Learning Story – Prepare the Feast May 29, 2026 What Happened? We missed Auntie Edna a lot this week. With her being away, we had to come together and work hard to prepare the feast. We asked the Bushkids to help us and consider some of the skills that theylearned to help us prepare for … Read more
Learning Story – ‘Secret hideaways’ May 15, 2026 What Happened? Cathy Modeste Short and Marie Speakman joined us today to share stories in the tent with small groups today. The Bushkids chose a time to sit with them and listen to their stories. Everyone was encouraged to spend some time with the Elders, and it … Read more
Learning Story – Feeding the Fire May 8, 2026 What Happened? Today at Bushkids we gathered around the fire to build knowledge together by sharing and drawing. “What could we be thinking about when feeding the fire?” Bushkids engaged in meaningful discussions around safety, respect, and caring for the fire and each other. With the … Read more
Learning Story – The Caribou Continues to Teach Us May 1, 2026 What Happened? Before the session began, we needed to spend a lot of time caring for the site. The change in temperature and melting snow created a slippery surface everywhere. We assessed the risk and took action by laying down sand, rocks and … Read more
Learning Story – Caribou Donation April 24, 2026 What Happened? Today Ted Tsetta returned with another donation of caribou. Over the last few weeks, we have spoken a lot about how to build a relationship with the animal before you begin to work on it. The Bushkids now had the opportunity to try to remove … Read more
Learning Story – The Friendship Stick April 10, 2026 What Happened? The Land and the hide lead the learning. The hide was still frozen this morning so we will wait until next week to work with it. We listened to the Bushkids’ ideas to shape the day in a new way. Early in the day, … Read more
Learning Story – Carnival March 6, 2026 What Happened? Carnival is a time when many different communities across the NWT celebrate the beginning of spring. People come together to enjoy each other’s company, to laugh, to play, and to share stories after a long, cold winter. Trappers traditionally would come back from the trapline and … Read more
Learning Story – Different Kinds of Love February 13, 2026 What Happened? Today’s session at Bushkids, we guided our theme around different kinds of love, we opened the day in a good way and had a group discussion about love and kindness with one another and how can we love those who we are mean … Read more
Learning Story – Remain Open to each Other The Week of January 30, 2026 What Happened? We build relationships with ourselves, each other and the Land every time we gather together at the Bushkids’ site. Today the Bushkids were very observant. They noticed so many different things from how Verna was cooking the dried fish … Read more
Learning Story – The Icicle Economy January 23, 2026 What Happened? Welcome back, Bushkids family! We missed you all and hope your holiday was filled with rest, joy, connection with Land and family. Today we welcomed a new friend to Bushkids and we invited a knowledge holder from Łutsël K’é – Verna Catholique to join … Read more