ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
co-created by Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society
and the Center for Babaylan Studies
Date: September 23-25, 2016
Venue: YMCA Camp Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast Unceded Coast Salish Territories
Our Vision:
This is the Third International Babaylan Conference. In the first conference in 2010 we focused on the theme of KAPWA (Shared Being) as one of the core concepts in Filipino Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP). At the second conference in 2013, we wanted to deepen our grounding in IKSP; thus, we focused on the power of myths, indigenous storytelling, and oral history as part of our process of decolonization and re-learning of a sense of indigeneity as Filipinos in the diaspora.
In this third conference/gathering we follow the thread of re-indigenization by looking at our histories of colonial migration within the larger context of settler colonialism and what our presence as Settlers on Native Lands means for building just relationships with our native relatives. Likewise, in recognition of the centuries of encounters and interrelationships between Filipinos and Native peoples in North America (US and Canada), our desire is to make these interconnections visible.
Our vision is to be able to find common ground and mutually-edifying partnerships as we struggle to decolonize and recover a greater intactness in our relationship with the Land and ancestral traditions within our respective communities and histories. We share the hope of being able to learn what it means to live justly with all our relations and our goal is to be able to bring indigenous knowledge and practices from the Philippine homeland as part of that vision.
What We Want to Deliver:
What We Want to Deliver: CfBS, in partnership with Kathara Society, is organizing a conference near Vancouver where we focus on the conference theme of building bridges and interconnections with the original peoples of Turtle Island. We explore this theme through workshops, creative performances, ritual and ceremony, and educational opportunities where we can learn and connect with one another. Artists and cultural stakeholders will lead participants through different mediums of learning to reflect and share stories, ideas, and experiences that honour our indigenous roots, histories and legacies.
Our Goals:
• To continue to build and strengthen our Filipino communities in the diaspora through the sharing of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP)
• to listen and dialogue with Filipinos who are of mixed ancestry (Filipino and Native) and bring their stories to the community (that is largely immigrant)
• to share contemporary practices of culture sharing between indigenizing (settler) Filipinos and Filipinos with Aboriginal/Turtle Islanders/Native heritage
• to dialogue on what it means to be an immigrant/settler on Native lands
• to develop a collective understanding of colonization and its parallels in the Philippine homeland as well as Turtle Island
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• to locate our conversations at this conference/gathering within the ongoing challenge of the globalization of cultures and economies, the destruction of the ecosystem, and the very real danger of climate change
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• to plant seeds of hope and beauty as we return to our local communities (both human and more-than-human) and re-learn the wisdom and ways of our ancestors.
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The Keynotes
KEYNOTES
SPECIAL GUEST KEYNOTE LEADER FROM MINDANAO
One of our keynote speakers this year is an Indigenous woman leader from Mindanao, the southern region of the Philippines. She has tirelessly served to promote peace, dialogue, and her people's self-sovereignty. As a young girl she was identified by her elders as a baylan (roughly translated as shaman) in the community. September 2016 marks her farthest journey out of her homeland: her first time in Turtle Island will represent a momentous opportunity to share with us about the survival of her people and her baylan calling. Come join us in the Third International Babaylan Conference to meet and learn from this extraordinary woman of steadfast strength and fearless spirit!
DR. S. LILY MENDOZA
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Dr. S. Lily Mendoza is a native of San Fernando, Pampanga in Central Luzon, Philippines and is a fluent speaker of both Kapampangan and Tagalog. She is Associate Professor of Culture and Communication at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Lily is known in the Philippines and beyond for her pathbreaking work on indigenization and indigenous studies.
Her first book publication, Between the Homeland and the Diaspora: Theorizing Filipino and Filipino American Identities (Routledge, 2002; Philippine revised edition by UST Publishing, 2006) is the first comprehensive articulation of the movement for indigenization in the Philippine academy and is referenced widely in the fields of history, Philippine Studies, Asian American Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and postcolonial and cultural studies. She has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters that focus on questions of identity and belonging, cultural politics in national, post- and trans- national contexts, discourses of indigenization, race, and ethnicity, and, more recently, on the interrelationship between communication, culture, and ecology.
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Born and raised in the Philippines, she brings perspectives from the homeland rich in indigenous and historical traditions of struggle maintained in the face of centuries of colonial, neo-colonial, and neo-liberal assault and decimation. More recently, her relocation to the post-industrial city of Detroit, along with her growing awareness of the interlocking global crises facing us today, has infused her scholarship with a renewed sense of urgency.
