Dates: July 7 – 11, 2025
Location: Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre
Ages: 15 – 25
Memories are simply stored perceptions about our experiences, and some memories or elements of our memories are not necessarily factual. Though they may not be a universal truth, they are our truths. In this workshop series for youth aged 15-25, we’ll explore how we can use spoken word poetry as a memory extension device and how we can embody and explore the remembered and almost-forgotten elements of our own stories and our own truths through conversation, activities, writing prompts, and an invitation to play. No experience necessary.
Free to attend | Limited spots available!
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Facilitator Profiles:
Cat Abenstein (she/her) is a nueroqueer white settler creating in oskana kâ-asastêki in Treaty 4 (Regina, SK.) A practicing spoken word artist, writer, and arts administrator, she is witness to the connection, community, and identity found through stories. Since 2012, Cat has taken her work to local, provincial, and national stages and has organized, hosted, and facilitated dozens of spoken word events for many organizations. When she’s not consuming books in all formats (yes, audiobooks are reading), she’s dreaming about the ways words weave us all together. She lives with her wife and two cats in a house older than all of their ages combined. For more information, visit catabenstein.com
Eric Gabriel
Eric Gabriel, who goes by the pseudonym "Gabriel 'ArchAngel' Ehijie", is a Nigerian spoken-word poet, screenwriter, copywriter, and aspiring filmmaker. His poems have been used as therapeutic doses to aid Nigerian youths battling with depression and anxiety. Long listed for the Economic Commission for Africa's ‘SDG Decade of Action Short Story Prize’ in 2021, he went on to win the best written poem in the Institute of Afrikology Resource Centre's 'Heritage Month Poetry Competition' held the same year. The co-author of the collective-novel, ‘Isles;’ is currently a student at the U of R, where he is taking a program in the M.A.P faculty