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Being open to being changed: Reflections on kinSHIFT’s Elements of Truth workshop

Posted by Melanie Walker on November 27, 2024

This is a guest blog post from Melanie Walker of Many Microbes Soil Lab located on the swiya of the shíshálh people. Melanie shares her experience taking kinSHIFT’s Elements of Truth: Before Reconciliation workshops. We recommend that all farmers take this essential training! As I joined the first session of the kinSHIFT’s Elements of Truth workshop, I was open to learning. I knew it would be a process of change. I think most people who grow food appreciate change: the cycle of a growing season, the transformation from seed to fruit, and of course the many times we have to modify … Continue reading Being open to being changed: Reflections on kinSHIFT’s Elements of Truth workshop →

Reconciliation Training is Available for BC Farmers

Posted by Michalina Hunter on September 18, 2024 1 Comment

Are you a farmer located in B.C. wondering how to honour the Indigenous lands you steward? kinSHIFT hosts essential online trainings about cultivating stronger relationships with Indigenous peoples and places, and we’ve received funds to subsidize the cost for BC farmers. Discount codes of 50% or 90% off are available for people who work on farms or otherwise provision food in B.C. Not sure if you qualify? Send us a message at community@youngagrarians.org For every B.C. farmer who participates in a kinSHIFT training, funds will go to IndigenEYEZ, an Indigenous youth arts empowerment program! Elements of Truth: Before Reconciliation Immerse … Continue reading Reconciliation Training is Available for BC Farmers →

YOUNG AGRARIANS PARTNERSHIP: kinSHIFT

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on February 28, 2023

ABOUT KINSHIFT kinSHIFT is an Indigenous-led initiative supporting settlers who are committed to building respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and places. Based in Syilx-Okanagan territory, they have been delivering impactful programs since 2013, touching the lives of more than 9,000 people through 200+ workshops and 30+ camps. Their experiential, arts-based workshops and programs allow participants to learn, practice, ask questions, and make mistakes in a safer environment, all while building a foundation for engaging meaningfully with Indigenous peoples. KINSHIFT & YOUNG AGRARIANS Thanks to generous funding from the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, Young Agrarians has teamed up with … Continue reading YOUNG AGRARIANS PARTNERSHIP: kinSHIFT →