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Lily is a member of the Center for Babaylan Studies (CfBS) Core Group, a movement dedicated to keeping alive the indigenous wisdom and healing traditions of the ancestors. Her (co-edited) book publication, Back from the Crocodile’s Belly: Philippine Babaylan Studies and the Struggle for Indigenous Memory (CfBS, 2013; Philippine edition, 2015) is especially dedicated to this work. She studies with Martin Prechtel at hisBolad’s Kitchen School to learn teachings around “forgotten things, endangered excellent knowledges, [and] above all a grand overview of human history…in the search for a comprehension regarding the survival of unique and unsuspected manifestations of the indigenous soul.”
Indipino Panelists
GREG SARRIS
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Tribal Chairman, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, will join the conference via live video conference. Chairman Sarris is of Filipino, Pomo, and Jewish heritage. He led his tribe in getting federally recognized in 2000 - a process that took almost twenty years. As an academic, he holds the Graton Rancheria Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and NAtive American Studies at Sonoma State University. He is the author of many books including Grand Avenue, Watermelon Nights, Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream, and Keeping SlugWoman Alive. http://greg-sarris.com/
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Rulan Tangen’s dance journey centers around the founding of DANCING EARTH CREATIONS (DE) in 2004, after several decades of an international professional dance career in ballet, modern, powwow, opera, film and television. Surviving cancer to discover her leadership purpose, DE provides hope and opportunity by cultivating a new generation of Native dancers through creative practice that explores intertribal diversity.
Their performances are rooted in ecological themes guided by Native elders, touring to 15 states and 6 countries so far.
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Tangen’s teaching credentials include Washington University’s Visiting Distinguished Scholar; guest artist instructor at Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts for “RACE AND ENVIRONMENT”; Native Wellness Institute Leadership Academy; residencies at UC Riverside, Santa Fe Art Institute, Ft Lewis College, and ASU.
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Her honors include the 2015 Arts & Social Change Award from the Arts and Healing network, , top ten finalist across disciplines for Nathan Cummings Fellowship for Social Change, first dance fellowship for Artistic Innovation by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Costo Medal for Education, Research and Service by UC Riverside’s Chair of Native Affairs, Dance Magazine’s pick as one of “25 To Watch”, and New Mexico School for the Arts‘ Community Arts Leadership award.
RULAN TANGEN
DIVEENA S. MARCUS
Diveena Marcus, Ph.D. Indigenous Studies, is a member of FIGR, Federal Indians of Graton Rancheria traditionally known as Tamalko (Coast Miwok)/Southern Pomo original peoples of Sonoma and Marin Counties of California and is also a descendant of the Klamath/Modoc of southern Oregon/Northern California. In addition, Diveena has Bicol ancestry from Southern Luzon, Philippines originating from the Village of Santa Magdelena within the Sorsogon province. She is culturally connected as a traditional ceremonial singer and an endangered language advocate. Diveena's reciprocating goal as an Elder, is to create bridges to the ancestors by re-cultivating Indigenous consciousness.
Diveena works in advocating Tamal Machchawko (Coast Miwok language) with language learners by singing orginal secular songs composed in various voicings for the benefit of her community and family. She is an advocate for wetland recultivation with education on wetland indigenous food sovereignty. Diveena presently works in Siskiyou County Fort Jones with the Quartz Valley Health Clinic under the Circles of Care program that supports Indigenous cultural wellbeing at the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation.
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As an academic Diveena has included American Indigenous commentary on the Idle No More Movement while a Ph.D. student in Canada in the Duke University Press article "Indigenous Activism beyond Borders" South Atlantic Press. Diveena has contributed to the recent Routledge Native American Literature Companion in the the Chapter on Traditions "Indigenous Hermeneutics through Ceremony: Song, Language, and Dance".
Her Ph.D. dissertation HIYA ‘AA MA PICHAS ‘OPE MA HAMMAKO HE MA PAP’OYYISKO (LET US UNDERSTAND AGAIN OUR GRANDMOTHERS AND OUR GRANDFATHERS): MAP OF THE ELDERS: CULTIVATING INDIGENOUS NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CONSCIOUSNESS, has been nominated for the 2016-2017 President's dissertation award.
