Join us on Tuesday, October 14 at 12 PM (Edmonton time) for our next Speaker Series session with internationally renowned burlesque artist Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière (she/her).

Lou Lou is an Afro-Indigenous interdisciplinary artist and neo-burlesque dancer from Kahnawake, Quebec. She began her burlesque career in 2006 in Montreal with Blue Light Burlesque, and since then has headlined shows across the globe. She made history in 2018 as the first Indigenous woman crowned New Orleans Queen of Burlesque, and in 2022 was crowned Miss Exotic World, the highest title in the burlesque world. Voted the #1 most influential burlesque figure in the world (2023), Lou Lou continues to blaze a path for Indigenous and decolonial burlesque.

Follow Lou Lou:
Instagram: @loulouladuchesse

Join us for an intimate hour to learn more from Lou Lou’s stories, experiences, and reflections. 

Online - Register now: linktr.ee/tipiconfessions. A calendar invite will follow, and the Zoom link will be sent one hour before the talk.

Our Speaker Series is supported by the Edmonton Heritage Council and the City of Edmonton through Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE).

Join us on Tuesday, September 16 at 12 PM (Edmonton time) for our next Speaker Series session with co-producers Kirsten Lindquist and Brittany Johnson!

We’ll talk about the connections between producing the show and providing sexual health education - where performance, storytelling, and education come together.

Have a question about sex, sexuality, gender, bodies, or relationships? Submit your Ask Auntie questions anonymously and we’ll answer a few live during the session!

Got a confession? Send it in anonymously. We’ll also read a few during the session!

Online - Register now: linktr.ee/tipiconfessions. A calendar invite will follow, and the Zoom link will be sent one hour before the talk.

Our Speaker Series is supported by the Edmonton Heritage Council and the City of Edmonton through Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE).

We’re excited to welcome Alycia Two Bears to our August Tipi Confessions Speaker Series Session.

Alycia is a mixed-blooded iskwew who coaxes babies down through the stars with poetry and medicine. A single parent to five storms and a band member of Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, she currently calls Mohkinstsis home, and is now heading west to begin Midwifery studies at UBC.

In this session, Alycia will explore body disconnection. What happens when we feel our reproductive systems have failed us. She’ll speak to infertility, PCOS, the shame of silence, and the power of knowing our cycles, recognizing pain, and reclaiming rest as medicine. 

Follow Alycia:

Instagram: @ms.twobears & @your.moon.woman

We invite you to join us for a tender, honest conversation on embodiment, medicinal knowledge, and healing. 

Online - Register now: linktr.ee/tipiconfessions. A calendar invite will follow, and the Zoom link will be sent one hour before the talk.

Our Speaker Series is supported by the Edmonton Heritage Council and the City of Edmonton through Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE).

We’re delighted to welcome Pearl Sorcierè to our July Tipi Confessions Speaker Series session.

Pearl Sorcierè is a sapphic burlesquer by night and a frontline social worker at an Indigenous non profit by day. Working primarily with houseless folks and sex workers in Edmonton she believes in harm reduction, anti colonial practices, and getting over your whorephobia.

Follow Pearl: 

Instagram: @pearlsorciere

Online - Register now: linktr.ee/tipiconfessions. A calendar invite will follow, and the Zoom link will be sent one hour before the talk.

Our Speaker Series is supported by the Edmonton Heritage Council and the City of Edmonton through Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE).

We’re thrilled to announce the first session of our Tipi Confessions Speaker Series featuring Ashleigh Cardinal (She/They), a Two-Spirit nehiyaw artist, educator, and advocate who is deeply rooted in community wellbeing.

Ashleigh is a dedicated helper, actively involved with the Edmonton 2 Spirit Society, the Premier's Council on MMIWG2S+ and the Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Centre. Ashleigh is also a passionate cultural tattoo practitioner, who loves participating in tattoo ceremonies to support Indigenous Peoples in reclaiming tattooing as an ancestral practice. As a facilitator with a profound love for educating, Ashleigh's work beautifully blends artistic expression with passionate advocacy, striving to uplift and empower. Ashleigh is honored to share their insights and experiences with you all.  

Follow Ashleigh:
Instagram: @heartxmedicine
TikTok: @heartxmedicine

Join us for an intimate lunch hour to learn more from Ashleigh’s stories, teachings, and reflections.  Online - Register now: linktr.ee/tipiconfessions. 

Our Speaker Series is supported by the Edmonton Heritage Council and the City of Edmonton through Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE).