29th Ottawa Children’s StoryTelling Festival | 29e Festival du conte pour enfants d’Ottawa

We celebrated stories in schools, at the Odawa Native Friendship Centre, and the Ottawa Public Library Nepean Centrepointe branch from November 20 - 25 | 20 - 25 novembre (2023)

Festival Schedule | Programme du festival

ODAWA NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Stories from my Community

Ottawa StoryTellers and the Odawa Native Friendship Centre cohosted storytellers from several First Nations communities. Louise Profeit-LeBlanc will be coming from the Nacho Nyak Dän First Nation (First Nation of the Big River People) in Mayo, Northeastern Yukon, Mary Gunner from the Cree community at Moose Factory, Ontario, Doreen Stevens from Kitiganzibi, Quebec, and Krystal Snowboay (TBA). Click here to see the recordings on OPL’s Youtube channel.

Stories at Ben Franklin Centre

Stories were recorded in the Chamber at Ottawa’s Ben Franklin Centre. Listen to our storytellers from across Canada! There were stories for all tastes and ages in both English and French as well as various crafts, and a super-fun life-sized Candy Land board game.

All of the sessions below can be found on OPL’s Youtube channel.

 
 
 
 
 

Craft Instructions

To find out more about the Storytellers at each event, click the logos below

Online ~ On demand

Online ~ on demand during festival week, new shows daily, Nov 20-25 – storytellers/ conteurs et conteuses / indigenous storytellers 

And online - on demand after festival week - festival highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/@BiblioOttawaLibrary

Odawa Native Friendship Centre  

Indigenous Storytellers will share stories Nov 23, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Odawa Native Friendship Centre. The general public are welcome.  Free entrance.

Stories in English 

Les contes en français

English Storyteller, conteuses et conteurs francophone, Indigenous storyteller at OPL’s Ben Franklin Place Saturday Nov 25, 10:30 am – 4 pm: in-person & live streamed  /  Conteurs et conteuses anglophone, francophone et autochtones chez Ben Franklin Place le Samedi 25 novembre, 10:30 h à 16 h,  en- personne et en-direct-en-streaming. Free / Gratuit.

 

Les contes en français

Conteuse et conteur, francophones, dans les écoles CECCE du lundi au vendredi du 20 au 24 novembre

Des conteurs et conteuses se rendront dans les écoles de la région d'Ottawa pour célébrer le Festival du conte pour enfants d'Ottawa, du 20 au 24 novembre 2023.

MASC Storytellers in the Schools (English)

Storytellers will visit select schools across the Ottawa region in celebration of the Ottawa Children's Storytelling Festival Nov 20-24, 2023

 
 

Ottawa Children's Storytelling Festival presented by Ottawa StoryTellers and the Ottawa Public Library

Festival du conte pour enfants d’Ottawa présenté par Ottawa StoryTellers et la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa.

 

In partnership with ~ En partenariat avec

Odawa Native Friendship Centre, Le Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est, Le Consortium Centre Jules-Léger, Le Cercle des conteurs et conteuses de l'Est de l'Ontario, MASC

Our Sponsors:

Thank you to the sponsors who make the festival and workshops for children and youth possible!

With thanks to our generous community sponsors and funders:

Harry P Ward Foundation