WORKSHOP: Walking the Wild Food Web with Jared Qwustenuxun Williams

An in -person, on the land walking teaching for those who are wanting to learn about the past, present and future of Indigenous foodways that weave through every aspect of land use practices. Choosing plants that are in season, Jared will share lore and law about stewardship and cultivation practices — from time immemorial, and contemporary — and zoom out to what settlers can learn from the plant relatives and Indigenous law/stories in order to be good ancestors.

On the Land Teaching October 23 Time: 9-11:30 - 2.5 hours Location: Xwaaqwu’um/Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park

Cost - $50/$75/$100 sliding scale

Purchasing a higher value registration allows us to offer low cost access to others.

This workshop takes participants out on the land to discover, touch, and sense a wide array of wild foods in the ecologically abundant intertidal zone. A place of legendary stories, Xwaaqwu’um offers the opportunity to learn about Xeels the Transformer and share stories illuminating Indigenous law governing relationships with the human and more-than-human world. 

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About the facilitator:

Jared spent much of his youth with his late grandmother, immersed in Salish culture. Raised in a world filled with smoke and fish Jared became familiar with many of the cooking methods and techniques used by his ancestors. Jared graduated from culinary school and has 10 years of western culinary experience. Having spent his youth working with his family learning many traditional harvesting and preparation techniques, which he applies as kitchen manager at the Elder’s Building with Cowichan Tribes. After nearly a decade and a half of cooking for his community's elders Qwustenuxun works as an indigenous foods educator, writer, and consultant. Qwustenuxun won a Canadian Online Publishing Award for best multicultural story. He was nominated for the 2022 BC Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Award. Qwustenuxun has also been a featured guest on APTN’s hit series Moosemeat and Marmalade, cooked indigenous foods on Flavours of the Westcoast television show, and has been featured on CBC radio many times for his efforts in first nation’s food sovereignty.