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ReStorying Matricultures

Posted on 17 November 2024 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

ReMembering Indigenous Matricultures in Canada (Excerpt 3) Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna) (1986) has long asserted the prevalence of matricultures as an “advanced social system” on Turtle Island (p. xiii). In my research into Indigenous matricultures in Canada, I privilege the … Continue reading →

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ReStorying Matricultures

Posted on 10 November 2024 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

ReMembering Matricultures in North Africa Tanit, Ancestral Mother of North Africa, is a powerful, parthenogenetic force known as Mother of all the Gods. The name Ta-Nit was translated as ‘Land of Neith’ (Bernal, 1987, p. 51) and in pre-dynastic Egypt, … Continue reading →

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ReStorying Matricultures

Posted on 3 November 2024 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

Wolfstone, I. F. (2024). ReStorying matricultures. Book chapter in E. Abdou & T. Zervas (Eds.), Ancient and Indigenous wisdom traditions in the Americas: Towards more balanced and inclusive curricular representations and classroom practices.   Studies in Curriculum Theory Series edited by … Continue reading →

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Social Tipping Points

Posted on 11 December 2023 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

Global Tipping Points is a climate research project led by Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute.  The Global Tipping Points Report was launched during COP28. This report expands our understanding about the interdependence of social systems … Continue reading →

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Doctor of Philosophy

Posted on 23 November 2023 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

Yesterday I completed my six-year learning journey with University of Alberta and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. I am proud to provide a link to my dissertation titled “Indigenous Conditions for Cultural Continuity: Designing Local Climate Change Adaptations … Continue reading →

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Poem to Sedna

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

As sojourners, we are like shamans diving into an icy underworld to make right our relationship with the Mother. We plead with Her on behalf of our people, but she is angry that her people break taboos by taking more … Continue reading →

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Self-isolating during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on 21 April 2020 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

I am not finding it easy to be self-isolation. When I returned from New Mexico on March 16th, the self-isolation was a requirement upon returning from travel to US. Now it is not forced, but the public health order requires … Continue reading →

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Regeneration

Posted on 5 April 2020 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

It is April 5, 2020 and my website has been dormant for over 2 years while I completed course requirements for my doctoral program at University of Alberta. Now as we shift paradigms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I return … Continue reading →

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Matricultures presentation at CGCER

Posted on 28 October 2017 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

This week-end I made a presentation about Matricultures and Climate Change Porosity at the CGCER conference in Edmonton.  I am grateful for many inquiries and for support.

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Mythology, Women & Society: Growing the Groundswell

Posted on 25 March 2017 by Irene Friesen Wolfstone

Symposium sponsored by the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology March 25, 2017.  Unable to attend in person, I will make my presentation via Skype. Indigenous Matricultures in North America Presentation  by Irene Friesen Wolfstone  Abstract My purpose … Continue reading →

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