2023 Schedule
Saturday March 4
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sean Graves
Getting in touch with your health:
How to self screen for cancer
Early detection is the best tool that we have for catching cancer in the early stages. This educational session will give you the tools to spot the spots that should be taken seriously.
BIO: Sean Graves graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in 2021. He was born and raised in the Greater Victoria Area and is thrilled to be raising his family here. Every appointment bring respect, empathy and listening. Sean’s committed to being a collaborator in their health and wellness journey. He brings professionalism, integrity and compassion to every appointment.
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Hilary Hraefn-Porter & Derek Pennett
Celestial Frequencies for Healing & Transformation
Intrigued by astrology? Mesmerized by the stars? Each celestial body, planet, asteroid, & star has its own vibration, one that can be used to calm the nervous system, unlock & release trauma patterns and heal timelines. You are invited to come learn how, through the use of tuning forks calibrated to these frequencies, they can be used to initiate healing, deep powerful change & bring insights so you can release the struggle, feel present in your life and realize patterns that make sense to your Soul. Come learn how these frequencies can be used to initiate healing change & ease in your life.
BIO: Hilary Hraefn Porter of Sacred Starseed Healing & Derek Pennett, The Cosmic Messenger, are Full Spectrum Healers based in Victoria, BC. Through a blend of traditional and esoteric modalities, they hold space for beings who are ready to take the next step in their Spiritual R:evolution. They offer high frequency healing & training that supports the opening up of new possibilities while guiding you to uncover the deeper layers of remembering within yourself.
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Captian Elyse Charrier
Leading the Army of Tomorrow – Women in the CAF
Women have been involved in Canada’s military service and contributed to Canada’s rich military history for more than 100 years. From 1941 when the first two women’s services were created as auxiliaries to the Air Force and the Army, to now accounting for more than 16.30% of total Regular Force and Primary reserve members. The history of Canadian service women is an important part of our national military heritage and their achievements contribute to the full and equal inclusion of woman in our society and national institutions. Canada is a world leader in both the proportion of women in its military and the areas in which they can serve. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) objective is that by 2026, 1 in 4 CAF members will be women.
BIO: Captain Elyse Charrier is originally from Ottawa, Ontario and joined the Canadian Armed Forces in July 2014 as an Army Logistics Officer. Captain Charrier spent her first 5 years attending the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in Kingston, Ontario studying in the Arts Program with a Major in Business Administration. While attending RMCC, Captain Charrier played on the Varsity Women’s Soccer Team and ran with the Competitive Cross-Country/Track & Field Team. Upon graduation, Captain Charrier was posted to 1 Service Battalion (1 Svc Bn) in Edmonton, Alberta and spent 2.5 years there as a Platoon Commander. In the summer of 2022, Captain Charrier was posted to 39 Service Battalion in Victoria, British Columbia and currently hold the positions of the Operations Officer and Acting Officer Commanding 11 Company. Captain Charrier met her husband in the summer of 2021 and got married 10 months later. Together they enjoy traveling, mountaineering, camping, downhill biking, and playing with their cats.
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Suzette Ramcharan
Sober & Spectacular
A discussion about the sober movement, how far we have come, and what we can do to continue to foster acceptance for those who choose not to indulge. Suzette will discuss how her own journey and struggle with alcohol abuse, the various levels of abuse and how to own your story, where you are sober living, sober curious, looking to cut down or just interested in learning more. This will be a fun and interaction presentation with a sample of DRNK Bev Mojito and Moscow Mule.
BIO: Suzette is a motivated entrepreneur who left behind a successful career in captial markets to develop a great tasting and healthier option for ready-to-drink mocktails, driven by her own struggle with sobriety, and the lack of quality products on the market
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Karen Adams
Never Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle
Everyone has a purpose for being! Karen will share how to be resilient and relentless when barriers are erected to sidetrack your reason for existing.
BIO: Karen Adams is an international public speaker and author of the award winning memoir "Women in Scarlet". Her riveting book documents her 28 year career in the RCMP, fighting not only crime and drug dealers, but also for the rights of women in a patriarchal system and never letting anyone dull her sparkle.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Kristin Greffard
Fight Back for Women – Sheepdog Self-Protection Inc.
Fight Back for Women empowers participants with the tools to keep themselves safe. Learn the most common trends amongst stranger-on-stranger attacks and how to avoid being a target. Guaranteed you will leave feeling stronger, more confident, and capable of conquering the world. Shoulders back, chest up, head up.
