Elders’ Stories
Stories connect and form cultural bridges from one generation to the next.
The Elders Stories component of The Stories Inside Me connects youth to the community elders. Not just through writing, but illustrations, poems, songs and video.
From kindergarten to high school, young writers are given the resources to seek stories from their elders, and share those stories with the community. Especially with the opportunity to collect all of the stories for a published book to celebrate community history.
The program begins in January of 2025.
it takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.
Connect with authors, musicians and visual artists like Liz Buller Page and Mat Cardinal — who bring skills and stories that will inspire your students in the classroom and beyond.
Elizabeth Buller Page is a member of the Mistawasis Nehiyawak, Treaty 6, Saskatchewan. Her artwork is inspired by the artistic traditions and storytelling of the Northern Plains Nehiyawak (Cree). Her images include Cree syllabics.
“We all have different ways to tell our stories. I tell them visually. To me, they are my sacred fire. This is where my imagination, my hopes and dreams and wishes are shown.”
A member of the Big Stone Cree Nation, Mat Cardinal is the lead singer of The Prairie States -- eleven -time Country Music Alberta Award recipients including the 2018 Rising Star, 2020 Songwriters of the Year, and 2023 Group/Duo Of The Year as well as recent nomination for 2022 CCMA Songwriters of The Year.
“I think story matters because it’s a part of who you are and it brings all of us together.”
Students can publish their writing in The Stories Inside Me anthology, available on Amazon.ca on June 15, 2025.