Lizanne Leclair, Giizhigwaande Wasse Yage Nbe Kwe, Bascacanese Nongus, Mkwa Dodem, N’Swakamok N’doongebah, a single mother of 5, grandmother to two. I am of mixed heritage, descendants of the Migma, Abenaki tribes in Nova Scotia, as well as Pawnee and Acadian descendants.
Lizanne is currently residing on Manitoulin Island and works as a Community Based Addictions Counsellor at N’Gwaagan Gamig in Wikwemikong. Throughout her professional and personal life she has been blessed with the opportunity to work with many elders along the north shore, Sudbury and Manitoulin , the Algoma and Nippising districts as well as her Sundance family in Saskatchewan , Raindance family in Quebec and international Star Lodge in Abitibi Timiskaming area. She participates in many traditional ceremonies such as fasting, pipe ceremony, sweat lodge, cedar bath, water walk ceremonies and plant ceremonies Ayahuasca, Peyote and other medicines such as Kambo. She is an intuitive artist and beader and has facilitated many workshops, drum making , ribbon shirt and skirt making, shakers, medicine bags, various indigenous crafts, drum making, rattle making, beading, ribbon skirts, shirts, dressing feathers and making feather cases, limited quill work and other crafts. She has facilitated workshops in intuitive art therapy, anger management, self esteem, domestic violence, parenting, harm reduction, healing through compassion, meditation, Ho’oponopono.
She is certified in several modalities, Meditation, Teacher/Master in Reiki, Shamballah, Ho’oponopono. As well as she offers Cedar Bath, Women’s pipe ceremony, Star Lodge Sweat lodge, Etheric Cleansing, Card Readings and Chakra Balancing. She enjoys working with medicines and essential oils. Lizanne is a certified life coach and specializes in helping people to heal from trauma and spiritual coaching. She created her own series of 8 intuitive art workshops entitled The Art of Letting GO. She has worked on projects such as, “Looking Ahead to Build he Spirit of our Women-Learning to live free from Violence” , MMIWG conferences, Walking with our Sisters. She volunteered at the N’Swakamok Friendship Centre where she also facilitate workshops. She has attended training such a Gladue training, cultural awareness , Young Warriors right to play. She takes language courses Ojibway (Anishawbemowin} and is working towards her Native Social Work degree at Laurentian University.
She tries to carry her bundle in a sacred way following the seven grandfather teachings. She understands the teachings about connection to the land, that the indigenous are the keepers of the earth She enjoys hearing stories of creation, prophecies, and cultural teachings. She is a hand drummer and enjoys learning and sharing songs.
“I understand the effects of residential Schools and the 60’s scoop on the Native Population as well as the intergenerational effects that exist in our youth today, especially when looking at addictions, suicide, lack of education, parenting, self-destruction, loss of trust and pride of our youth.
Through relationship building I believe we can empower the people, raise pride and build self-esteem, improve their overall health and growth will be inevitable. Providing resources and activities that are sustainable and providing quality material for such instead of band aid solutions will be valued and passed along.
I am honoured to meet you and look forward to learning from you and your experiences.”