KAT NORRIS
Kat Norris is a Salish poet, writer, social activist and public educator. Born in British Columbia, Kat grew up in California before returning to BC when she was 19. Soon after moving back, Kat joined the American Indian Movement. Her first poem was published in the Indian World, a magazine published by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. She has contributed poetry to the Salish Seas Anthology. Her poems appear in the Prayers to the Four Directions an online initiative dedicated to recovering the spirituality of First Nations communities after the devastation brought by organized religion and Indian Residential Schools.
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Kat has since been a poet and a public educator, speaking on the impact of colonization and Indian Residential Schools, and has presented readings at Rhizome Cafe and UBC’s coffeehouse events for classes and student unions at UBC, SFU and Langara College, and East Vancouver elementary and secondary schools. She is also founder and spokesperson for the Indigenous Action Movement, an active group which takes action and acts as a voice against injustice. Kat had previously worked as a support worker for First Nations youth on local schoolboards and has a background in family counselling and in broadcasting and theatre.
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She has created a number of resources for First Nations communities affected by residential schools including a Facebook group on her own story of healing. She organizes pow-wows (‘gatherings’) for First Nations peoples where she is also active as a singer and a dancer.
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At various events, such as Surrey Muse, the Vancouver Public Library's Art of Reconciliation and First Nations Cultural events, Kat presents selections from her published and unpublished work including "Crow Bones," and "Hot Summer Daze," published in Salish Seas Anthology.
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Currently, she works as a First Nations Cultural Worker, at Strathcona Elementary School teaching children cultural dance and song, which they bring to various schools in Vancouver and Burnaby.
Presenters
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HOW TO TALK TO TREES
Mamerto Tindongan
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CREATION TRADITIONS: THE ROOTS OF IDENTITY
Lane Wilken
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QUEER EARTH AND SACRED MEMORY
Journey to Sacred Memory: Calling and Naming Indigenous Queer Ancestors In the Diaspora
Grace Duenas/Joanne La Torre/Iraya Robles/Will Gutierrez
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Queer Earth: De-colonial Spirituality Through Music, Ritual, Re-cycling, Re-newing
Shaina Agbayani/Kim Vigilante
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NARRATIVES OF DECOLONIZATION AND HOMECOMING
NEXTGEN ‘Pagbabalik’ (Coming Home): Decoloniztion among Second Generation Filipino Americans
Maria Ferrera/Dale Asis/Jesselle Santiago/Marc Butiong
Language, Identity, & Pagkatao (Personhood)
Nenita Pambid-Domingo
Impact of the Indigenous Practice to Contemporary Society
Rosalie Zerrudo
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RESEARCHING IKSP: INDIGENOUS PERFORMANCE, EMBODIED KNOWING, NARRATING HISTORIES
Ga Unla-Unla, The Panay Bukidnon Chant and Dance Tradition: Reverberations from the Field
Maria Christine Muyco
The (Historical) Muted Bodies and the Baylan as Textualized (Invisible) Performer of Discontent in Pigafetta's Le Voyage et Navigation Faict Par Les Espaignols
Dennis D. Gupa
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How Philippine Barrios Got Their Names
Christina Verano Sornito Carter
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RECONNECTING WITH OUR SEAFARING TRADITIONS
Discovering Filipino Nautical Traditions in Chamorro and Hawai’ian Nautical Societies
James Sobredo
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"Tayo ang Tulay, Tayo ang Paraw - We Are the Bridge (Tagalog), We Are the Double Outrigger Canoe (Bisaya)".
