Chantal has a deep passion for sharing stories of (re)connection. She grew up with the teachings and Haida laws of respect and consent and understood from a young age the importance of connection to community, land, and water. After moving from her homelands of Haida Gwaii, Chantal spent many years trying to ‘fit in’ to mainstream society. She spent years being disconnected from herself, her spirit, culture, and nature.

Along her journey, she realized how meaningful deep connections and conversations were to her. Wanting to continue to build connections, in a healing way with people, Chantal pursued a degree in Child and Youth Care with an Indigenous Specialization.

She became involved in re-search with Kinship Rising, that re-centers Indigenous ways of being through arts and land-based methodologies. It was through this journey that she found her passion for re-search and storytelling.

Witnessing the power and beauty that came about re-centering Indigenous ways of being, Chantal realized that the path towards (re)connection is about belonging and a sense of ‘home’ within.

Her desire is to share the stories of others on their own journey towards finding ‘home.’

We are never alone in our journeys, and home is always within us, the difficult part is finding the way.