Webinar | Walking in Two Worlds: Spirit, Stories, and Strength
Join Corky Larsen-Jonasson, a respected Indigenous Elder from Central Alberta, as she shares her powerful and personal journey of resilience, identity, and cultural wisdom. Through storytelling, Corky reflects on her lived experiences as an Indigenous woman, the challenges she has faced, and the strength she has drawn from her culture, community, and traditions.
Session objectives
This presentation offers an opportunity to listen, learn, and deepen understanding of Indigenous perspectives, while honouring the knowledge and teachings passed down through generations. Participants will leave with a greater appreciation for the importance of truth, reconciliation, and the role each of us plays in fostering respect and meaningful relationships.
This webinar is offered as part of APEGA’s Ethnocultural Grant Program speaker series with funding from the Province of Alberta.
About the presenter
Theresa “Corky” Larsen Jonasson is a proud Cree/Métis woman with lifetime roots in Red Deer and Maskwacîs. She is Danish on her dad Sid Larsen’s side and connected to Samson Band through her mother Virginia, her Kokompan Christine Fraser Joseph and family, and Chapan, Mary Susan Potts and family.
Born and raised in Red Deer, and through years of hard work, her community has identified her as an Elder.
Corky is a traditional Indigenous ceremony woman who lives by the teachings passed down from her family and Elders— primarily the George Goodstriker family of Stand Off, Alberta.
She is a sundancer, Berry woman, cares for and holds traditional pipes and ceremonies and helps with community sweat lodges.
Corky is on the Walking With Our Sisters missing and murdered indigenous peoples national collective and is a founding member of the Red Deer Red Feather Women. She has been honoured with the Alberta ESQUAO Award for Community Development and the Red Deer Women of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award.
Corky is currently focused on youth and the way science and spirituality move together. She is passionate about uplifting youth, encouraging all people, and social justice.
A published author, her books The Sharing Circle and The Circle of Caring and Sharing centre on the healing power of the talking and sharing circle, supporting younger people in finding and honouring their voices by using the sharing circle for conflict resolution.
Corky’s love for her community, humanity, and earth is so great you can’t even imagine.