![]() ![]() Vivi believes that Indigenous Peoples’ love that comes from the Creator, the land, and connection to the Spirit world brings the answers humanity is searching for. She felt the miraculous love of the Creator in her powerful recovery from her surgeries. She learned to surrender and to trust what she was feeling in her heart and to embrace unconditional love and forgiveness in her life. These ceremonies awoke an ancient memory within her that inspired her to connect with her own ancestral lineage and gave her the strength that she needed to embark on a new journey of healing. She was moved and humbled by the Sacred Fire, the unconditional love that she felt, and the strong connection she was able to make with the Creator, the Ancestors, and Mother Earth. ![]() It guided her to a place of miracles and an environment of healing. In 1996, Vivi was introduced to the Sacred Fire and ceremonies of Indigenous Peoples. Vivi’s recurring surgeries led her to begin a quest for truth, meaning, and purpose. She had the first of five open heart surgeries when she was twenty-five years old. Vivi has volunteered for Hadassah-WIZO, a Jewish women’s organization, and is an active instructor of Tai-Ji and Qi-Gong. After being educated in the United States and in Mexico, she made her way to Canada in 1980. Her ancestors are Jewish from the Sephardic Peoples of Turkey. Vivi was born in Colombia, South America. New York City and is a faculty member for the Leadership Quest of the Earthwise Is recognized as an Evolutionary Leader by the Source of Synergy Foundation in The legacy of the Indigenous Peoples Program is a series of ceremonial gatherings between Indigenous Nations designed to renew pre-colonial alliances and, beginning in 2020, relationships with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Anishinaabek Nation. Over 100 Indigenous spiritual leaders spoke in the Lodge of Nations built inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Recently, Diane was Co-Chair for the development of the Indigenous Peoples Program at the Parliament of the World’s Religions global gathering in Toronto for 8,500 delegates in November 2018. In 20, Diane was the Indigenous Education Advisor to the Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne and the Ontario Minister of Education (Minister Naidoo Harris and Minister Mitzie Hunter). She has published extensively on Indigenous education law and policy for the Chiefs of Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations. Diane is also founder of First Nations House (Office of Aboriginal Student Services and Programs) at the University of Toronto.ĭiane is a professional educator with a Master’s degree in education and has taught at universities as well as national and international conferences on the topic of traditional Indigenous knowledge systems and spirituality as the fuel for innovation. She has served as Elder for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health since January of 2013 and is also the Senior Project Manager, Guiding Directions Implementation.ĭiane is founder of Soul of the Mother, a Healing Lodge on the shores of the Grand River at Six Nations Grand River Territory, with extensive relationships with First Nations in Canada and the United States. She is a ceremonial leader, traditional teacher, and healer. Kahontakwas is a member of the Turtle Clan and Mohawk Nation at Six Nations Grand River Territory, Canada.
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