c̓ec̓əw̓itəl̕: Helping One Another
When & Where
Online Symposium
April 12 from 12pm to 4:30pm
April 13 from 12pm to 4:30pm
About
Virtual 2SIQ (2Spirit, Indigequeer) symposium. Participants can attend one or both of the days to share food, stories, and build on community support for 2SIQ relatives and their families living on Salish lands.
Following our Salish teachings of Respect, Pride, Identity, and Shared Responsibility, we invite 2SIQ community members, groups, helpers, and supporters to come together in a good way!
Intention
c̓ec̓əw̓itəl̕: Helping One Another
The two half day collaborative sessions are rooted in Coast Salish teachings, knowledge systems, and protocols of these ancestral lands and waters. There will be Salish and urban 2SIQ presentations, Circle talks, beading, and Elder supports on the days.
Talks will help us answer questions such as:
- How do we incorporate Coast Salish land/water/knowledge into supports for 2SIQ relatives and their families?
- What meaningful strategies work well, in our respective communities, in supporting 2SIQ relatives and their families?
Questions?
If you have any questions about the symposium, the society, or want to know how to become a member please email transformingembers@gmail.com
April 12 - Day 1
All Day Beading Room
Participants will receive beading supplies in their welcome packs, if you need assistance you can ask to see Tyson in a virtual beading room for support.
Bio: Tyson is a 2S xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Anishinaabe, & Haudenosaunee artist. He’s lived in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm his whole life & has a passion for beading!
LUNCH - 12PM PST
Time to share food and introduce ourselves.
It's Coast Salish protocol to to feed our guests on our ancestral territories and when we ask folx to do work with us.
Since this is virtual participants will be sent a gift card to order food.
Session 1: Designing with Queer Ecologies with K̓esugwilakw
K̓esugwilakw focuses on researching Coast Salish urban & environmental design methodologies & how queer ecologies can influence design. In this workshop they will present their research on understanding Coast Salish queerness & how that can apply to reclaiming sovereignty & Indigenous design.
Bio: K̓esugwilakw (they/them) is an Indigiqueer Urban Designer at Sky Spirit Studio and a Co-Director at BIDC (Black + Indigenous Design Collective). They are from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and are Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw/Musga̱mgw Dzawada̱’enuxw, Łingít and Magyar/Hungarian.
BREAK
Time for a break, check in with Tyson in the beading room for help on your beadwork!
Session 2: 2SIQ Relational Ethics in Building Community with Kyle Shaughnessy
Intentional relationship building across nations & social locations takes time, humility, & consistent showing up. There are ways that our relational values & ethics as queer Indigenous people can guide us in this process of creating connection & finding our respective roles in our communities of meaning together. This talk will explore personal reflections & stories on relationship building with Coast Salish & urban Indigenous spaces, Q&A to follow.
Bio: Kyle Shaughnessy (he/him) is a Trans & Two-Spirit educator, social worker, & writer of Tłı̨chǫ Dene, Irish, & Ukrainian background. He is originally from the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, & rural BC. His academic & writing work focuses on intersections between Two-Spirit ways of being & land-based teaching & ethics. He is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies & also works as an Indigenous Educational Consultant at UBC on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory.
BREAK
Time for a break, check in with Tyson in the beading room for help on your beadwork!
Circle Talk with Billie Allen/Zaagaateikwe
To close, we will participate in a circle talk to help us answer questions such as:
- How do we incorporate Coast Salish land/water/knowledge into supports for 2SIQ relatives and their families?
- What meaningful strategies work well, in our respective communities, in supporting 2SIQ relatives and their families?
Bio: Billie (she/her) is a Two-Spirit Anishinaabe parent & educator who will be facilitating circle talk sessions.
April 13 - Day 2
All Day Beading Room
Participants will receive beading supplies in their welcome packs, if you need assistance you can ask to see Tyson in a virtual beading room for support.
Bio: Tyson is a 2S xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Anishinaabe, & Haudenosaunee artist. He’s lived in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm his whole life & has a passion for beading!
LUNCH - 12PM PST
Time to share food and introduce ourselves.
It's Coast Salish protocol to to feed our guests on our ancestral territories and when we ask folx to do work with us.
Since this is virtual participants will be sent a gift card to order food.
Session 1: Designing with Queer Ecologies with K̓esugwilakw
K̓esugwilakw focuses on researching Coast Salish urban & environmental design methodologies & how queer ecologies can influence design. In this workshop they will present their research on understanding Coast Salish queerness & how that can apply to reclaiming sovereignty & Indigenous design.
About: K̓esugwilakw (they/them) is an Indigiqueer Urban Designer at Sky Spirit Studio and a Co-Director at BIDC (Black + Indigenous Design Collective). They are from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and are Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw/Musga̱mgw Dzawada̱’enuxw, Łingít and Magyar/Hungarian.
BREAK
Time for a break, check in with Tyson in the beading room for help on your beadwork!
Session 2: TBD with Chase Gray
Details coming soon!
Bio: Chase is a 2Spirit Musqueam & Tsimshian artist living in their traditional xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory. Growing up, he was always surrounded by culture & art, particularly Tsimshian dance & Formline design. Through time, learning, & understanding. Chase has developed a separate Coast Salish design style,which he now uses to represent xʷməθkʷəy̓əm art within xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory. Much of Chase’s art features bright colours, nostalgia, & queer representation as recurring themes, as he hopes to spread the joy of each community he is a part of.
BREAK
Time for a break, check in with Tyson in the beading room for help on your beadwork!
Circle Talk with Billie Allen/Zaagaateikwe
To close, we will participate in a circle talk to help us answer questions such as:
- How do we incorporate Coast Salish land/water/knowledge into supports for 2SIQ relatives and their families?
- What meaningful strategies work well, in our respective communities, in supporting 2SIQ relatives and their families?
Bio: Billie (she/her) is a Two-Spirit Anishinaabe parent & educator who will be facilitating circle talk sessions.