Kim Haxton, Lynn Power, Nicole Bird, Nicole Bird, Les Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”) 
Brenda Leadlay 
Kim Haxton, Rosemary Georgeson, sχɬemtəna:t St’agid Jaad Audrey Siegl, Heather Lamoureux 
Bob Baker (Squamish Ancestral name is S7aplek, Hawaiian name is Lanakila) 
Kim Haxton 
sχɬemtəna:t St’agid Jaad Audrey Siegl 
Christie Lee Charles 
Heriditary Chief Bill Williams 
Christie Lee Charles 
Lyana Patrick 
Rosemary Georgeson 
Eden Toth 
Kim Haxton, Lynn Power, Nicole Bird, es Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”) 
Lara Aysal, Rosemary Georgeson, Kim Haxton 
Kim Haxton, Lynn Power, Nicole Bird, Les Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”) 
Kim Hxton, Lynn Power, Nicole Bird, Nicole Bird, Les Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”) 
Nicole Bird, Les Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”) 
Nicole Bird 
Lynn Power 
Knowledge is story. But what happens when the stories are lost? Where do we turn to understand what we value? What leads the way? And how do we find the words in a language we do not speak?
Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing is a gathering of stories that can lead us on our climate journey, offering guidance from Indigenous Knowledge Keepers to anyone who wishes to understand their role in the complexity of the Anthropocene.
Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing is a concept created by a leading environmental voice in Unama’ki Cape Breton, Mi’kmaq Elder Advisor Albert Marshall. He describes Etuaptmumk as “learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and ways of knowing … and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all”.
Guided by principles of Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing, artist, writer and storyteller Rosemary Georgeson (Coast Salish/Sahtu Dene) and activist, performance artist and community facilitator Lara Aysal (Anatolia/Turkey) embark on a journey to bring Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge into a dialogue on the climate crisis.
That journey begins at the Heart of The City Festival! from November 2nd to 5th 2023 at the Firehall Arts Centre.
Over four evenings, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers will lead four circles of conversation with Elders, activists and academics, bearing witness to the impact of the human environmental destruction of Mother Earth, through stories of water, air, fire, and earth. On the fifth day, the public will be invited to join a reflection on what was shared in the circles, through embodied, creative activities guided by Rosemary Georgeson and Lara Aysal.
In a time when the climate crisis has paralyzed so many of us, Etuaptmumk reminds us that we do have a compass for this journey and that we can imagine a different reality together. As Elder Albert Marshall says, “The fundamental basis of any relationship is an exchange of stories.”
*All proceeds have been donated to Indigenous Climate Action (ICA)
Circle of Conversations Videos:
Lead Artists and Facilitators
Lara Aysal, Rosemary Georgeson
Host
Kim Haxton
Knowledge Holders
Bob Baker (Squamish Ancestral name is S7aplek, Hawaiian name is Lanakila), sχɬemtəna:t St’agid Jaad Audrey Siegl, Les Nelson (Tsts-Tsip, “Big Bird”), Heather Lamoureux, Chief Darren Blaney, Heriditary Chief Bill Williams, Christie lee Charles, Lyana Patrick, Nicole Bird, Lynn Power, Eden Toth, Brenda Leadlay
Produced by
The Only Animal Theatre Society
Presented by
Firehall Arts Centre & Vancouver Moving Theatre
Supported by:
Vancouver Foundation, City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia, BC Arts Council, Real Estate Foundation BC, UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund.
Lara Aysal 