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Beaded Poppy Workshop

Join Métis Crossing Elder Lilyrose Meyers to learn stories about Métis veterans and the significance of the beaded poppy as an act of remembrance.

Beaded Poppy Workshop

Autumn experience

  • 3 hours
  • 40.00 - 50.00

October 24 & 25 , 2026

Join Métis Crossing Elder Lilyrose to hear stories about Métis veterans and the significance of the beaded poppy as a symbol of remembrance. Take a short walk with Elder Lilyrose to the Veterans’ Monument, a place of reflection and remembrance.

Then, explore traditional Métis arts by learning basic tufting, embroidery, and beading techniques, and create your own unique beaded poppy pin to take home as a personal symbol of remembrance.

What’s Included:

Instruction on beading and tufting techniques, storytelling about Métis veterans and their service, and all supplies and materials needed to create a felt, beaded, and tufted poppy pin.

Coffee & Tea

Event Details

Pricing: Adults: $50.00      Youth/Senior/Métis- $40.00

Date and Time:

October 24 & 25 , 2026

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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What you will experience

Discover past
and present

Deepen your understanding of Métis heritage through stories from our experienced guides and traditional knowledge-keepers.

Find your
connection

Connect to the Métis way of life through the sharing of practices, traditions, and foods central to Métis culture.

Learn by
living

Participate in unique activities designed to bring you closer to Métis past, present and future.

Feed your
understanding

Experience the healing potential of this powerful place, through a new appreciation for our land, wildlife and shared history.

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