Indigenous Artists in Schools Program
Current Instructors & Workshops
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Elizabeth George
Elizabeth brings years of experience as a weaver and beadwork artist to the classroom. Suitable workshops for elementary and high school students.
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Ivy Martin
Specializing in lino cut and printmaking, Ivy focusses on workshops for grade 6 and up.
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Naasʔi ʔawatin
Naasʔi ʔawatin is a Hesquiaht two-spirit storyteller and artist with an interest in reimagining the return to village within their artistic and community based practice.
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Timmy Masso
Nuu-chah-nulth language advocate and activist, Timmy teaches Indigenous history, language and culture.
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Brent and Denise Halfyard
This group class will help you make the most out if your own unique instrument: your voice!
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čiisqʷał Nicki Love
: čiisqʷał Nicki Love is a next‑generation Elder, poet, artist, and 2SLGBTQ educator. Her work blends Indigenous knowledge, creative expression, and community advocacy. Her teachings have been shared across universities and national projects, and her publications and leadership—including her role with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—reflect her lifelong commitment to connection, compassion, and Indigenous‑centered learning.
Elizabeth George
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Cedar Woven Grad Hats
Grade Suitability: Grade 7 and Grade 12
Duration: 3 days
Capacity: 30 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino and Ucluelet*
Cost: $4000 (includes materials)
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Cedar Harvesting & Weaving (baskets, rope, roses)
Grade Suitability: Grades 7 - 12
Duration: 3 days (harvest, prepare, weave)
Capacity: 30 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino and Ucluelet*
Special requirements: transportation; must occur during harvesting season (May/June).
Cost: $2000 (includes materials; does not include transportation costs for students)
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Cedar Weaving (baskets, rope, roses)
Grade Suitability: Grades 7-12
Duration: ½ day
Capacity: 30 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino and Ucluelet*
Cost: $1000 for a half day (includes materials)* additional travel costs may apply for Ahousaht
Ivy Martin
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Linocut Printing
Grade Suitability: Grades 6- 12
Duration: 5 hours
Capacity: 20 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino and Ucluelet*
Cost: $1050-1500 (includes materials; price variable depending on number of students)
* additional travel costs may apply
Brent Halfyard and Denise Halfyard
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Your Voice Your Power
Grade Suitability: Grade 6-12
Duration: 4 hours
Capacity: 25 students
Location: Ukee Sound Recording Studio, Ucluelet
Cost: See above Image
Naasʔi ʔawatin
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Grief and Repair
Grade Suitability: 8-12
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: 20 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino, Ucluelet
Materials: Encourage participants to bring clothing to mend. (All other materials provided; sewing needle, thread, patches, adhesive, etc.)
Cost: $1,200-2,000
Grief and Repair offers a space for participants to explore concepts around personal and collective experiences of grief while engaging in simple hand-mending or patchwork practices.Rooted in Indigenous ways of knowledge sharing and story-telling, the workshop approaches grief as a natural, transformative, ongoing relationship—one that can be complex, multi-layered, and present in everyday life.
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Bleach Printing
Grade Suitability: 6-12
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: 20 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino, Ucluelet
Cost: $675
Learn to bleach-print in a low-pressure environment. We will be bringing new life to old clothes or fabrics using materials from nature and/or whatever we have on hand that we want to see reflected! Ferns, flowers, ornaments, lace, all things that can be used to bleach and decorate.
čiisqʷał Nicki Love
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Queer Language from Creation
Grade Suitability: 8-12
Duration: 2-4 hours with lunch
Capacity: 20-30 students
Location: Available to travel to Ahousaht, Tofino, Ucluelet (language learning also available online)
Materials: projector/tv for powerpoint presentation
Cost: $1500; $2000 with screen-printing
Explore the histories, evolutions, and cultural contexts of Nuu-chah-nulth queer language. This offering honours identity, expression, and community through a lens of reclamation and creation.Queer Language From Creation introduces participants to pre‑contact understandings of queerness as a fluid, relational, and land‑based framework. Centered on Indigenous principles where identity was defined through role, responsibility, and spirit, this program offers a concise re‑entry into creation‑rooted ways of belonging and connection.
(Optional: Screen-printing aspect with our own co-created two-spirit icon.)