Previous Presentations

2025

Kootenay Herb Gathering, Presentations: “Re-Indigenizing Herbal Practices” and “Revitalizing Traditions in Birthing” Winlaw BC, June 27-29 2025

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, Presenter, “Herbs for Summer Heat” and “Student Q&A), Online, June 24 2025

Calgary Zoo: National Indigenous Peoples Day Sessions, 3 sessions ”Nature’s Classroom: On Plants”, Calgary Alberta, June 21 2025

Tsuut’ina Nation: Disability Navigator Program, Tsuut’ina Nation Treaty 7, 6 sessions “The Home Herbal”, June 18 and 19 2025

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing 50th Anniversary, lectures: “Re-Indigenizing Herbal Practices”, “The Five Flavours”, “Herbal Panel Discussion”, and “Postpartum Depression and Blood”, Kananaskis Alberta, June 6-9, 2025

Emery Herbals: Advanced Clinical Herbal Training Program, “Foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine” and “Tongue and Pulse Assessment”, Online & Winlaw BC, March to April 2025

2024

Canadian Herb Conference, Presenter: “Inner City Herbalist” and “Our Hearts Opening”, Online Nov 14-17, 2024

The Herbal Energetics Course for Rosalee de la Forêt, Lectures “ The Foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine” and “The Five Elements”, Online, Oct 24 and Nov 21, 2024,

Vancouver Island Herb Gathering, Presenter: “Relevant Medicine”, “Decolonizing Herbal Medicine”, and “Panel Storytelling with Elder Della Rice-Sylvester”, Courtenay BC, June 21-23 2024

Native Roots School of Ancestral Medicine, Lectures: online, May 13 to October 24, 2024

2023

Native Roots School of Ancestral Medicine, Lectures: online, November 16 to December 6, 2023

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, Presenter: “Question & Answer, Master and Clinical Herbalist Diploma Program”, Online, September 7 2023

Native Roots School of Ancestral Medicine, Lectures: online, Dec 12, 2022 to Jan 12, 2023

2022

Canadian Herb Conference, Presenter: “Re:Wildcrafting: Ways we can honour reconciliation by how we practice harvesting & cultivation” and “Rooted in Community Project: Reintroducing people to the community of plants that share neighbourhoods”, Online, Nov 3-6, 2022

2021

Canadian Herb Conference, Presenter: “Decolonizing - Re-Indigenizing Herbal Practices”, “Nourishing the Blood”, and “Keynote Interview with Elder Doreen Spence”, Online, November 2021

School of Traditional Healing Arts (SOTHA) San Fransisco Ca, Presenter: “Traditional Chinese Medicine Foundations” - Online, May 16, 22 and 23 2021

Native Roots School of Ancestral Medicine, Taos NM, Presenter,, Herbs for Sexual Health & Wellbeing, Common Herbal: exploring Accessible & Sustainable Herbals, Tongue Assessment, Energetics of Herbs - Online,

2020

Canadian Herb Conference, Presenter: “Decolonizing Herbal Practices” & “Herbs for Sexual Health & Wellbeing”, Online, November

Cultivating Place Podcast interview, Tiffany Freeman Clinical Herbalist; The Earth in her hands series #1

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, lecture: “Emotional Well-being in a time of Pandemic: How the 7 emotions impact our physiological bodies”, Online, April 2020

2019

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, lecture: 4-part series on “Herbal Pediatrics”, Online, November 2019

Vancouver Island Herb Gathering, Presenter: “Decolonizing Herbal Medicine” and “Herbal Energetics: How flavour informs the therapeutic affect of herbs”, Courtenay BC, June 2019

Lodgepole School of Wholistic Studies, lectures: “Folk Herbal Revival: A series of weekly folk herbal conversations/ lectures for the general public by donation”, Calgary Alberta, 2019

