Walking forward with love, curiosity, passion, and dedication, I want to help our people and the planet. I want to instill healing, growth, and hope. Being the change I want to see in the world, I am now the role model I needed when I was younger.

Walking forward with ancestral integrity and the strong intention to inspire growth, I was aware of the heavy dynamics, history, and challenges that needed to be navigated, including challenges with Council, staffing, pandemic, inequity, lateral violence, territorial dispute, and mental health and addictions. However, I believe in our collective ability to do so effectively and to acknowledge, heal, and find resolution toward a brighter future. I believe in the greater abundance of potential that already exists and has the opportunity to be realized.

Perhaps if we have not done so already, it is time to rethink how we see wealth, as more than immediate economic prosperity, but a future that is sustainable, and contributing to the health of our people.

Honour, love, and respect are values I’ve gained through life experiences, and they’re principles that are prevalent in my everyday life.

I’m a dreamer…a visionary, and this inspires me to be creative. To express my creativity I’ve decided to use this blog as a platform. Extending my love and respect to you I want to share with you some of these special moments in life.

Throughout this journey together I want to share with you vulnerability. I want to share with you laughter, learning and growth. And I want to share with you the beauty of life and the world we live in.

During this moment I was at peace. I became filled with bliss and calm, and reflected with clarity and gratitude about the semester that had passed, the completion of my degree, and my future ahead.

During this moment I was at peace. I became filled with bliss and calm, and reflected with clarity and gratitude about the semester that had passed, the completion of my degree, and my future ahead.

After 6 months of travel in Australia and New Zealand, I’ve been back in Canada now for nearly a month. I’d be lying if I said that upon my return some things did not feel completely weird and foreign.

After a riveting mid-semester break, we were back in Surfer’s Paradise, where I’d already spent the past 2.5 months and only had 1.5 months left to explore.

Time flew by quickly, and with only a month and a half left, it was time to make every moment count!

Today was the day! I’d been eagerly anticipating this dive for a few days, and now it was time to dive the SS Yongala Shipwreck!

We quickly packed up our things and made our way to the docks. Soon, we were on our way to the vast stretches of the ocean toward this famous dive site.

Tomorrow begins the trip I have been highly anticipating and many of us exchange students have been working towards. After a lot of planning, everything is now settled for an amazing 10-day trip, beginning with our flight to Cairns and our eventual return to the Gold Coast via car.

There are so many beautiful and amazing things that have happened while here on exchange in Australia. It’s hard to summarize! I feel blessed and am incredibly grateful for the all the beauty I’ve experienced. Life is full of opportunity and the world is open for so many new experiences!

Absolutely incredible… How do I even begin to share my experiences in Australia so far?!

I am in awe and wonder at my decision to embark upon this journey. I’m embracing new challenges and gaining valuable insight into new perspectives, learning more about the world around me and myself.

Learning about the world we live in – sometimes we hear of differences through news and other media outlets and sometimes we are given the opportunity to talk with others who live those experiences, but the best of all is being able to immerse ourselves in those experiences.

Let’s go for a hike! Our destination… Gowlland Tod Provincial Park!

Welcome to the House! The UVic First Peoples House is a home away from home for many in the Indigenous community. A beautiful space that holds a heart-warming importance.

Ask questions, and open your mind to new possibilities... Do this, and it just might amaze you how much you learn about yourself and the world around you.