• Author Elizabeth Laird shares stories from her travels in Ethiopia. Akbar Dewji
    22 March 2015 | Ismaili Centre Toronto

    Storytelling at the Ismaili Centre

    Author Elizabeth Laird shares stories from her travels in Ethiopia. Akbar Dewji
6:00 PM
24 March 2015
5:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Toronto
Canada
Toronto, 23 March 2015 — Storytellers, teachers and a novelist brought the art of storytelling to the Ismaili Centre, Toronto as part of a citywide festival.
 
 
 
 
 
Acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Laird, Brazilian storyteller Regina Machado, First Nations storyteller Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, school librarian Leslie Ogilvie, and teachers Lynda Howes and Joan Bailey regaled 300 students in grades 4 to 6, as well as a large group of adults, with stories from around the world.
 
Participants learned about storytelling while being entertained by stories from different cultures and traditions. The full day event, held in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum, was part of the Toronto Storytelling Festival, which has become one of the world’s top urban storytelling celebrations.