CORPORATE PROGRAMS
First Nations Storytellers offers corporate clients impactful, culturally immersive experiences designed to promote understanding and reconciliation in the workplace.
What We Offer
Corporate clients can add authentic Indigenous experiences to their team event, drawing from our experiences catalogue to create a customized, culturally enriching experience for their group.
Our experiences work for small groups or large conference events and our authentic look at life and history through an Indigenous lens will be a memorable and meaningful experience for your team.
Why Choose First Nations Storytellers?
Inspire Meaningful Conversations: Foster deeper discussions around reconciliation and inclusion.
Engage with Authentic Indigenous Storytelling: Experience compelling stories told through Dave’s unique "two-eyed seeing" perspective, bridging cultural gaps.
Customized for Your Team: Tailored presentations, programs and workshops that cater to your organization’s needs, ensuring a memorable and impactful experience.
Explore our corporate programs and bring powerful cultural education to your organization.
Medicines of the Land: A Medicine Bag Workshop
Craft your own medicine bag alongside Mi’kmaq storyteller Dave Smith as he shares personal stories of the spirit of medicines and healing as he has learned them. In this intimate, hands-on workshop, Dave shares the stories and significance of each medicine as participants create a personal keepsake to carry home. No experience necessary; just an open heart. A meaningful and memorable experience for small groups.
90 - 120 minutes | Minimum 12 – Maximum 25 participants | $69.00 pp plus HST
Client responsible for venue and any food and beverage, no audio visual is required.
Engage & Learn: Reconcili-ACTION
We offer storytelling to businesses and organizations with the goal of demystifying reconciliation. In a world where diversity, equity, and inclusion are top of mind, invite us to take your team on a journey into the past to illuminate and inform the present.
Dave has a unique point of view on Indigenous culture as a result of growing up outside the First Nations community due to the “60’s scoop”. This “two-eyed seeing” approach allows him to see both sides of the relationship between Canada and his people and he has a passion to learn as much as he can to help facilitate better relationships between the two Nations as well as reclaiming his own culture. This unique position affords him a point of view that allows him to share his culture and its history from an understanding that is uncommon. Dave is passionate about reclaiming his culture and sharing it with you.
90 - 120 minutes | $750 plus HST
Client responsible for venue and any food and beverage, no audio visual is required. Locations outside Saint John plus travel
The Storytellers Path (Harbour Passage Walk)
Meet Location: Saint John Harbourfront Hotel
Prior to the landing of European settlers in what is now called New Brunswick, thriving cultures existed for thousands of years. In Saint John, Indigenous people lived in harmony with the land and the life that resided on it.
Discover the local history of the Wolastoqi and Mi’kmaq peoples from a unique Indigenous point of view while meandering along the harbour and the Beautiful River – Wolastoq. Walk along a historical portage route and over archaeological sites and become acquainted with the timeless wisdom of our ancestors. Learn how stewardship of the earth should look in a modern world while respecting and celebrating the traditions of the past.
90 minutes | Minimum 12 – Maximum 25 participants | $49.00 pp plus HST
Walking programs in other New Brunswick regions are available, contact us and we can customize. Walking is at a leisurely pace.
“ Dave’s message was so valuable and enriching for our team. The way he connected the stories to the present day was impactful for everyone. I highly recommend inviting First Nations Storytellers to your next team gathering. ”
-Melissa Coleman – Stanley Mutual, Fredericton NB
“ Dave’s session with us at Four Eyes Financial was not only informative and educational but also perspective-shifting. Through his insightful narratives, he provided our team with a deeper understanding of Indigenous culture and history, fostering a greater appreciation of reconciliation.”
-Lori Weir, CEO & Co-Founder - Four Eyes Financial