Terry Bautista, Grace Duenas
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THE PATH TOWARD RE-BECOMING: A CONVENING OF ARTISTS REMEMBERING ANCESTRY THROUGH PERFORMATIVE EXPRESSION
Jana Lynne Umipig/Rulan Tangen/Sammay Dizon/Alvin Erasga Tolentino/Sharon Jinkerson-Brass
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KAPWA ETHICS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE (WORKSHOP)
Melissa Gibson
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INTENTIONAL CREATION: EXPLORING AND REVITALIZING INHERENT SACREDNESS THROUGH TEACHINGS, CEREMONY, AND CONNECTION (WORKSHOP)
Amy Desjarlais
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BUILDING EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES: RECLAIMING SPACES, IDENTITIES, AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
The Babaylan Inspired Butterflies Project
Babette Santos
Parkland and Settler Identities: Public Spaces and the Filipino Community in Metro Vancouver
Carlo Sayo
Building Sustainable Organizations for Decolonization and Reindigenization
Christine Cruz Guiao
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MODALITIES OF HEALING AND SPIRITUALITY
Connecting with Filipino Indigenous Instruments
Will Gutierrez
Beyond Our Roots to Our Roots
Natividad Delson
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STORIES OF SELF-INITIATION AND OTHER RITES OF PASSAGE
Kabisayan Babaylan Call Received on Turtle Island
Sobey Wing
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Unearthing Memories, Illuminating Legacies
Jocelyn Deona
A New Journey Begins: Unraveling to Discover Myself and My Complicities
Annabelle Estera
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BEYOND RESISTANCE AND PROTEST: FINDING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIGENOUS RECLAMATION
The Legacy of the Urban Babaylan: Connecting Militarism in the Philippines and Hawai’i to Break the Cycle of Settler Colonialism
Ellen-Rae Cachola
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Filipino Decolonizing and Re-/Indigenizing: Leaders in the U.S
Joanna La Torre
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THROUGH DIVERSE PATHS AND TRADITIONS: STORIES OF INITIATION, CEREMONY, AND NURTURE
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In the Land of Tribal Mash-up: A Poetic Journey
Rose Cortez
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Stories of the Babaylan Movement in Europe
Filomenita Mongayo Hoegshom , Cultural Activist, Babaylan Europe
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The Concept of Loob: Connecting Body, Mind, Spirit Through INAM TaoRen Terapi
Rene Navaro
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THE ROLE OF THE ARTS IN THE HEALING OF INTERGENERATIONAL HISTORICAL TRAUMA
Kollective Binhi
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DECOLONIZING GENDER
Decolonizing Gender Bridging Different Worlds
Lukayo Estrella
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Calling Back the Bones with Kaluluwa (Soul) Circles: Exploring Spirit to Center Our Indigenous Selves and Transform Community
Irene Juaniza
Honoring and Reclaiming the Diverse Genders and Sexualities of our Ancestors: De-Colonizing Educational Spaces through Queering our Indigenous and Mestiza Histories, Identities, and Practices
Paulina Abustan/Tillie Keyonnie Torpey
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OWNING AND HEALING OUR HISTORIES: WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
The Importance of Healing Historical Trauma and Remembering Ancestral Origins - Indigenous Science, Western Science, and the History of the Brain
Jurgen Kremer
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Seeking Spirit While Learning to Live with Blood on My Hands: One White Settler-Colonizer’s Continuing Journey to Face History Without Excuse
James Perkinson
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GETTING
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TRANSPORTATION
CONFERENCE TRAVEL LOGISTICS
TO YMCA ELPHINSTONE, SUNSHINE COAST, COAST SALISH TERRITORIES
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YMCA Camp Elphinstone Website (with Google Map) http://bit.ly/1OqTSgQ
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Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Richmond, British Columbia is the closest major airport to YMCA Camp Elphinstone. We encourage all Conference participants to arrive in Richmond early in the morning to ensure adequate travel time.
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When leaving the international terminal at YVR, head to the departures level by either taking the escalators or elevators. Pass the large information booth located on the departures level and continue to walk. When going up to the departures level you can stop and visit the famous Coast Salish Bill Reid Jade Canoe statue. Follow the signs towards the domestic terminal to get to the totem pole at the ”Link” Building. It will be on your left hand side. A volunteer will be there to greet you and guide you to the Canada Line train system.
When leaving from the domestic terminal at YVR, head to the departures level by either taking the escalators or elevators. Follow signs towards international or US. Once you have passed the money exchange desk on your right, pass the information booth and the totem pole at the link building will be on your right. A volunteer will be there to greet you to the Canada Line train system.
PUBLIC TRANSPORATION
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT to HORSESHOE BAY FERRY TERMINAL
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Fare: $9.00
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Locate the Sky Train Terminal at the airport and purchase Single Fare at a vending machine.
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Board the train called Canada Line to Waterfront which will take you to Downtown Vancouver (approximately 22 minutes).
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Exit Vancouver City Centre Station and walk to the intersection of West Georgia Street and Seymour Street.
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Board the Bus 257 Express – Horseshoe Bay (42 minutes to Ferry) OR Bus 250Horseshoe Bay (52 minutes to Ferry) using the same Single Fare card you already paid.
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Arrival at Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
(This part of the land transfer goes through the corridor called Upper Levels Highway which offers amazing sweeping views of Howe Sound; cliffs, ocean, rock face mountains, and lush rain forest. Enjoy!)
