7th Annual Vancouver Island
Traditional Foods
Conference
October 24th & 25th, 2014
Ucluelet, BC
Hosted by ̓tukʷaaʔatḥ First Nation
̓tukʷaaʔatḥ
Tradition Transcending Time
Vancouver Island & Coastal Communities
Indigenous Foods Network
Draft Agenda – Day 1 Friday, October 24th, 2014 8:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 to 1:30 1:30 or 1:45 for session at the Cultural Centre 3:15 3:45 5:00 5:30 7:30 Coffee and Refreshments Opening Prayer – Simon and Julia Lucas Welcoming – Yuu-‐thluth-‐aht First Nation Opening-‐ Toquaht First Nation Toquaht Singers Hesquiaht Fun Dance Overview and History of VI Traditional Foods Conference – VICCIFN Host for Next year’s Conference -‐ VICCIFN Future of VICCIFN – VICCIFN Setting the Tone – Joe Martin Big Hall Community Room Arts and Crafts Room North West Native To Be Confirmed Traditional Foods Teaching Box – To Be Confirmed Elise Crone Ocean Pollution and Camas regeneration in You – Peter Ross San Juan Archipelago – Madrona Murphy Kʷisitis Cultural Centre Nuu-‐chah-‐nulth Whaling Culture – Joe Martin *This session starts at 10:20 Wickaninnish Beach LUNCH Cultural Mapping and Indigenous Food Systems Presentations: 1) Mapping Nuu-‐
chah-‐nulth Fisheries – Uu-‐a-‐
thluk 2) Coastal Zone Mapping – West Coast Aquatic 3) The Firelight Group Panel: Cultural Mapping, Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Rights. Traditional Plants and Medicines – Sharing, Presentations and Walk *On our walk we will harvest the sword fern and salad needed for the Pit Cook the following day. Community Gardens, Seed Preservation and Composting Projects Jen Cody Sacheen and Crow Nuu-‐chah-‐nulth Whaling Culture – Joe Martin * This session starts at 10:45 at at Wickaninnish Beach Refreshments and Networking Connecting Indigenous Foods to First Nations Wild Crafters Prenatal and Infant Nutrition – Maternal and Child Health Network Break for Networking or a Walk – Set-‐up for Dinner A Feast of Traditional Foods Movies and Digital Stories in the Theater Nuu-‐chah-‐nulth Fishing Rights – Uu-‐a-‐thluk Draft Agenda – Day 2 Saturday, October 25th, 2014 Big Hall 6:30 3:00 Clean-‐up and Safe Travels Home 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:30 Big Beach 2:00 8:30 Community Room Fire Starts for Underground Steam Pit Cook at Big Beach Food is put into Pit Cook *Lots of hands needed to help Coffee and Refreshments Moring Prayer – Simon and Julia Lucas, Introduction to day – Anne Mack Songs – Toquaht Singers Setting the Tone: A Day of Sharing and Honouring -‐? Traditional Foods Champions – VICCIFN Introduction to VICCIFN Session – VICCIFN Gratitude Pit Cook, Big Hall Activity Room Community Room Traditional Salmon BBQ and Knowledge How Important VICCIFN Meeting Stories throughout Sharing and are Seeds to Our *Future of VICCIFN and the morning on Marketplace: Future: the Annual Traditional Big Beach Information Preserving Foods Conference. Booths, Resource Traditional and Sharing, , Heirloom Plants *Get Involved! New Ideas Unloading of the Pit Cook and filling Traditional Crafts, and Energy are Needed! in the pit at 11:45. Foods, Medicines, Seed Forum and Lots of hands Tools, and Trade Exchange needed! Goods Reef Net Fishing Nick Claxton Come lend a hand *Demonstrations: Eric Pelkey and check it out. Weaving, Cutting Fish, etc… * Throughout the Day various speakers will share their experiences of living and breathing indigenous foods LUNCH Networking, Knowledge Sharing and Marketplace Speakers and Closing Ceremonies 8:00 Activity Room Logistics, Questions and Queries Conference Coordinator Contact Information Conference Coordinator Norine Messer can be reached at (250) 735-‐4111 or [email protected] Location The Conference will be based out of the Ucluelet Community Centre at 500 Matterson Dr., Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0. Registration Please go to http://www.indigenousfoodsvi.ca/register/ to register for the conference Accommodations Try out Yuu-‐thluth-‐aht First Nation’s Waya Point Resort where you can stay in yurts on the beach just outside Ucluelet http://www.wyapoint.com 1-‐844-‐352-‐6188 | 250-‐726-‐
2625 Two Hotels in Ucluelet are offering group rates for those attending the Vancouver Island Traditional Foods Conference. The Canadian Princess has rooms available for $89.00 (2 queen beds) and $109 (2 queen and two twin beds). Phone: 1-‐800-‐663-‐7090 http://www.canadianprincess.com Little Beach Resort has rooms available for $79.00 and $89.00 (Kitchen suites/ Jacuzzi rooms) Phone: 1.877.726.4202 [email protected] Information Booths and Market Tables Please contact Norine if your would like to have an information booth or a market table to sell traditional medicines, foods, crafts, tools… Trade and Sharing Bring your traditional foods and medicines for sharing and trade. On Saturday the 26th there will be an opportunity to share and trade items you have harvested and preserved. There will also be an indigenous and heirloom seed exchange on Saturday. Traditional Food Demonstrations If you are willing to share any traditional food activities, skills or tools at the conference please contact Norine. Movies, Videos and Digital Stories We will be having a Movies Night in the Community Theater on Friday night. Please contact Norine if you have any Traditional Food Movies, Videos or Digital Stories that you would like to share or if there are any films that you would recommend that we show.