Workshops, Professional Learning & Speaking
Learning through relationship, story, Land, and lived experience.

Heartberry Education, Marika Bruce (Schalla), offers workshops, professional learning, keynote presentations, conference presentations, and speaking engagements for schools, educators, universities, organizations, conferences, and communities. Our learning experiences are grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, land-based learning, storytelling, language, science, culture, and relational pedagogy. We create spaces that invite participants to move beyond simply learning about Indigenous peoples and toward learning through relationship, reflection, experience, and connection. Our workshops and presentations can be adapted for different audiences, age groups, professional contexts, and learning goals. Whether you are looking for a professional learning session for your staff, a keynote for a conference, a hands-on workshop, or a custom learning experience, we welcome the opportunity to work with you. Explore our current workshops below, or contact us to discuss creating something specifically for your community.
Featured Workshops
Featured Workshops:
This is a list of workshop areas we currently offer.
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Land, Science and Knowledge
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Identity, Culture and Relationships
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Language, Literacy and Story
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Truth, Reconciliation and Responsibility
All workshops can be adapted for K–5, 6–8, 9–12, post-secondary, and professional learning audiences. Most workshops are 60 minutes long but, can be tailored to your learning space.
Custom Workshops:
Not every workshop can fit into a catalogue.
If your school, organization, or community has a specific learning goal, topic, or vision in mind, we would love to work with you to develop a workshop that responds to your needs.
Custom professional learning can be developed around specific themes, grade levels, community contexts, curriculum areas, or organizational goals.
Let's create something together.
Who We've Worked With:
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TakingIt Global
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Connected North
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Indspire
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University of Winnipeg
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University of Calgary
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Science North
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Let's Talk Science
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Career Trek
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Agriculture in the Classroom
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Little Green Thumbs
…and schools, organizations, educators, and communities across Manitoba and beyond.
Land, Science & Knowledge
Land-Based Learning Epistemology Model
Explore an Indigenous epistemological approach to land-based learning and the relationships between observation, experience, relationship, story, language, and memory.
The 13 Moons & Land-Based Learning
Explore the cyclical teachings of the 13 Moons and ways educators can connect seasonal knowledge, land-based learning, and classroom practice.
Indigenous Science
Explore Indigenous scientific knowledge, observation, relationships, and ways of understanding the natural world while considering how Indigenous and Western scientific perspectives can come into conversation.

Identity, Culture and Relationships
Welcome to Your Doodem
An introduction to Anishinaabe and Red River Métis clan systems and the teachings, responsibilities, relationships, and identities connected to doodemag.
Our Four Beings
Explore the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of ourselves and the importance of nurturing balance and wholeness.
Ribbon Shirt & Skirt Teachings
Explore the history, symbolism, identity, and teachings connected to ribbon skirts and ribbon shirts while considering their place within contemporary Indigenous identity and community.

Literacy, Language and Story
Guiding Literacy Instruction Through a Red River Métis Storytelling Paradigm
Explore how Red River Métis storytelling can inform literacy instruction and create opportunities for students to engage with story, language, identity, place, and relationship.
Li Michif di la Terre: Learning Michif-French Through Land-Based Teachings & Storytelling
Explore Michif-French vocabulary and language through the land, seasonal teachings, storytelling, and relationship. Participants are invited to experience language as something lived, spoken, remembered, and connected to place.
Storytelling as Pedagogy
Explore storytelling as an Indigenous pedagogical practice and its role in building relationships, transmitting knowledge, supporting literacy, and creating meaningful learning experiences.

Truth, Reconciliation and Responsibility
Red Dress Day & MMIWG2S+
Explore the histories and ongoing realities connected to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people and consider age-appropriate, meaningful ways educators can approach this learning with care and responsibility.
Inviting Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Learning Spaces
Available for K–5, 6–8, and 9–12 educators. Explore practical approaches for respectfully integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, perspectives, and pedagogies into learning spaces.
Truth & Reconciliation: Beyond Orange Shirt Day
Truth and Reconciliation education is more than wearing orange, learning about residential schools, or participating in activities on September 30. This workshop invites educators to consider what it means to meaningfully engage with Truth and Reconciliation throughout the year.
Drawing on Indigenous perspectives, lived experience, education, and the Calls to Action, participants will explore the history and ongoing impacts of residential schools, the significance of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and the responsibilities educators carry in creating spaces for truth, learning, and relationship.
Participants will consider how to move beyond performative reconciliation toward meaningful action, relationship-building, and Indigenous-centred learning. The workshop also explores age-appropriate approaches for bringing Truth and Reconciliation into classrooms and learning spaces without placing the responsibility of teaching this work on Indigenous students or colleagues.
Together, we will explore practical ways educators can embed Truth and Reconciliation across the school year through curriculum, literature, land-based learning, language, story, community relationships, and everyday practice.

Bring Heartberry Education to Your Learning Space
Workshops, guest presentations, and keynotes are available for schools, school divisions, universities, organizations, conferences, professional learning days, and community gatherings.
Booking timelines
September–June | Weekday daytime workshops
Please inquire 3–4 months in advance whenever possible.
Evening & weekend workshops | September–August
Please inquire at least 2 weeks in advance.
Availability is subject to scheduling.
If you are interested in a workshop, have questions, or would like to discuss a custom learning experience, please get in touch.
Miigwech, Marsii, Thank you!