Estimated travel time – 1 hour 15 minutes
For more info on bus and Skytrain, click here http://bit.ly/28FFZlC
HORSESHOE BAY FERRY TERMINAL to LANGDALE – SUNSHINE COAST
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Fare: $16.15 (12+)/$8.10 (5-11 years old)/Free (4 years old and under)
For Friday, September 23, 2016, ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale – Sunshine Coast leave at the following times:
1:35pm*
2:10pm*
Estimated travel time – 40 minutes
(for further times, please see exact schedule here http://bit.ly/1Uwe2qq)
Registration Check-In time is at 3:00pm. Your baggage will undergo a mandatory Heat safe process which will take approximately 2 hours upon your arrival. ~ Please scroll down for the Heat Room Letter from YMCA Camp Elphinstone. The Heat Room Letter will provide packing tips and other information.
Once you get to Langdale Sunshine Coast, walk towards the pick-up area where we will await your arrival. If you choose, you can walk to the site (becoming acquainted with the area), which is about a 29 minute walk (2.2 km) or you can be shuttled to the site.
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CAR / TAXI
FROM VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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Look for destination signs leaving the airport terminal and follow Highway 99 North into Downtown Vancouver
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Head west on Georgia Street, through Stanley Park
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Cross the Lions Gate Bridge
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Follow Highway 1 (Upper Levels Highway) to Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
(Fares for vehicles are $54 – or more if over 20 ft – plus the fares per person – refer to above)
Estimated Travel Time: 45 minutes (depending on traffic conditions)
FROM SEATTLE
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Take the I- 5 North to the Canadian border which turns into Highway 99 after the border
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Follow Highway 99 North into Vancouer
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Head west on Georgia Street, through Stanley Park
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Cross the Lions Gate Bridge
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Follow Highway 1 (Upper Levels Highway), to Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
(Fares for vehicles are $54 – or more if over 20 ft – plus the fares per person – refer to above)
Estimated Travel Time: 3.5 hours (depending on traffic conditions)
FROM LANGDALE FERRY to YMCA CAMP ELPHINSTONE
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Head southeast out the ferry ramp for approximately 500 m
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Make a U-turn
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Slight right toward Hiway Port Mellon (49 m)
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Slight right turn onto Highway Port Mellon (850 m)
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Turn on YMCA Road (1.1 km)
Estimated Travel Time: 7 minutes travel time
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***WE PLAN TO STATION VOLUNTEERS AT CRITICAL TRANSFER POINTS TO HELP GUIDE KAPWA TRAVELLERS USING PUBLIC TRNSIT (AIRPORT, GEORGIA STREET, HORSESHOE BAY TERMINAL)
ACCOMMODATION
-For the 2016 CfBS Conference we will have access to 2 types of comfortable lodgings: Lodges & Hemlock Cabins. All beds are bunk beds with comfortable foam mattresses
- Participants must supply their own bedding (i.e. sleeping bag) and pillow. All accommodations have electricity and heat.
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LODGES: Each of the 5 lodge houses 32 people with 8 bedrooms, each with two sets of bunk beds. Each lodge features at least four washroom and shower facilities, two of which are fully accessible. All lodges boast a cozy seating area with a fireplace, fridge, microwave, coffee-maker and lockers are also available to secure personal belongings (please bring your own lock).
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HEMLOCK CABINS: We have 16 Hemlock Cabins, each sleeping 12. A larger room contains 10 beds (5 bunk beds) and there is a smaller chaperone room with an additional 2 beds. Washrooms and showers are located close by in a separate building. Lodges & Cabins availability are at a first come, first serve basis. Thank you for your understanding.
REGISTRation
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MAKASAYSAYANG PAGTATAGPO (HISTORIC ENCOUNTER): FILIPINOS AND INDIGENOUS TURTLE ISLANDERS REVITALIZING ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS TOGETHER
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Date: September 23-25, 2016
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: YMCA Camp Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast -Unceded Coast Salish Territories
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REGISTER HERE:
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Please fill out all required fields of the registration form.
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Each individual attending the full program of the conference must submit a registration form. Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of children/youth 12 yrs old and under may include required information within one of the Parent(s)/Guardian(s) registration form. Other Family Members accompanying the registrant are welcome to stay at YMCA Camp Elphinstone during the conference for a fee (see below) and can also be included in the registrants application within the required fields ~please ensure to include any dietary/allergy notes, if any.
