rural opportunities

Michael Parker a.k.a Parker is a realtor with a heart for people. He loves helping people achieve their real estate goals whether that includes finding the property of their dreams or selling their current property.  Parker has plenty of rural living experience including growing up on an acreage and buying/ selling his own acreage! This conversation is a great place to start if you are thinking about buying a rural property.  There are many things to think about including wells, cisterns, sewage systems, plowing your driveway, real property reports and more! Parker loves what he does and believes that real estate is a great vehicle to build wealth over the long term. 

Indigenous Tourism Alberta (ITA) is a non-profit organization devoted to help grow and promote authentic, sustainable and culturally rich Indigenous tourism experiences. 

Brown is a First Nations Cree Woman from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and currently resides in Amiskwaciwaskahikan, Edmonton. Brown has a background as a performer, drummer, tourism entrepreneur, philanthropist and advocate for at-risk youth in the Edmonton area in addition to her past roles in Indigenous Tourism Development with both the Government of Alberta and Edmonton Tourism. 

Brown is well known across Alberta for performing with her mom as “Warrior Women.” Together they drum and teach around Alberta for the Northern Alberta Teachers Conference, the annual Jasper Dark Skies Festival, Youth Dream Catchers Conference, Canada Day, Aboriginal Day festivities and more.

In addition to drumming, Brown is also an avid acrylic artist and traditional First Nations crafts artisan. Her art has been featured in the Pump House Gallery, the Edson Gallery Museum, the Gray Gallery Grant MacEwan, recognized for the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Award of 2017, featured for the Alberta Business Competition 2017 and sold to people travelling worldwide at Jasper Park Lodge. Brown has also been awarded the 2019 Esquao Award for Children’s Future, the 2019 Indigenous Woman of the year award from the Alberta Assembly of First Nations and the Top 30 under 30 from the Alberta Corporation for Global Cooperation 2020.

Indigenous Tourism Alberta Website: https://indigenoustourismalberta.ca/ 

ITA Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZzVNowLSOt1vY8CqgFRCpQ 

ITA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousTourismAlberta/ 

ITA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indigenous.tourism.alberta/?hl=en

Join us as we get to know MP for Battle River--Crowfoot, Damien Kurek. We learn about Damien’s path and passion in Politics, his focus in Ottawa and the importance of good governance and representation for Rural in the House of Commons.

Ken Espheter is a wealth of information and stories. Ken is involved in Battle River Train Excursions and is the President of the Battle River Railway Board of Directors. He is a community volunteer, a farmer, a train enthusiast, and a community builder. In this episode Ken shares his experience with the Battle River Railway and Battle River Train Excursions. If you haven’t yet had a chance to ride the rails, keep your eyes open for when they can run their excursions again. This central Alberta gem is one that you will not want to miss. 

Attached are links for additional information on some of the items discussed in this episode! 

Battle River Train Excursions website: https://www.battlerivertrain.com/ 

Friends of the Battle River Rail Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/battleriverrail/ 

Battle River Railway Website: https://battleriverrailway.ca/ 

Graham and Matt Graff are brothers and 5th generation farmers who believe everyone should have the opportunity to to experience a farm. They created FARMZY to help connect people with authentic farmers and their farms. FARMZY is an online platform to book real farm adventures and food experiences. It is designed to help decrease the cost and time it takes to start an agritourism business. Their goal is to promote Alberta agriculture while making it easy for farms to promote their products and services.

Attached are links for additional information on some of the items discussed in this episode!
FARMZY Website: https://farmzy.ca/​
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmzy.ca/​

Open Farm Days: https://albertaopenfarmdays.ca/​

Food Artisans of Camrose County:
http://www.county.camrose.ab.ca/conte...​

Open Farm Days:
https://albertaopenfarmdays.ca/

Juanita Marois and Leon Hunter from Métis Crossing join us for this episode. Métis Crossing is the first major Métis cultural interpretive centre in Alberta and is a premier destination for Alberta Métis cultural interpretation, education, gatherings, and business development. Métis Crossing is a must see rural Alberta cultural destination where people can learn about their Métis heritage or learn about the Métis story in Alberta. In the episode we talk about the programs at Métis Crossing, the Métis story in Alberta, appreciation versus appropriation and much more.  I hope you enjoy learning as much as I did in this episode. If you are looking for a local destination to travel to this summer, make sure to check out Métis Crossing! 

Métis Crossing  website: https://metiscrossing.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/metiscrossing/ 

Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/metiscrossing/  

The Raven Radio Station: https://www.ravenradio.ca/

Métis Nation of Alberta: http://albertametis.com/