Into the Woods - 2024 Annual Retreat
Come ‘Into the Woods’ to grow your stories

Come into the woods to grow your stories

Come into the woods to rediscover old tales in a new light, and mingle with friends at beautiful Sylvan Lake! 

Download a full brochure here
Register here

Fri Sept 20th

5:00 - Registration

6:00 - Light Supper

7:00 - Welcome and Announcements
Indigenous Land Acknowledgment and Welcome - with Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

8:00 - 10:00 - Tellaround - Into the Woods

Sat Sept 21st

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast

9:00 - 12:00 - Workshop - Turning the Kaleidoscope: Old Stories, New Reflections
- with Ginger Mullen and Madiha Madda

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 Workshop: Storytelling for Young Children - with Bethany Ellis

4:00 - 6:00 Indigenous teachings - with Cheryle and free time to walk ‘into the woods’

6:00 - 7:00 Supper

7:00 - 9:00 Tellaround Theme: Turning the Kaleidoscope - hosted by Pearl-Ann Gooding

9:30 - 10:30 Night Owls Stories and Songs

Sun Sept 22nd

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 Clean Up, Pack Up

9:45 - 10:45 Tellaround - Reflections from the Woods

11:00 - Noon - SA Awards

Noon - 12:15 Closing and Round Dance - with Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

12:30 - 1:00 - Lunch and Fond Farewells

Registration Includes

  • Single and shared rooms (limited single rooms; not guaranteed)

  • Shared washrooms

  • Large lakeside sauna

  • Opportunity to purchase new and used resources

  • Silent auction

  • Two Saturday workshops

  • Indigenous teachings

  • Three Story Circles

  • All meals and snacks Friday night through Sunday lunch

  • Beautiful wooded area, lake and comfortable lodge

Registrants are required to provide their own bedding and towels.

Camp Kuriakos Centre

5-39317 Range Road 24

Lacombe Country, AB

Ph: 403.746.2702

Map is available online at https://kuriakos.ab.ca/about/contact-us