Storyteller: Mary Anne Caibaiosai

Mary Anne Caibaiosai is Ojibway Anishnaabe kwe, bear clan from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, where her ancestors walked. She is an artist, counsellor and PhD candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She is also a water walker, holds and shares traditional teachings from her Elders and teachers; responsibility for the gift of workshops she received from her Elder on: Stages of Life, Medicine Wheel Teachings, Self Care on the Medicine Wheel, Seven Stages of Life and Indigenous/non-Indigenous worldview. She will lead the third of four ceremonial water walks for the Grand River following the protocols of Josephine-baa Mandamin. She also holds a Master of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of First Nations & Aboriginal Counselling Degree, Brandon University.