Schedule

Multiculturalism Under the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Virtual Event, Edmonton AB - September 17, 22 and 25, 2020

September 17, 2020

Morning Program - Elementary Children Focus

Afternoon Program - Junior High Youth Focus

September 22, 2020

Morning Program - High School Youth and Young AdultsWatch the complete program on YouTube

Afternoon Program - Family ProgramWatch the full program on YouTube.

September 25, 2020

Multiculturalism Under the Mid-Autumn Moon Virtual Concert

All Times are in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -06:00)

To attend the sessions, please visit the registration page.

Day 1

September 17, 2020

Morning Program - Elementary Children Focus

Watch the full program on YouTube.

10:00 - 10:25

Greetings from Minister Leela Aheer

Hon. Leela Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women

Art Drawing & Talk by Emily Chu

Emily Chu

10:30 - 10:50

Chinese Mid-Autumn Stories by Magpie Puppet Club

Magpie Puppet Club 喜鹊纸偶团

The Jade Rabbit ; The Lady on the Moon ; Wugang and the Osmanthus Tree

Puppeteers 纸偶师

Denzel Beltran

Isaac Friesen 馮艾杰

Wilson Kau 范文杰

Nicholas Ying 应嘉泷

George Zhang 张雨晨

10:50 - 11:00

Songs by Zoe Yee

Zoe Yee

11:00 - 11:20

Mid-Autumn Celebration Traditions by Edmonton Chinese Community

Krystal Liu, Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton

Ed Lam, Fukienese Association of Alberta

11:20 - 11:23

Isolation Hopak by Canada's Ukrainian Shumka Dancers

Shumka Dancers

11:23 - 11:30

Songs by Mary Stinchcombe

Mary Stinchcombe

Break 11:30 - 1:00

Afternoon Program - Junior High Youth Focus

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1:00 - 1:20

Jewish Harvest Celebration and Food

Karen Gall - Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation

1:20 - 1:30

Full Moon in the Mid-Autumn by Instructor, Dr. Guangyu Yan and Piano Accompaniment, Howard Yan

演唱“十五的月亮“，老师：严光宇博士，钢琴伴奏：严华海

ICAN Seniors Association and Twin Brooks Community League

1:30 - 2:20

Multiculturalism in the Current Context

Moderator: Cecilia Lai (My Radio 580)

Panelists:

Beryl Scott - Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation

Satya Brata Das - Cambridge Strategies

Svetlana Pavlenko - Jewish Drop In Centre (JDIC) Seniors Centre

Frankline Agbor - Diversity Magazine

Jwamer (Joey) Jalal - Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative

2:20 - 2:30

Handcraft Lantern Making by Artist Isabel Dong

Isabel Dong - ICAN Seniors Association

End of the 1st Day

Day 2

September 22, 2020

Morning Program - High School Youth and Young Adults

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10:00 - 10:50

Artists and Performers Staying Creative in COVID-19

Moderator: Shawn Tse (Fallout Media)

Panelists:

Nisha Patel - Edmonton Poet Laureate

Mustafa Rafiq - Multidisciplinary Artist Black Arts Matter

Elsa Robinson - Multimedia Artist and Teacher

Becca Taylor - Artist, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective

10:50 - 11:05

Reflection on Integrating Culture into Learning and Professional Work

David Ridley, Edmonton Heritage Council

Stephen Williams, Edmonton Arts Council

11:05 - 11:15

Folk Dance, Small City Ballad, Instructor: Lillian Zhang

民族舞“小城谣”，老师：张励励

ICAN Seniors Association & COVID-9teen Volunteer Group

11:15 - 11:30

Harvest Time at Edmonton Downtown Farmers' Market

Edmonton Downtown Farmers' Market Association

The Barn Dance

Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company

Break 11:20 - 2:00

Afternoon Program - Family Program

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2:00 - 2:20

Mooncake Making Demonstration

Elsa Ngan & Meiying Li - ICAN Seniors Association

Ice-skin Mooncake Ingredients:
(for making 5-8 mini moon cakes)
- Milk (1/4 cup)
- Coconut CREAM (1/4 cup) (not coconut milk)*
- Fried glutinous rice flour (50 g)
- icing sugar (25 g)
- red- bean pasts (120 g)

Kitchen utensils needed:
- a kitchen scale*
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 sandwich ziploc bag
- plastic gloves
- mini moon cake mould (to make the moon cake into a desirable size & shape)

Savory Mooncake Ingredients:
Water-oiled dough:
- flour (200 g)
- sugar (30 g)
- oil or lard (60 g)
- water (95 g)
- salt (2 g)

Lard dough:
- flour (180 g)
- oil or lard (100g).

Meat stuffing:
- ground pork (400g)
- spices up to choice
- soy bean source (up to choice)
- cooking wine (1 tbs)
- sesame oil
- salt

2:20 - 2:30

Beautiful Time and Mongolian Dance "Norligerma"

Alberta Chinese Outdoor Adventure Club

2:30 - 2:40

How to Make a Dream Catcher by Kokum Doreen Wabasca

Kokum Doreen Wabasca

My name is Frances Doreen Wabasca. I was born in Grouard Alberta on January 18, 1940.

I have an Iroquois, Ojibwe, Soto, Dene and Cree bloodline, but I only spoke Cree at home. I started Residential school at the age of eight and after a while there, we were allowed to go home on weekends and it was during that time I spoke only Cree at home and paid close attention to the Culture and Tradition of our lifestyle because I was determined not to forget any part of it as many had been experiencing. At that time I also learned the use of traplines for trapping animals for their furs and moose hunting for meat for the family. I learned how to do seaming nets and commercial fishing, building boats and all the skills I will need to pass on later to my people who have lost them. I was taught by my father Peter Wabasca. It was outlawed for us to speak the language and wear our traditional regalia at the school. If we were caught disobeying this rule, we were strapped and punished, witnessing this I was determined to keep my culture and later re-educate those who had lost it. I became a Culture Carrier and in 1970, started teaching my Cree language not only to my people but also to the RCMP, nurses and Social workers so that they could communicate with Indigenous people there. During that time, I attended Keyano College to gain Industrial training and later became the first Indigenous woman to be employed in the Industrial world.

Being a Cultural Carrier I have been teaching elements of our culture, traditions, and Language such as the making of mocassins, beading, dreamcatchers, medicine wheels, moss bags, quilting, bonnets at the same time speaking our language during the session as a way to revitalize what we were losing. I have been teaching in Senior Centers to survivors of the residential schools who wish to regain their culture and tradition, young unwed mothers who wish to learn their heritage and were never taught before and non-indigenous who wish to learn about our culture, tradition, and language.

I am presently teaching in eight schools, daycare centers, and the Girl Guides Cree language, beading and making of dreamcatchers and to the middle school and High school my story as a Survivor.

I am also a Genealogist for the past 26 years and have been researching the history of my native people.

I am a Board member and a National Elder within the National Congress of Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa.

In recognition of my strength and courage as an Aboriginal woman and for my community work and contribution in the Industrial field, I was given the Esquao Award in 2002.

I believe now is the time that I share the story of my survival and paving the road for other Indigenous women.

2:40 - 2:50