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SOIL SPIRIT SOCIETY 


Soil, Spirit, Society  is a three-year land-based art project that calls on community
to consider our connections and relationships to land, our own spiritual selves, and our communities. 


​Generously funded by Canada Council for the Arts-Sector Innovation, Toronto Arts Council-Strategic Funding, City of Toronto Community Funding, LUSH Cosmetics.

Due to Public Health Restrictions
Soil Spirit Society will be hosting On Line Knowledge Shares
throughout April, May and June  



Conversation on Food+Land
​with Cheyenne Sundance and Isaac Crosby (Brother Nature)
Moderated by Whitney French

Monday May 18 at  6-8PM

Cheyenne and Isaac will have a in depth conversation about Food+Land,
They will discuss a range of topics including: healing medicines, urban agriculture,
how they started growing food, food and land sovereignty and other topics.
 
The panel will be moderated by Whitney French with a Q+A at the end.
Registered participants will receive a "Food and Land Workbook" 
to write down their own thoughts and feelings regarding Food and Land.
 
Please RSVP here and share a bit about what you are interested in: https://forms.gle/mtSibYotxntmLx4a7
 
Here's the Zoom link for after you register:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87140396764
It requires a password and that password: Grow2020
 
Facebook Link to share with more friends:https://www.facebook.com/events/283613536368257


 
ENJOY RECORDINGS OF PAST SESSIONS: 

IN THE GREEN HOUSE WITH CHEYENNE:
Thursday April 16 at 2pm 

Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!

Cheyenne guided us through the basics of seed starting in a hands on demo on: Seed types and distinctions 
Reading a seed package, What’s best to start from seed or seedling, How to treat and care for different seeds
,
When to plant and learn in how to succession plant, Essentials for seed starting, Soil, Lights and Fertilizers 

SPROUTING WITH CHEYENNE: Thursday April 30  at 2pm
Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!

Cheyenne Sundance, is a self-taught organic farmer who has worked in both rural and urban settings where she tended to fields of vegetables, fruit forests and livestock. Her farming has always been with a social justice framework since being able to grow your own food is the foundation of independence. She is a food justice educator with experience working in community organizing and political resistance movements. Cheyenne has founder and farmer of Sundance Harvest , which is a urban farm in Toronto, Ontario that focuses on food justice and eradicating systemic racism in the food system. Cheyenne is also a member and creator of Toronto's first Urban Farm Coop, Radical Roots. 

The 2020 Soil, Spirit, Society Artist Residency will also start with On line Sessions. 
Connect with Adam for more info Innovator@childrenspeacetheatre.org
​


Love Offering September 2019

September 21st The Soil, Spirit, Society Artist Residents completed the first full year of a Residency.
They curated their work for the community in a beautiful offering of Love
​It was a gorgeous day of harvesting, feasting and dialogue.  
​
Congratulations to all of the Residents: 
Hermmela, Lydia, Cyn, Kai, Edan, Ekow, Keisha, Kayla, Jessica, Carvela, Daniela, Brittnee and Nyakel

The next Residency for Black and Indigenous Artists 18-29 will start on line soon!

The Residency includes learning about Dish with One Spoon: Indigenous Past, Present and Future
Relationship to plants, Seeds and Planting, Soil, Salve making, Writing while Black and Indigenous, Black History in Toronto and Southern Ontario, Two Spirit Intersectionality, Community Conflict Transformation and more....

Contact Adam at Innovator@childrenspeacetheatre.org for more information 


Get involved in our Community Learning Garden

Thank you to all the amazing Residents, Gardians and Community folks who came out for the Garden Build Day May 14th and the Planting Day on June 1st.

Special Thanks to Isaac Crosby for sharing so much knowledge on Planting and Harvest Days.

​If you are interested in becoming a Gardian and helping with caring for and learning about what we are growing here contact Adam at facilities@childrenspeacetheatre.org



Soil Spirit Society Year One Recap:

Launch Feast
Wednesday March 21, 2018

A gathering of community members interested in or already involved in food sovereignty and security for Indigenous and Black communities, as well as other communities within and around Tkarónto.

Art Magic 
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Artful healing practices facilitated by Zainab Amadahy and Duane Hall


Planting Weekend
June 2 and 3, 2018

Teachings on Indigenous treaties with multidisciplinary artist and performer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory Ange Loft, 
and planting protocols with Wyandot Tradition Keeper Catherine Taomesre Tammaro

Soil Spirit Society Indigenous and Black Youth Residency​
Thursday September 27-Sunday September 30, 2018
We launched our residency with an opening feast for the 8 youth residents from across Ontario and Northern Quebec, as well as invited guests from our growing network of Elders, mentors, land based storytellers and food growers. Over the course of the residency,
participants experienced the following workshops:

Intro to A Dish With One Spoon with Jamaias DaCosta
Black History in Tkarónto and Southern Ontario with Desmond Miller
Relationships with Plants with Abena McKenzie 
Artistic Practice with Catherine Taomesre Tammaro
Two-Spirit Intersectionality with Teddy Syrette
African Drum workshop with Saikou Saho
Intro to Capoeira with Hélio Sousa


Community Activation for Emergence Symposium
Mapping Mentorship: A Conversation with Kapisanan, Children's Peace Theatre and Platform A

Children's Peace Theatre Program Manager Jamaias DaCosta will be doing a talk on the work of Project Future and Soil Spirit Society
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    • Indigenous Sustenance Reclamation Network
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      • Black Futures Now
      • Dream House Collective
      • YSI Collaborative
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    • Get to Know The Space
    • Space Use Info & Requests
    • Wiigwaasikaa
  • Get Involved
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