In connection with the exhibit, The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch and the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present the following lecture via Zoom. “Grandmother’s Beads - Heirloom Preservation and the Importance of Stories.”

Can you identify a cultural artifact from an heirloom?
What is valuable enough to keep?
What should be donated?
How can one tell the difference?
Looking through examples of antique Ukrainian beadwork and drawing on Indigenous teachings,
this talk will explain how preserving heritage goes beyond the physical and into the realm of Memory.