ucluelet with her long-term partner and their child.
Another West Coast guest, laughter yoga instructor Ellen Everard, lives in Port Alberni and on the Barkley Sound with her husband Charlie. The former Ellen Brown, she retired from her role as hospital administrator at West Coast General Hospital in Alberni.
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Other presenters on the Jan. 4 Yakfest guest panel include artist/author Yvonne Maximchuk of Campbell River (Drawn to Sea: Paintbrush to ChainsawB次元官网网址擟arving Out a Life on BCB次元官网网址檚 Rugged Raincoast, and Colour the British Columbia Coast) Emily Olsen of Saanich (founder of the Connection Project), and childrenB次元官网网址檚 science author L.E. Carmichael of Ontario (The Boreal Forest, Fuzzy Forensics, Foxtalk).
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 part book club, part hen party, part learning conferenceB次元官网网址攁nd all fun,B次元官网网址� said Carmichael.
With guest panelists, door prizes and a dose of warmth and good humour, the series aims to provide a hub activity during the pandemic winter, and the response so far has been heartening.
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Women anywhere are welcome to tune in; there is no cost. To learn more about the Yakfest Series, email to Carmichael.jacqueline@gmail.com. Anyone interested in participating in the Jan. 4 Yakfest can .
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