Raised by grandparents who took her on their seasonal travels, Elsie spent her childhood immersed in Sliammon ways, stories, and legends. Elsie’s adult life unfolded against a backdrop of colonialism and racism. As she worked to sustain a healthy marriage, raise a large family, cope with tremendous grief and loss, and develop a career and give back to community, she drew strength and guidance from the Sliammon teachings she learned as a child. She shares this traditional knowledge for the first time in Written as I Remember It.

Elsie will be joined by her grandson, Davis McKenzie, a professional communicator.