BIO: Kristin is the owner and lead instructor for Sheepdog Self-Protection Inc. She is a full-time law enforcement officer. Kristin is a provincially certified law enforcement control tactics instructor and has been training in the area of self-protection for almost 20 years. As a Personal Safety Expert, she specializes in reality-based training, personal safety training for real world encounters.
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
JT Bechard
Hair Health & Scalp Solutions
Are you a female or male experiencing hair loss? Do your hair strands feel weak or thinner the past several years? Are you experiencing scalp discomfort – itching, irritation, excess oil, or dandruff? A Certified Trichologist can guide you on how you can regrow and strengthen your hair and maintain scalp health all year around. A complimentary hair and scalp analysis helps to determine a treatment plan so that you can begin to feel like yourself again!
BIO: JT Bechard is a Board Certified Trichologist. JT (Jatinder) Bechard is extremely passionate about helping individuals with hair loss and scalp conditions. Her personal journey with hair loss and scalp health spans over two decades when she experienced chronic hair loss. Finding little to no support from medical professionals, JT decided to become a board-certified Trichologist or a “hair and scalp doctor”. She graduated from and is a member of the International Association of Trichologists (I.A.T.) and World Trichology Society (W.T.S.). As a Trichologist, she uses a holistic approach to identifying underlying factors causing hair loss, and a microscopic scalp analysis and patient history to determine the best course of treatment and achieve the most effective results.
With her years of education & experience in the field of trichology, JT stays apprised of the latest hair loss technologies, methodologies, and solutions to ensure her patients receive a safe, effective and a personalized treatment plan.
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Zumba with Lizy
Dance Fitness with Lizy
BIO: Lizy took her first class in August 2011 and fell in LOVE with Zumba®! 3 months later, she became an instructor in November to inspire and motivate others to get moving and bring joy to their lives through dance and fitness. Through Zumba® Lizy has lost over 80 lbs, resolved her Type 2 diabetes and lowered her blood pressure where it no longer had to be treated. Her goal is to show that fitness is a journey and dancing your way there is great for your physical and mental health.
Lizy is licensed to teach Zumba®, Zumba® Toning, Zumba® Gold, Zumba® Gold Toning, Zumba® Kids – Kids Jr and BollyX LIT (Low Impact Training). Owning Dance Fitness with Lizy has allowed students to become instructors, be mentored and teach classes in the community. Community minded, she promotes Peace Love Zumba® and believes that there is an instructor style for every student. Keep exploring classes until you find the ones you love!
By day she is an IT Admin, mom, grandmother and cat mom. She runs a crystal company and believes that we change the world one person at a time ♥
SUNDAY March 5
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Astrid Loucks Fitness
Pound Exercise Demonstration
Using specially designed drumsticks, we workout to the beat of the music, make noise with our sticks and rock out! Excellent movement work out, as well as stress release. You won't want to miss this fun workout with Astrid and her students.
BIO: As a Fitness Coach, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor located in beautiful Victoria. Astrid is passionate about helping you move your body, become stronger and increase your confident. She instructs woman of various fitness levels and is known for her energy and becoming your inner cheerleader. At the outdoor classes you’ll meet both her daughter and dog.
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Kristin Greffard
The Do’s, the Don’ts, and the Nevers of Online Dating
This seminar provides participants with the basic skills on how to surf safely for your match made in heaven. The days of “that will never happen to me” are gone! Own your personal safety online and in person. We discuss a wide range of “red flags”. Let us help you become the best filter against creeps, jerks, stalkers, killers, psychopaths, and the guys who are outright weird. Let us help you put your best cyber foot forward while maintaining your personal safety.
BIO: Kristin is the owner and lead instructor for Sheepdog Self-Protection Inc. She is a full-time law enforcement officer. Kristin is a provincially certified law enforcement control tactics instructor and has been training in the area of self-protection for almost 20 years. As a Personal Safety Expert, she specializes in reality-based training, personal safety training for real world encounters.
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Jessica Cerato
Numerology: The Power of Numbers and YOU!
Do you notice numbers everywhere you look - clocks, license plates, receipts? Curious about what they mean and what messages they are sending your way? Do you want to understand yourself and others more deeply?
Join Jessica Cerato, Certified Numerologist and Energy Strategist, for an interactive presentation which will have you looking at numbers, and yourself, in a whole new light! Discover the science, math, and magic of Numerology and how it can unlock your life's potential and purpose.
