Shy anne hovorka biography of donald
Award-winning songwriter and performer, Shy-Anne Hovorka was the guest speaker at the th annual general meeting of Children's Aid Society of Oxford.
As an Indigenous Anishinaabekwe woman, I have dedicated myself to using my voice and artistry to contribute to Truth and Reconciliation....
Tree planting date turns into a long lasting relationship
Eighteen years ago, powerhouse activist and singer-songwriter Shy-Anne Hovorka met her husband Ben Bartlett while they were working on a tree plant in Red Lake.
Shy-Anne was a tree planter and Ben was a checker. Checkers, as described by Sydney Jones in a Vice article about tree planting, are “equivalent to the dreaded parking police.” So, unsurprisingly, the two endured some ribbing from their respective tree planting and checking peer groups once they began to spend more time together.
Shy-Anne and Ben dated for a while during their tree planting days and hung out in Nipigon (where Ben is from), but she had plans to go to Seoul, South Korea to teach and he had plans to head to Thailand.
Hovorka won every award she was nominated for and took home the trophies for Aboriginal Female Entertainer of the Year, Best Album Cover Design for her album.The two lost contact for some years. Upon returning from South Korea and earning her second degree from Lakehead University (HBA Music, BEd), Shy-Anne went to Red Lake to teach Ojibwe and music.
“I kept coming back to Northwestern Ontar
