LodgePole Arts Alliance is happy to announce that our team is available for providing consultations, workshops and programs rooted in Cultural Equity Investigations and Creative Leadership Development opportunities.
Explore the following options and consider these opportunities to expand and embrace different ways of exchanging knowledges, experiences and mutually desired community successes
Consulting Services – Coming Soon!
Our team provides consulting, workshops, and training opportunities that support organizations, institutions, and communities in expanding how knowledge, experience, and shared success are understood and practiced.
Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan
As an inter-cultural planner, Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan brings over 30 years of experience across social sciences, public policy, and global community engagement. Her work is grounded in social equity and Indigenous knowledge systems, supporting organizations and municipalities across Canada in cultural planning, public art, and relationship-building rooted in reciprocity. A founding member and Executive Director of LodgePole Arts Alliance, Terri is also a national sector trainer with the Cultural Human Resource Council of Canada.
Consulting Services
- Equity Audits
Multi-day service agreements offering comprehensive reviews of events, organizations, websites, and spaces. These audits identify language, frameworks, and approaches to address inequities in cultural identity, production, and spatial design. - Equity Research
In-depth, site-specific research addressing discrimination and exclusion within HR policies and venue procedures, resulting in the development of an action-based Operational Equity Toolkit.
Harmony Johnson-Harder
Harmony Johnson-Harder is a facilitator, artist, and creative practitioner whose work centres on cultural humility, storytelling, and expressive arts. Through workshops and programs, she creates spaces for reflection, creativity, and connection—supporting individuals and communities in exploring identity, relationship, and shared learning.
Workshops and Programs
- Cultural Humility Workshops
A practice-based approach to self-reflection, accountability, and lifelong learning. Participants are invited to challenge power imbalances, listen deeply, and engage with openness and respect. - Creative Development Workshops
Supports professionals, artists, and changemakers in bringing creativity into their work and lives through guided exploration, reflection, and collaboration. - Storytelling Workshops
Participants explore personal and cultural narratives while creating their own story (talking) stick—fostering voice, identity, and meaningful connection. - Indigenous Expressive Arts Workshops
Hands-on creative sessions incorporating storytelling, movement, and land-based teachings. Techniques may include sash weaving, beading, embroidery, painting, and more—welcoming all skill levels in a supportive environment.
- Rooted Leadership and Training Program
A modular program focused on communication, emotional intelligence, leadership, and cultural awareness. Includes assessments and certificates of completion. - Kinship Program
A cross-cultural storytelling and expressive arts program that builds empathy, understanding, and connection through shared creative experiences. - Changing Our Stories Program
A 7-session expressive arts series supporting participants in reframing personal and collective narratives through trauma-informed and culturally grounded practices. - Yoga Practice
A practice honouring every body, rooted in breath, presence, and care, while respecting the traditional teachings of Indian yoga and Indigenous ways of knowing.
Please reach out to ed@lodgepolearts.ca with any questions about consulting, workshops, or training opportunities.
Publications and Merchandise
Our publications and materials extend this work into everyday spaces, offering opportunities for continued learning, reflection, and connection.
Sounding Thunder, The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow
Written by Brian McInnes
Overview:
Much of the inspiration for the musical production, telling the story of Francis’ life, came from the book written by Brian D. McInnes and published with University of Manitoba Press.
Francis Pegahmagabow’s stories describe many parts of his life and are characterized by classic Ojibwe narrative. They reveal aspects of Francis’s Anishinaabe life and worldview. Interceding chapters by Brian McInnes provide valuable cultural, spiritual, linguistic, and historical insights that give a greater context and application for Francis’s words and world. Presented in their original Ojibwe as well as in English translation, the stories also reveal a rich and evocative relationship to the lands and waters of Georgian Bay.
In “Sounding Thunder”, Brian McInnes provides a new perspective on Pegahmagabow and his experience through a unique synthesis of Ojibwe oral history, historical record, and Pegahmagabow family stories.
The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow
Written by Armand Garnet Ruffo
Overview:
In The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow, award-winning author Armand Garnet Ruffo brings to life not only the story of the famed WWI Indigenous sniper, but also the complexities of telling Indigenous stories. From Wasauksing (Parry Island) to the trenches of WWI to the stage, Ruffo moves seamlessly through time in these poems, taking the reader on a captivating journey through Pegahmagabow’s story and onto the creation of Sounding Thunder, the opera based on his life. Throughout, Ruffo uses the Ojibwe concept of two-eyed seeing, which combines the strengths of Western and Indigenous ways of knowing, and invites the reader to do the same, particularly through the inclusion of the Anishinaabemowin language within the collection. These are poems that challenge Western conventions of thinking, that celebrate hope, and that show us a new way to see the world.
Reflexology & Herbs Poster
Illustrated by Paul Chaput
This Reflexology & Herbs poster brings together body mapping and plant knowledge, illustrating connections between the feet, internal systems, and holistic well-being. Rooted in traditions of care and observation, it invites a slower, more intentional way of understanding the body through touch, reflection, and relationship to the natural world. Designed as both a learning tool and a visual piece, it offers an accessible entry point into reflexology and herbal practices.