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Complete a payment to register for the conference. Please note that the prices are in Canadian dollars and any conversions (i.e. USD to CAD) are subject to the exchange rate at the time of purchase.
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For the 2016 CfBS Conference we will have access to 2 types of comfortable lodgings: Lodges & Hemlock Cabins. All beds are bunk beds with comfortable foam mattresses - participants must supply their own bedding (i.e. sleeping bag) and pillow. All accommodations have electricity and heat.
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LODGES: Each of the 5 lodge houses 32 people with 8 bedrooms, each with two sets of bunk beds. Each lodge features at least four washroom and shower facilities, two of which are fully accessible. All lodges boast a cozy seating area with a fireplace, fridge, microwave, coffee-maker and lockers are also available to secure personal belongings (please bring your own lock).
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HEMLOCK CABINS: We have 16 Hemlock Cabins, each sleeping 12. A larger room contains 10 beds (5 bunk beds) and there is a smaller chaperone room with an additional 2 beds. Washrooms and showers are located close by in a separate building. Lodges & Cabins availability are at a first come, first serve basis. Thank you for your understanding.
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You may register with one of the following payments to reserve your spot at the 2016 CfBS Conference:
REGULAR REGISTRATION
(includes non-refundable $75 CAD fee $25 CAD processing fee)
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MAY 24th to SEPT 23rd, 2016
REGULAR LODGE -$375 CAD / REGULAR CABIN - $350 CAD
FAMILY MEMBER
Lodging and meals fee for each family member ages 6 and up staying at YMCA Camp Elphinstone but, not attending the conference $200 CAD
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CHILDREN
Children 5 and Under are Free
INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
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A minimum Payment of $100 CAD (includes non-refundable $75 CAD fee $25 CAD processing fee) must be submitted to hold your spot; installment payments can be made via Pay Pal at cfbs2016conference@babaylan.net.
Full payment and balance is DUE no later than July 23, 2016 as this is the exact time we will need to report our final numbers to our venue. You will be responsible for sending an email to cfbs2016conference@babaylan.net with details of your installment payments.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
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1. PAYPAL - Send payment directly to cfbs2016conference@babaylan.net. Choose SEND MONEY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY using your Paypal account balance or bank account or debit card attached to your Paypal account. This will ensure that there are no extra fees (i.e. Paypal) incurred by you. Please pay amount according to lodging option.
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* For this option please select the PayPal direct button in the Registration Fees section at the end of the form to complete registration.
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2. PAYPAL - If you are using credit card, please use the PAY NOW button at the end of the Registration page. Note that fees associated with Paypal button INCLUDE Paypal fees.
3. If you prefer to send us a cheque, please make payments out to:
Aimee Gomez
16 Abell Street
Toronto, ON
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*For this option please select the Cheque/Check button in the Registration Fees section at the end of the form to complete registration.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at cfbs2016@babaylan.net if you have any questions or need further assistance.
Refund Policy: A refund of your payment of fees (minus the $75 CAD non-refundable) can be made at anytime before July 23, 2016.
For registration withdrawal, please send in a request to cfbs2016conference@babaylan.net --- IMPORTANT -Registration opens at 2pm & Program/Dinner begins at 7pm.
We recommend that if you are planning to fly into YVR Airport on September 23, 2016, to allow at least 2-3 hours traveling time between the airport and YMCA Camp Elphinstone.
All participants are responsible for their own transportation fees up until arrival at the Island. A Registration Packet will be available at a later date that will include the Conference Program and other details. If you have any other questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Jen Maramba at cfbs2016conference@babaylan.net or jmaramba@babaylan.net
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Partners and Supporters of the 3rd International Babaylan Conference: Makasaysayang Pagtatagpo
NETWORK SUPPORT
Member of Legislative Assembly, Mable Elmore
Kababayang Academic Mentorship Program
Native Education College
University of British Columbia - Philippine Studies Series (UBC PSS)
Tulayan Filipino Diaspora Society
Dahong Pilipino - Fil-Can Business Directory
Bibak - BC
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
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The Cana Caridad Foundation
Jay Peachy and FourCornersArtsCafe.com
Rebecca Mabangla-Mayor
CRECEIN BENCIO, Recipient BC Multicultural Youth Awards 2015
Jaisa Sulit and Coming Home
Micajieu Velasco and KAISA Team
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