Alycia Two Bears
Alycia Two Bears, a mixed-blood iskwew from Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, calls Mohkinstsis home. Alycia holds degrees in General Studies and Education from the University of Calgary. She combines her expertise as a certified yoga instructor with Traditional 2 Spirit Métis-Cree teachings in her Land-Based Yoga practice, fostering a connection between body, breath, and ceremony.
A mother of five, she is a passionate advocate for birth sovereignty. Alycia practices Birthing as Ceremony and aspires to become a midwife. She supports pregnant and birthing bodies, working to ensure accessible, dignified care. Through grassroots initiatives and collaboration, she co-created the Moon Time Bag Initiative. To end period poverty, Alycia redistributes donated menstrual health products to houseless and housed kin.
An award-winning poet and writer, Alycia has contributed to publications such as Red Rising Magazine, MBC Magazine and New Tribe Magazine. Her work often centers on decolonization, mental health, and Two Spirit advocacy. Recognized for her community impact, she received The Advocate for Equality Award from the Calgary Single Mother’s Society and USAY Change Makers award. Alycia’s passions include decolonizing systems, uplifting her community, and nurturing her family’s connection to nêhiyawân language and culture.
Instagram: @your.moon.woman
Headshot credit: Studio Lumen
Terrie Shaw
After earning a degree in Commercial Art, Terrie Shaw envisioned a dynamic career in the art world. However, life took her on a different path. She fell in love with a minister, and together they traveled across Canada, building a life filled with adventure and raising five wonderful children.
Despite stepping away from a traditional art career, Terrie’s passion for creativity never wavered. She studied with renowned artists, honing her skills in journaling, pen and ink sketching, watercolor, portraiture, still life, landscapes, and plein air painting using various mediums. Her five energetic children often served as her inspiration, providing countless opportunities to sketch and paint their lively antics.
Now, with her children grown and leading their own lives, Terrie dedicates her time to creating art in beautifully hand-bound Coptic stitch journals, which she fills with sketches, paintings, and personal stories. She aspires to publish several of these collections, including 22 Houses I Have Lived In, Children Learn What They Live, Gardening, and Teaching Art, Sharing What I Know.
Kim Mannix
Kim Mannix (she/her) is a journalist, poet and short fiction writer who lives and creates on Treaty Six territory in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Born and raised in Saskatoon, she is a graduate of both the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina and has lived and worked across Canada. Her passion for climate justice issues, the importance of art, feminism and parenthood intersect in both her creative and professional pursuits.
Mannix is a contributing editor of Watch Your Head, a climate crisis anthology, and an entertainment and lifestyle writer for MSN. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Edmonton Poetry Festival and is an avid believer that everyone, everywhere has a little poetry in their soul.
Her poetry and prose have appeared in numerous Canadian and American journals and anthologies. Confirm Humanity is her first book of poetry.
Alexis Marie Chute
Alexis Marie Chute is a creative force with a distinguished career as an award-winning artist, photographer, filmmaker, curator, and bestselling author.
A prolific author, Chute’s first book was the poignant memoir Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss (2017), with the accompanying international-screened documentary film. Her Amazon-bestselling young adult novels in “The 8th Island Trilogy” include Above the Star (2018), Below the Moon (2019), and Inside the Sun (2020). She has also penned four non-fiction books, blending her research, writing, and artwork, including: Prairie Spirits (2021), The Eternal Summer of Alberta’s Herbarium (2022), Memorable Murals (2023), and Moments in Focus (2024).
Chute received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design from the University of Alberta (2007) where she was recognized as a distinguished graduate with the Horizon Award (2018). She also earned her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, graduating class valedictorian.
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