Organizer, Homesteader & Entrepreneur

Meg Garland is a busy mama of 3, raising free range children and chickens on her homestead with her husband, Casey. Her passion is being a homemaker and providing for her family, believing the world changes one happy home at a time. She has inspired others to show up unapologetically in life when she started speaking up online about the corruption in the world during the pandemic. Her down to earth no BS approach to social media, with the love of her family at the heart of what she does, attracted many followers.

Now Meg is showing people you can create your dream life, despite not knowing what the heck you are doing.

Organizer, Journalist & Media Mentor

Nicole Murphy has worked in media for a decade including on a morning news show, producing documentary web series, a variety of roles on dramatic movie sets, teaching media at a post-secondary level, and most recently as a journalist for an alternative media company.

Now Nicole is using the skills she’s accumulated over the years to create the Nicole Murphy Podcast, organize events that build community, educate on media literacy and mentor the people that feel a call to create media content themselves.

Entrepreneur & Business Strategist

Sarah is a high-energy entrepreneur and business strategist that quit her job in 2017 with no backup plan and trusted herself to fly. She has taken the Canadian entrepreneurial scene by storm as she is passionate about helping people reinstate the power of choice in their lives, by creating more wealth and independence. Sarah, like many of us, has navigated the unpredictable terrain of the past two years both as a professional and as an everyday Canadian, becoming a major voice for freedom fighters across the nation - a journey that has stripped her of any remaining shred of inauthenticity. With a knack for Canadian politics, Sarah has also become a source of simplifying our Parliamentary proceedings and played a significant role in helping people build the confidence needed to enact change as citizens of a democracy. Sarah resides in the foothills of the Alberta Rockies with her family, in the cabin in the woods she swore she’d always move to.

Instructor, Emergency Preparedness

She grew up with a mom who embodied the sentiment ‘prepared for anything.’ She learned from a very early age that 'being prepared' could help you handle emergencies with more grace and less reactivity. She woke up to the corruption in the world after noticing the parallels between a toxic marriage she had left and becoming a single mom.

Kate doesn’t have a lot of land or a lot of space and yet she’s managed to ‘prep’ for her family of six + furbaby in a 1200 sq ft townhouse in the city. She’s got so many tricks up her sleeve that you might not have thought about and she is excited to share them with you.

Instructor, Sovereign is an Inside Job

Karla Joy Treadway is an Integrated Life Coach, podcaster, holistic wellness practitioner and full time freedom fighter. She closed her brick and mortar yoga studio in 2020 due to never ending lockdowns and set herself up to be sovereign and free on a remote island in Northwestern Ontario. Her and her family have created sovereign independence in health, wealth and freedom systems and she now helps others develop an unshakable future for themselves no matter what this wild world has in store.

Instructor, Canning

Josée Bremner is a young entrepreneurial mother of two, who’s also a Certified Health Coach. After planting roots with her husband on an acreage just outside Rimbey, AB., her passion for preserving homegrown foods grew as plentiful as her gardens each year. Josée is a self taught-canner! The art of canning is something she enjoys doing with friends & family, and now is so excited to share and educate others on the canning basics!

Instructor, Foraging in Alberta

Alexandria is local to Central Alberta since she moved from BC nearly 10 years ago. Her uprooting helped her to explore curiosity in the Alberta woodlands which eventually inspired her to enroll in a Herbal Practitioner program in 2017. Since attending this program, Alexandria has become very attached to the outdoors and has been foraging plants ever since. When she is not outdoors, she loves spending time with friends and family, gardening, and doing crafts.

Instructor, Sough Dough Starter

Rhonda Murphy is a dedicated educator, supportive mentor, and model teacher whose passion in the kitchen has inspired a Culinary Garden Club with her junior high students. Together they create, cook, and care for their community.

Rhonda’s very first culinary experiences started when she was a young teenager working at the Multicultural Centre in the homesteader’s kitchen. Throughout her life, she discovered the joy of creating wholesome home cooked meals.

Her enthusiasm spilled over onto her husband and children who have all learned the joy of cooking and connection. Mealtime is sacred in Rhonda’s home. Visit Rhonda to enjoy a fresh slice of sourdough bread, learn how easy it is to make homemade bread, and then walk away with your very own sourdough starter.

Instructor, Homeopathic Medicine Basics

Lisa Heinrichs read an article by a homeopath over a decade ago that catalyzed her passion to pursue natural medicine. After taking many courses and learning how to treat acute, as well as chronic illness, she decided to become a professional homeopath herself.

She studied at the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine (CCHM) in Toronto and later went to graduate from the Academy of Practical Homeopathy (APH). It was here she ended up training under the woman who wrote the original article that inspired her to follow this calling.

Now she wants to spread the message, you were not put on this earth to suffer forevermore, you have a purpose. Lisa wants to help you feel better with gentle and effective homeopathic care.

Check out her website HERE

Instructor, Sewing Repair

Stephanida Gostev is a momma of two boys and another babe on the way. She’s a lifelong Albertan and absolutely loves the slow pace of living in a small town. She has been sewing and stitching since 12 years old on her own clothes and for her family.

Stephanida is excited to teach the basics of hand stitching and mending which are one of the fundamentals of sewing.

Volunteer

Shawna Bannerman grew up with the dream of becoming a writer in mainstream media. After years of schooling, she achieved this dream and worked in news media and print media only to discover its lack-minded principles and immoral practices were not for her.

She left the media and started her own business, Everpressed, creating and selling unique jewelry and art. After 4 years running a successful business, she is now pursuing a second business teaching others that it is possible to create a profitable and fulfilling career doing what you love.

Volunteer

Kimberly Gray is a writer, teacher, and storyteller - with over 10 years of experience in communications. Gray’s connection to the environment and making a positive impact through story, art, and community is an integral part of her passion.

As a post-secondary sessional instructor, a communications and media entrepreneur, and a voice artist, Gray’s intention is to inspire critical thinking, cultivate connection, and provoke beautiful questions.

Her debut Telus Storyhive documentary, The Root of it All, will be released in 2023. The film explores the interconnected stories of Southern Alberta’s regenerative farmers.

Volunteer

Deanna Friesen grew up in a rural town in northern Alberta but moved to Edmonton in search of better opportunities. She eventually got a job working at a post-secondary institution where she’s worked for over 10 years. When Deanna was laid off in January 2022, for being unvaccinated, food sovereignty became much more important to her and her husband.

She is now working to build her skills in these areas getting back to her rural roots in an urban setting with a backyard garden and chickens!

Volunteer

Born and raised on the south shore of Montreal, Annabelle Lockie moved to Calgary 7 years ago with her two dogs. She quickly met her now husband and their family expanded in 2020 when they welcomed their son into the world.

As a teacher, her love of learning has always been strong, so when she was forced out of her classroom last year, she took that passion and started learning about homesteading and prepping. She has been practicing those skills ever since.

When she is not learning how to make bread or how to collect seeds, she loves to spend time with her friends and family, crafting, gardening, going on adventures, and just being outside in general.

Volunteer

Heather Wilkinson is traveling from Ajax, Ontario to be a part of this heart filled event. After major shifts in all kinds of her relationships during the pandemic, Heather found herself seeking spiritual guidance and solid connection with people whose values aligned.

This led her to volunteering in Ottawa, attending many freedom rallies and marching with James Topp in Ontario and Quebec.

Now she is excited to bring her knowledge, having never banked with a bank in 20 years, her skills, having been in Girl Guides for 16 years, and her stories, having been immersed in the freedom community the last few years, to Alberta!