BIO: Former corporate executive turned intuitive healer, Jessica Cerato has been immersed in numbers for decades. As a Certified Master Numerologist and Energy Strategist, she translates the energy of dates, numbers, and patterns into everyday language to help you feel more confidence and joy. Jessica offers personal readings, numerology courses, and energy strategy to clients around the world. When she’s not playing with numbers, you can find her with her family in the forest, by the ocean, or dancing in her kitchen in North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
You can learn more about your unique gift to the world with her free resource at www.jessicacerato.com/freegift
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Chelsea Smith
Boudoir is for Every Body
You are beautiful today, tomorrow and every day after. We grow, we change but we only get better with time. We mature, we are wiser, we become comfortable in our skin; we learn to love ourselves. I'm so glad you're doing this for yourself. A Boudoir Session is something every woman should experience and I would love to help you celebrate yourself!
BIO: Chelsea is a Luxury Boudoir and Portrait Photographer in Victoria BC. Her passion is not only to create timeless art for women to help them see their true beauty and power, but also to bring women together: Making new friends, new tribes- as life isn't always roses and butterflies so facing it with our tribe makes it enjoyable and doable. Everyone needs strong, powerful women in their lives and Chelsea LOVES introducing as many of those women to each other as she can! Chelsea is working on building a woman army of fierce warriors that can face the world together hand in hand!
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Chelsea Smith & Michele Tessier
Don't Mind if We Do Podcast Interview
BIO: Michele was born and raised in Grand Bank, Newfoundland but now calls this West Coast Rock her home. She is a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy with more than 25 years of service and four command appointments. Named one of the Women’s Executive Network’s “Canada’s Most Powerful Women – Top 100” in 2017, Michele believes in encouraging, inspiring, and mentoring women and girls to be the best version of themselves.
Chelsea is a Luxury Boudoir and Portrait Photographer in Victoria BC. Her passion is not only to create timeless art for women to help them see their true beauty and power, but also to bring women together: Making new friends, new tribes- as life isn't always roses and butterflies so facing it with our tribe makes it enjoyable and doable. Everyone needs strong, powerful women in their lives and Chelsea LOVES introducing as many of those women to each other as she can! Chelsea is working on building a woman army of fierce warriors that can face the world together hand in hand!
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Elegant Fashion From Nature
by Leaf Modern Gallery
Owner Mona Elliott and Designer Sandra Froher
Our models will be showcasing our elegant sustainable fashion line created by the beauty of nature. Designer Sandra Froher will be sharing about foraging botanicals and nature for the eco-pigment process and how it makes each garment unique, one-of-a-kind, and absolutely luxurious to wear. We are bringing nature into your everyday life.
BIO: From Ethiopia Africa, Mona is the owner of Leaf Modern Gallery, a contemporary Indigenous gallery celebrating art and fashion of the West Coast.
From the Stó:lō nation in Chilliwack, B.C., Sandra creates ethereal works in many forms, including original paintings, sustainable fashion, and nature jewelry. Sandra’s fashion line is inspired by her connection to her Indigenous roots and traditions of living among nature and off the land.
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
AJ Maher, BUILTWEAR
BUILTWear Active Wear Fashion Presentation
BIO: Founder, a.j_maher on Instagram. Battles Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes and Heart failure. Through all this he played Football at the Canadian Junior level.
AJ began training at the age of 13, and is a certified personal trainer.
"Without fitness, I wouldn't be alive today. Choosing to take my life into my own hands, challenging myself to compete, saved my life."
He hopes his story inspires others to challenge they're circumstances and push towards what they want in life. He approaches the fitness industry the same way with a relentless mentally. Putting in the work everyday, pushing excuses to the side, and perfecting every single detail.
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Lizy Gipson
Dance Fitness with Lizy
BIO: Lizy took her first class in August 2011 and fell in LOVE with Zumba®! 3 months later, she became an instructor in November to inspire and motivate others to get moving and bring joy to their lives through dance and fitness. Through Zumba® Lizy has lost over 80 lbs, resolved her Type 2 diabetes and lowered her blood pressure where it no longer had to be treated. Her goal is to show that fitness is a journey and dancing your way there is great for your physical and mental health.
Lizy is licensed to teach Zumba®, Zumba® Toning, Zumba® Gold, Zumba® Gold Toning, Zumba® Kids – Kids Jr and BollyX LIT (Low Impact Training). Owning Dance Fitness with Lizy has allowed students to become instructors, be mentored and teach classes in the community. Community minded, she promotes Peace Love Zumba® and believes that there is an instructor style for every student. Keep exploring classes until you find the ones you love!
By day she is an IT Admin, mom, grandmother and cat mom. She runs a crystal company and believes that we change the world one person at a time ♥