PAL Stratford extends a warm thank you to Nicole Joy- Fraser for her generous presence in offering a traditional welcome at our Annual General Meeting, June 6th 2021. She graced us with the wisdom of the call from the elders and ancestors. At the end of the meeting Nicole shared the Eagle Honour song, to honour the 215 Indigenous children who were victims of the Kamloops’ Residential School. Nicole shared deep wishes for healing and reconciliation for the generations to come.

Nicole Joy-Fraser (Settler, Dene Zaa, Nehiyaw and Métis descent) is an award-winning Professional Performing Artist who has been storytelling across Turtle Island and beyond with her most recent engagement being in the acting company at the Stratford Festival.  As a proud Bear clan member and Hand drum carrier, supporting each other through healing and the arts continues to be a passion of hers and she is grateful to be sharing and promoting Indigenous ways of knowing.