Wednesday June 10th, 7pm – 8pm

The Language and the Land Are Connected – Keeping Our shashishalhem Language Alive

Join us for a special evening of shíshálh culture and connection at GPAG with Candace Campo. Free and open for all to attend. 

Candace, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), is a Shíshálh (Sechelt) member from the Sunshine Coast, BC and the co-founder of Talaysay Tours. Trained as an anthropologist and teacher, she shares the stories and history of her people, focusing on Indigenous language and cultural revitalization alongside Shishálh Elders and Educators while providing Indigenous cultural and outdoor experiences to students and visitors throughout the world. Candace’s mission is to work with her youth and community members to support reconnection to the land that their ancestors have stewarded and lived on sustainably for thousands of years. Candace’s art expresses her ancestral shishálh connections & deep love for family – the ones here & the ones passed – through paint, mark making, screen printing & sculpture.

Land-based education, Shíshálh language, arts and cultural revitalization are Candace’s life work.