Friday Film Night: "Tea Creek"

Kelowna Unitarians Social Justice Committee presents our Friday Film Night: "Tea Creek"

About the Film

For Indigenous Food Sovereignty activist Jacob Beaton, the very real threat of the climate crisis has pushed him into action. For him the path back to Indigenous food sovereignty not only offers resilience to an ever more uncertain future, but also an avenue towards healing from the horrors of colonization. In just a few short years Jacob has converted his homestead into Tea Creek, an Indigenous Food sovereignty training center in now-called Northern British Columbia.

Since 2020, Tea Creek has blossomed into a center for Indigenous empowerment and capacity building and has so far touched the lives of hundreds of members of the local community. Having received local and international acclaim, been named the United Nations Food Hero for North America and become a leader in Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada, other Indigenous communities have…