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Hello! I’m an Ojibwa / Cree / Swedish First Nations mama living with my children on Gabriola Island, where we are settling into a new home and slowly establishing garden spaces while learning the rhythms of the land together.
I’m inviting 1–2 Workawayers to join us for a cultural exchange experience and to share in simple daily island life. Hosting visitors over time has been very meaningful for our family — we’ve grown through sharing meals, stories, languages, and different ways of living, and we truly value the connection that comes from welcoming people from around the world into our home.
Activities here are light and seasonal, and happen alongside me as we organize home and outdoor spaces together. These may include:
• helping set up small garden beds
• light seasonal orchard care as we learn together
• simple shared household tasks
• organizing tools or outdoor spaces
• walking our friendly dog Aries 🐕
As someone with Ojibwa, Cree, and Swedish roots, I value sharing perspectives about relationship to land, culture, and community care, and I also enjoy learning about visitors’ traditions, foods, and experiences in return.
Gabriola Island is part of the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and has long been known as a place where people come to slow down, before collenization tribes would come or send people that need a internal perpective, and still today the reconnecting with the land, and find space for reflection and healing. It is not quite city and not fully rural — it carries a quieter rhythm that many people experience as supportive for rest, clarity, and personal growth, and a place where people slow down enough they begin to notice and gently work with the “war inside” in their own way. Is funny the things our bodys and unconscious tell us when we are not being over stimulated all the time by the worlds loudness for attention.
This stay is a good fit for people who enjoy nature, slower-paced environments, and meaningful connection.
If this sounds like a good match, I’d love to hear from you
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
House & pet sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
Farming
Plant care
Photography
Music
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Animals
Sailing / Boating
Nature
Cycling
Camping
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learning about gardening in a family setting, and enjoying what it feels like to live with many of different ages, many different people.
Projects involving children
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Help
Activities here are light and seasonal, and happen alongside me as we organize home and outdoor spaces together. These may include:
• helping set up small garden beds
• light seasonal orchard care as we learn together
• simple shared household tasks
• organizing tools or outdoor spaces
• walking our friendly dog Aries 🐕
Dog walking is one of the biggest things that will be needed, one walk from each workaway hosted, if we are not doing a bigger tasks in a day. I am looking for 1 to 2 hours a day of exercise for the dog, if you love exploring beaches and different wooded paths. Aries is a perfect companion.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I am open to learn from people of different cultures and languages, I am not set on any languages at the moment but very interesting what I can learn.
Accommodation
A yurt with a queen bed, and a bell tent with a double bed.
What else ...
The island is a beautiful tourist destination and lots of outdoor walking paths and beaches to visit. I can help facilitate rides unless my schedule is not work able to do so there is a bus system on the island that can get you to most of the placese you need to go. There is a golf course, out door hockey rink(not on ice), tennis courts, skate park, three restaurants and if shopping is needed we are a 20 minute ferry ride to Nanaimo where there are also a bus system and many malls and shopping facilities.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
I can help provide water and electricity, there is no place on the island for dumping bathroom sewage on island.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Aries
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Rating: 5/5
We had an absolutely wonderful two-week stay with Crystal on the magical Gabriola Island! Our time was mostly spent on housekeeping tasks and caring for her lovely dog Aries, who quickly became our furry best friend—such a sweet and playful companion.
Crystal is a beautiful soul with a… read more
Aries, our dog, dearly misses his daily walks… read more
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Rating: 5/5
We had an absolutely wonderful two-week stay with Crystal on the magical Gabriola Island! Our time was mostly spent on housekeeping tasks and caring for her lovely dog Aries, who quickly became our furry best friend—such a sweet and playful companion.
Crystal is a beautiful soul with a… read more
Aries, our dog, dearly misses his daily walks… read more
We will miss her laugh and… read more
Anyone that gets the pleasure of hosting Leo is in for a treat. He is a very good listener, very good at communicating. He was very good at doing projects and getting them done, even pushing to get stuff
done right. He also has the ability to enjoy the moment. He can stop a task dnjoy life and then come right back to… read more
I had plenty of time to explore the island's trails and beaches with Aries who is a great… read more
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They where very good at getting done any job and if had questions asked and made sure the instructions where clear. Very good comunication skills for both. They shared the house and space with respect, making room for the flow of the family. It truly was a pleasure, I could go on about… read more
We stayed with Crystal for 3 weeks. Originally we were only going to stay with her for 2 weeks, but we had such a good time that we extended our stay.
Crystal is such a warm, fun, caring, loving and wise young woman. She happily took us into her home on very short notice and gave us a wonderful stay.
The work was really easy… read more
They took time to share some of their selves and gave… read more
When I first thought to host Lina and Jan I was nervous, I didn't know how or what it was going to be like hosting a couple but let me tell you, it was one of the most wonderful experiences.… read more
Rest assured nothing i could ever write could sum up how amazing my stay was.
Crystal is such a kindhearted and beautiful soul with an awesome sense of humor, in short, she's magic.
I'll… read more
Would host again hands down.
When you showed up, I was excited because I could tell instantly you have a good soul. It was an absolute pleasure to work with you and learn with you. The two… read more
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I can recommend her to everyone who's… read more
