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THursday

All times are Pacific standard time

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Opening Circle with Presenters sharing about themselves and their classes

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Keynote Presentation – North American Medicine Walk

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER

Botanist, medical biochemist, author

Friday

All times are Pacific standard time

Friday (PST time)

Friday - live track (Ch. 1)

Friday - prerecord 75 minute (Ch. 2)

Friday 20 minute prerecord (Ch.3)

8 – 8.20 am

Angela Bewick – Moving Meditation

8.30 – 9 am

Welcome address and opening prayer, territory acknowledgment, safety, tech, and housekeeping

9.15 – 10.30 am
Session ONE

A Discussion on Decolonizing Herbal Practices – Amber Fox in conversation with Tiffany Freeman

Nature’s Pharmacy: Practical Phytochemistry – Evelyn Coggins

9.30 am Making Fresh Plant Medicine Tinctures – Abrah Arneson

10.00 am The Prickly Medicine of Prickly Ash – Tamara Segal

10.30 am Medicinal Mushrooms – Robert Rogers

10.45 – 12 noon
Session TWO

Children’s Herbal Medicine – Colleen Emery

Herbs for Epidemics – William Morris

11:00 am Fire Cider – Chanchal Cabrera

11.30 am Herbal Foot Soak – Jennifer Gawne

12:00 – 12.45 pm

Lunch break

12.45 – 2 pm
Session THREE

Covid panel

2.15 – 3.30 pm
Session FOUR

Herb Sovereignty For City Folk – Dionne Jennings

Virtual Herb Walk – Gudrun Penselin

2.30 pm At Risk Medicinal Plant Sanctuary – Penelope Beaudrow

3.00 pm A Boreal Apothecary – Raphaelle Gagnon

3.30 pm Ethical wild harvesting – Patrick Kooyman

3.45 – 5 pm
Session FIVE

Sustainable Agriculture – Sarah Orlowski

Yarrow Willard – Earth Medicine Upgrades

4.00 pm Ethical considerations for research on Indigenous Medicine – Pierre Haddad

4:30 pm Fermentation through the Seasons – Colleen Emery

5.00 PM

Closing Remarks

5.15 pm – 6 pm

Dinner break

6 pm – 7.30 pm

Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations Panel

Saturday

All times are Pacific standard time

Saturday (PST time)

Saturday - live track (Ch. 1)

Saturday - prerecord 75 minute (Ch. 2)

Saturday 20 minute prerecord (Ch. 3)

8 – 8.30 am

Plant Spirit meditation – Gudrun Penselin (30 minutes)

8.40 – 9 am

Welcome Back to your Conference!

9.15 – 10.30 am
Session ONE

Magic and Medicine of Yew – Chanchal Cabrera

Sex, Drugs, & Evolution – Chad Cornell

9.30 am Mercury, Samhain and Valerian – Abrah Arneson

10.00 am Oneirogens: Herbs & Dreams – Victor Cirone

10.30 am Cannabimimetic Plants – Jeananne Laing

10.45 – 12 noon
Session TWO

Trans-Inclusive Care for Herbalists – Ember Peters

Traditional Islamic Medicine – Talal al Hamad

11.00 am Women, Québec, and Herbalism – Marie White

11.30 am Ukrainian Folk Healing – Dionne Jennings

12:00 – 12.45 pm

Lunch break (Student Forum Chat – live track)

12.45 – 2 pm
Session THREE

Ask the Herbalist Panel

2.15 – 3.30 pm
Session FOUR

Business Success Strategies – Malcolm Saunders

Herbs for Sexual Health and Wellbeing – Tiffany Freeman

2.30 pm Adrenal Health – Michael Friedman

3.00 pm The Evolution of a Herb Garden – Barb Hinde

3.30 pm The Evolution of a Herb Garden – Barb Hinde

3.45 – 5 pm
Session FIVE

Interesting Mechanisms of how Herbs Really Work – Terry Willard

Interpreting Laboratory Results – Bev Maya

4:00 pm Regenerative Agriculture – Dragonfly Earth Medicine

4:30 pm Closing the Veils – Yarrow Willard

5.00 PM

Pre-Dinner Remarks

5.15 pm – 6 pm

Dinner break

6 pm – 7.30 pm

Sustainability Panel

Sunday

All times are Pacific standard time

Sunday (PST time)

Sunday - live track (Ch. 1)

Sunday - prerecord 75 minute (Ch. 2)

8.30 – 9 am

Plant Spirit Meditation – Gudrun Penselin 30 minutes

9 – 9.10 am

Welcome Back to your Conference!

9.15 – 10.30 am
Session ONE

Building An Accessible Herbal Practice – Ember Peters

Physician in the Kitchen – Marisa Marciano

Interview with a Herbal Elder – Savayda Jarone and Laurie Lacey (Channel 3)

10.45 – 12 noon
Session TWO

Bridging Modern Science and Indigenous Traditional Medicine – Pierre Haddad

Deep Sea Secrets – Angela Willard

12:00 – 12.45 pm

Lunch break (Student Forum Chat – live track)

12.45 – 2 pm
Session THREE

Menstrual Cycle Charting – Krista Poulton

Plant Medicines in Addictions Therapy – Patrick Kooyman

2:15 – 3:30 pm
Session Four

Cannabis panel

3.45 – 5 pm
Session FIVE

Mushroom panel

5.00 PM

CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSING CIRCLE