28th Annual Woodland Conference
Sharing Traditional Knowledge and Finding Common Ground
Saturday March 13, 2021 – Virtual event hosted by Fleming College, Lindsay
8:45 am Sign in through Fleming Cisco Webex
9:00- 9:15 am Welcome & Opening Remarks:
Keegan McKitterick, MC (Board Member, Peterborough County Stewardship)
Eleanor Reed, (President, Kawartha Chapter, Ontario Woodlot Association)
Elliot Groen, (Co President Forestry Technician Class of 2021)
Tania Clerac (Dean, School of Environmental & Natural Resources)
9:15-10.15 am Keynote Speaker: “Reconciliation” Larry McDermott, Algonquin from Shabot Obaadjiwan , Lanark Highlands
10.15-12:15 Live Presentations are 30 minutes including Q &A:
- “Sacred Water Circle” -- Dorothy McCue, Curve Lake First Nations (Elder, Drummer, and Knowledge Keeper)
- “Alderville Oak Savanna Restoration Project”, Jacey Moore, Garden and Outreach Coordinator (Land succession and tall grass)
- “Ginawaydaguc—"We are all connected” Chris Craig, member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagain and Sr. Forestry Technician, South Nation Conservation
- “Indigenous Medicine”, Joe Pitawanakwat, 30 minutes (tentative)
NOTE: We are also presenting various recorded presentations for viewing on web the site: www.peterboroughcountystewardship.org
- “Medicine Walk”, Hunter & Shawn Corbiere
- “ Extraction of Cedar Oil and its Medicinal Uses”, Ted Davis, learned cedar oil extraction from the Blackfoot Nation in BC and the Mohawks in Upper NY State
- Six Nations First Nation--John Bacher
Live traditional drumming – Dorothy McCue (Taylor)
12:15 Neil Hayward, Conference Chair -Closing remarks
