The ReSkilled Life Learning Center is an online and in person training provider in Alberta’s boreal forest, 1 hour North of Edmonton. Located on 25 acres of wild paradise, the school is dedicated to preserving and sharing traditional skills so that students can reconnect with our roots and get to know the lives of our ancestors in the modern day.
Taanishi, Tawaw! (Hello and Welcome!)
We created this space for you, to help you reclaim your indigenous roots, to help you learn our indigenous arts and teachings…to help you meet your ancestors.
Why are you here?
Our students are just like you, they have busy lives going to school, raising families, work and careers, but something has shifted for them. Some of them were raised knowing and being close to our culture, some were estranged from it due to divorce or adoption, and some knew their heritage but had no real connection to our tradtions growing up. But all of them began to realize that they wanted the meaning in life that comes from the traditions of our culture. They felt the loss of a grandparent who passed before they could learn to make moccasins. They felt a growing pride in their heritage and a deep desire to have it be a part of their daily experiece rather than a display that they visited during cultural festivals and powows. They realized how deeply they wanted to know both the skill of beading and to hear the stories of our people. It is that deep desire for connection that brought them here. A desire to learn to bead, to tan hides, to practice traditional arts…yes. But also a desire to know their history, to hear their cultural teachings and stories, and to reclaim their indeigenous roots.
Why do you want to learn traditional skills?
Traditional skills like beading and moccasin making are beautiful, of course. But they are so much more than that also. These skills hold so much meaning, so many teachings, and hold important lessons. Lessons that teach us about our cultures, about how we live in sync with nature, and about who our ancestors were and about who we are. Regardless of the skills you choose to learn, you will experience not just the instructions but also the deeper understanding that comes with cultural teachings.
What will you learn?
ReSkilled Life is your resource for finding and gaining the skills you need to build the connected and resilient life you crave. A life rich with the security of knowing how to grow, raise and preserve food for your family, how to create beautiful beadwork and how to craft your own footwear.
Here you will find tutorials, workshops, and guidance in a wealth of areas such as;
- Raising animals and growing a garden
- Processing and preserving food
- Wild crafting, foraging, and hunting
- Making medicines
- Crafting your own soaps and body products
- Making clothing and footwear
- Moccasin and mukluk making
- Traditional Metis Beading
- Brain Tanning Hides
- Traditional Indigenous Games
- And more…
These skills are the foundation of a life that is connected with nature, eachother, and our inner voices. We can’t wait to share these skills with you as you design a connected and meaningful life.
At the heart of all of what we share is the aim of cultural bridging and reconciliation. We use traditional skills from across cultures to help promote appreciation and value of all peoples that we, as indigenous people, share this beautiful land with.
