Meet Your Cultivating Safe Spaces Instructor
Elaine Alec | telxnitkw "Standing by Water"
Renowned Indigenous knowledge keeper with extensive experience in fostering inclusive cultures.
Elaine Alec is a storyteller and facilitator and CEO of Naqsmist (nux-meest) which translates into “many coming together as one”. She is an expert in Indigenous planning processes and has extensive experience working with Indigenous governance and decision-making and shifting systems and engagement pathways to support self-determination. She is author of “Calling My Spirit Back” and belongs to the Syilx (see-yee-lxw) and Secwépemc (su-hwep-emc) nations from the southern interior of British Columbia and Washington State and is registered with the Penticton Indian Band where she spent most of her life.