ONWA 47th Annual General Assembly - Falling Leaves Moon - Toronto, Ontario
Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing ONWA’s 47th Annual General Assembly at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. On Friday, the first day of the event, The Talk4Healing launch took place in the afternoon. ONWA and Beendigen announced the expansion of its 24/7 helpline for indigenous women. Initially just serving Norther Ontario, Talk4Healing expanded to the rest of Ontario. If you like to read a great article on the subject head on over to the CBC website here.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing ONWA’s 47th Annual General Assembly at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. On Friday, the first day of the event, The Talk4Healing launch took place in the afternoon. ONWA and Beendigen announced the expansion of its 24/7 helpline for indigenous women. Initially just serving Norther Ontario, Talk4Healing expanded to the rest of Ontario. If you like to read a great article on the subject head on over to the CBC website here.
The evening saw the Annual General Assembly being with the Opening Ceremony with “Passwewe Ikewug” - Echo Women, Sisters in Song Women’s Drum Group & Grassy Narrow’s Women’s Drum. Afterwards ONWA held an election.
The Saturday and Sunday saw a variety of different sessions take place. From Inspiring Change Through Leadership to different speeches on Trauma and Sexual Violence, there was plethora of support and information passed along to all attendees.
The Sunday session ended with an exercise where attendees were encouraged to honour their sacredness through art. The resulting creations were all so well done. It was amazing to see so much creativity and passion.
Have a look at the photos below to see some of the highlights from the event!
Talk4Healing Photoshoot - ONWA
When ONWA approached me to help Talk4Healing update all the imagery for their website I jumped at the chance. It all happened in the span of 3 days and before I knew it I was at ONWA photographing a wonderful group of women. For those of you who don’t know, Talk4Healing is a culturally grounded, fully confidential helpline for Indigenous women available in 14 languages all across Ontario.
When ONWA approached me to help Talk4Healing update all the imagery for their website I jumped at the chance. It all happened in the span of 3 days and before I knew it I was at ONWA photographing a wonderful group of women. For those of you who don’t know, Talk4Healing is a culturally grounded, fully confidential helpline for Indigenous women available in 14 languages all across Ontario.
Basically they need and updated catalogue of photos for their website and social media. The theme was support which is exactly what we focused on during the shoot. I believe the photos below, directly convey that message. Talk4Healing and ONWA are amazing organizations and I’m very proud that I am able to contribute to their message.
If you would like to learn more about either organizations click on the links below.
