Monday, Oct. 5, 7 pm, FBCW Coffee Break with Elaine Alec, author of Calling My Spirit Back

Coffee Break with Elaine Alec, Monday, Oct. 5, 7 pm.

Host Jacqueline Carmichael interviews Elaine Alec about her book, Calling My Spirit Back.

Register for this free live online event at bcwriters.ca/events-for-writers, and a Zoom link will be emailed to you. When it’s time for the event, click on the link and follow the prompts to join the conversation!

“Indigenous Peoples have always carried the knowledge necessary to heal. When our people heal, our families heal, our communities heal and our land will heal. You cannot have one without the other,” Elaine said.
“These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love. They teach us how to make good decisions for ourselves and for all other aspects in our lives.
“When our people were young, they were sent on the land to gather as much experience and knowledge as they could, and when they returned, they would contribute what they learned. I am Syilx and Secwepemc and although many of my teachings come from this place, they also intertwine with indigenous knowledge shared through ceremony from many other nations,” she said.