Registration Required for each workshop with the facility hosting it (link below)
A CULTURE DAYS workshop for those wishing to share their lived experience, their culture, and/or their family stories through an oral narrative.
Participants will learn simple oral storytelling techniques to shape their life lessons into engaging, culture-rich narratives.
Culture is a lived experience transmitted through the elders and absorbed by the young. In Passing the Stories Forward, Storytelling Alberta offers an oral storytelling initiative designed to celebrate Alberta’s cultural diversity and strengthen the "social glue" of our communities. This workshop provides a welcoming space for seniors to validate their personal histories and transform family memories into a "Living Archive" that strengthens our collective civic fabric.
Join us to share your unique voice and help preserve the rich culture and identity of the Edmonton area!
Location: EPL Riverbend Library
Date: Sept 24, 2026 at 2pm to 3:30pm
REGISTRATION LINK: https://epl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a761989e30fe4845967b84c (Preferred)
Or contact Ruth at ruth.stewartverger@gmail.com for any issues or additional information.
Facilitator:
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Ruth was lucky enough to be raised in a family of storyTellers, thus learned her art from grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, and travelers who stopped by our dinner table to share their wealth of stories. Ruth's first love is for stories of people, their struggles and their triumphs! Ruth is a performing storyteller, retired teacher, a workshop facilitator, a recording artist, and an arts administrator.
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Dean Verger's original stories have aired on CBC and CTV. Dean tells tales for all ages; from Thump, Thump, Thump, Squish, a story for children, to his concert length storytelling adaptations of Moby Dick and Dracula. Dean has appeared at festivals, in schools, and in libraries. Dean is a performing storyteller, well-known workshop facilitator, retired professor (MacEwan U, Carleton U), amateur musician, and avid reader.