By Christian Collington, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TheIFP.ca For the second year, Grandmother Kim Wheatley will bring ancestral storytelling to the annual Maple Syrup in the Park festival at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Visitors can experience her teachings on March 22, with sessions at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. As a traditional Anishinaabe Ojibwa grandmother from Shawanaga First Nation, Wheatley views storytelling as a vital, intergenerational tool for reconnection. These stories are more than just entertainment, they are a means of embedding \u201ctruths, relationship, responsibilities, respect and always a note of reciprocity\u201d into the listener\u2019s experience, she said. For Wheatley, who carries the spirit name Head or Leader of the Fireflower and is a part of the Turtle clan, the goal of sharing these traditional narratives is to inspire visitors to… <\/p>\n
By Christian Collington, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TheIFP.ca For the second year, Grandmother Kim Wheatley will bring ancestral storytelling to the annual Maple Syrup in the Park festival at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Visitors can experience her teachings on March 22, with sessions at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. As a traditional Anishinaabe Ojibwa grandmother from Shawanaga First Nation, Wheatley views storytelling as a vital, intergenerational tool for reconnection. These stories are more than just entertainment, they are a means of embedding \u201ctruths, relationship, responsibilities, respect and always a note of reciprocity\u201d into the listener\u2019s experience, she said. For Wheatley, who carries the spirit name Head or Leader of the Fireflower and is a part of the Turtle clan, the goal of sharing these traditional narratives is to inspire visitors to... <\/p>\n