2018

Alberta Herb Gathering, Presenter: Pigeon Lake Alberta, July 20-22 2018

Good Medicine Confluence, Presenter: “Medicines of our Ancestors: Smoke, Cupping & Blood letting”, “Nourishing Blood: A look at postpartum healing”, “Working with Spirit: An indigenous perspective on Herbalism”, Fort Lewis College, Durango Colorado USA, May 16-20 2018

Wildroot Botanicals, 2018 Presenter: “Herbal Pediatrics” and “Traditional Medicine: An Indigenous perspective on Medicine & Healing”, Bellingham, Washington USA, 2018

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom, Calgary Alberta 2018

2017

Baeleay Callister Private Group, Presenter: “Tongue Assessment Workshop”, Half Moon Bay BC, July 2017

Wildroot Botanicals, Presenter: “Pulse Assessment Workshop” and “Traditional Indigenous Medicine”, Bellingham, Washington USA, July 2017

Native Roots Apothecary, Presenter: “Traditional Indigenous Medicine Series”, Taos/ Arroyo Seco, New Mexico USA, June 2017

Good Medicine Confluence, Presenter, Fort Lewis College, Durango Colorado USA, June 14 to 18 2017

Folk Herbalist Revival: Bringing Plant Power to the People, “A Series of weekly folk herbal conversations open to the public, presented at Lodgepole School of Wholistic Studies”, Calgary Alberta, 2017

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom, Calgary Alberta 2017

2016

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom, Calgary Alberta 2016

2015

Alberta Herb Gathering, Presenter, Pigeon Lake Alberta, August 14-16 2015

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom, Calgary Alberta 2015

2014

Western Wholistic Herb Gathering, Presenter, Alberta, August 22-24, 2014

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom, Calgary Alberta 2014

2014 - 2019 Ongoing Courses

Lodgepole school of Wholistic Studies, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom courses in “Assessment techniques”, “Traditional Chinese Medicine”, “Western & Chinese Herbalism”, “Pediatrics” and “Indigenous Herbalism,” “Wild Rose College curriculum”, Calgary Alberta, 2014-2019

2004 - 2019 Ongoing Courses

Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, Instructor & Author, Ongoing In-classroom Western herbal curriculum including “Energetic Assessment”, “Traditional Chinese Medicine Materia Medica”, “Traditional Chinese Medicine Foundations”, and “Herbology 2”, Calgary Alberta, September 2004- June 2011

Publications

Botanica: Tall Grass Magazine and Website feature, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this year Interview, September 2023

Botanica: Tall Grass Magazine and Website article, Seasonal Medicine, December 30th 2022

Botanica: Tall Grass Magazine and Website feature, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this year Interview, September 2022

The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants by Jennifer Jewel, Timber Press. Biographical feature, March 2019

Herbalist Visions & Visionaries: Conversations With Inspiring Plant Healers of The 21st Century, USA, Jessie Wolf Hardin, 2018 Book Feature

Botanica: Uppercase Magazine, Janine Vangool. Biographical feature, 2017 Book Feature (reprint 2024)

Plant Healer Magazine Compendium, USA, articles: Working with Spirit & Sacred Tobacco, 2017 Author

Plant Healer’s Herbaria Magazine, USA, 2017 Interview

Volunteer

The Bison Project with Sunnyside School, Project creation and directive of an educational video on the traditional Indigenous teachings of the Bison. Installation & direction of bison art works in collaboration with Blank Page Studio, Calgary Alberta, 2021

Folk Herbal Revival Presenter & creator, Lodgepole School of Wholistic Studies & Blank page Studio. A series of by donation weekly herbal conversations & lectures for the general public. 2015-2019

Canadian Indigenous Women’s Resource Institute, Volunteer educator, and student of Traditional knowledge, medicine and healing. Board member, Vice president 2006/2007. Holding, sharing and participating in traditional ceremonies such as Sweat lodges, full moon ceremonies, vision quests, give aways, traditional knowledge lectures and healing circles. Youth outreach & indigenous traditional education, Calgary Alberta, 2002-2007