Available in the Spring and Fall, K̓esugwilakw outlines Coast Salish genderqueer plants and how to identitfy them. This plant walk/stroll supports gender affirming care for IndigiQueer, Two-Spirit, Trans and Non-Binary people and their allies by teaching how the Land and Nature is Queer. 

We often find in this work that there are struggles in embodying the teachings. This workshop series is a movement and somatic embodiment offering to support processing, learning, emotions and grief. Movement is gentle and can be adapted to accessibility needs. Kesugwilakw is a trained dancer with a trauma-informed approach and offers three versions depending on what you feel called to: Kalkalilh (Wild Woman), Skewk (Raven) and Berry Gatherer (Grizzly+Bear)

K̓esugwilakw has had a lifetime of learning from oral historians in their family and Nation as well as learning from oral historians globally. Here they teach a deeper understanding of how Indigenous storytelling is a somatic technology and some basic techniques to unlock ancestral spatial memory practices.

Looking at colonialism in design from 79AD to present day K̓esugwilakw noticed a pattern of how colonialism relies on three specific mechanisms of: Fear of the Wild, Fear of the Unknown, and Fear of Dispossesion. This series will deepen your understanding of how we have been indoctrinated to hold these fears, and how to dismantle them and divest from the colonial project of dominion.

As an Indigiqueer and genderfluid urban + environmental designer K̓esugwilakw has developed a methodology rooted in their Indigineity to provide gender affirming spaces and design processes to 2SLGBTQIAA+ communities. This workshop is a joyful typology based session outlining opportunities for innovative queer design.

Go deeper with your commitment to supporting Indigenous sovereignty. Often our own places of work foster deeply colonial practices which make it difficult to meaningully engage and work on Indigenous led projects. Participate in a mini colonial audit with your team and improve your work environment.

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