Decolonization and Reconciliation: Teachings and Music from the Land

With Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Nick Demeris

August 22 - 27, 2020

Date and Time Details:
Starts with dinner on August 22
Ends with lunch on August 27

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $595

Package Price: $1,150 - $1,910 / 5 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Taxes and fees are additional. A $395 deposit is required at registration, with the balance due on your departure day.

Scholarships: Full and partial scholarships are available based on financial need. We prioritize Indigenous people, people of colour, people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+, youth, elders, and those who can articulate how their Hollyhock experience will support positive impact in their life and communities. A $195 refundable deposit is required, please apply within your registration form.

  • Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,217.50
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,270.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,875.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,480.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,137.50
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,937.50
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,737.50
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,532.50
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,287.50
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
  • Mixed Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,287.50
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,262.50
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,275.00
  • Glamping – CAD $1,187.50
  • Commuter – CAD $1,087.50
    • (All prices include CAD $962.50 base amount)

This program will either be moved to a virtual gathering, be rescheduled to another date in 2021, or cancelled. 

We are currently working out all the details. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you so much for your patience, support, and understanding.

Sign-up to be notified when we have more information confirmed. You may also find details on Hollyhock’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic here.

This five day program that aims to move participants from an era of separateness (from nature and people) to a new paradigm of community, interconnectedness, and deep reverence for all life on Earth.

We will examine the extractive, exploitative, and destructive language and practices of colonization on Turtle Island, still present today. By practicing reciprocal relationships with each other and the land, we begin a path of healing and genuine reconciliation between Indigenous peoples, settlers, and the Earth itself.

Through the cultivation of deep listening, hearing teachings and songs about our sacred connection to the Earth, we will remember our place in the sacred circle of life and reconnect to each other, our communities, and Mother Earth. This reconnection will be mediated by singing, moving, writing, accessing our collective creativity, and participating in ceremony.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo on CNN:

Nick Demeris speaks at TedX about empowerment through song, and keeping doubt at bay:

 

About the Presenters

Melina Laboucan-Massimo

Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree First Nation from Northern Alberta, Canada. She has worked on social, environmental and climate justice issues for the past 15 years. Currently a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation, Melina’s research is focused on Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge and Renewable Energy. Melina holds a master’s degree in Indigenous Governance at the University […]

Learn more about Melina Laboucan-Massimo

Nick Demeris

Nick Demeris is a two time TEDx participant (speaker and host), actor, singer, and facilitator of community building through music, turning audiences into orchestras all around the globe. In his fourth year as a singer, creator, and teaching artist at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Nick works with master musicians, Public School teachers, aspiring […]

Learn more about Nick Demeris

Categories : , , , , ,