SHARE YOUR DREAM WITH DR VOLLANT
Live the privileged moment where Dr. Vollant shares with open heart, his hopes for indigenous youth to the ten ambassadors of Puamun Meshkenu. This unique moment allowed the ambassadors to add their personal dreams to the 22,000 dreams collected since the start of Innu Meskenu.
Let yourself be inspired by this video and also deposit your dreams in the stick of a thousand dreams!
The ancestors told me:
“Your soul dreamed long before you did. Your heart has heard the earth. "
Joséphine Bacon, Message sticks / Tshissinuatshitakana, Montreal, Inkwell memory, 2009
We invite you to share your dreams with the Sticks of a Thousand Dreams. Pass on your dearest dreams—the ones you want to see come true in your life—to the sticks so that they may join the 22,000 other dreams already gathered.
“Our dreams are in our hearts. No one can steal them from us. We must persevere and continue to believe in our dreams. And when we have made our dreams true, we can help others to make theirs come true.” —Stanley Vollant
It's your turn to lay down your dream. You can complete the form, record a video or just audio.
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You will have 2 minutes to record your video, don't forget to tell us your name, your age and your nation.
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You will have 3 mandatory fields to write before you can record your video or audio: your name, email address and phone number, if you need help does not hesitate to ask a parent for help.
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If you're under the age of 14, your parents will have 30 days to complete the image consent form that we will email them. If we don’t receive the completed form by this time, your video or audio recording will be destroyed and not be broadcast on our website.
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The first stick
During his 2011 walk between Baie-Comeau and Obedjiwan, Dr. Vollant received a magnificent stick carved by Philibert Rousselot’s talented hands. Stanley adopted this walking stick as his companion for the hundreds of kilometres of his expedition. Unfortunately, in 2013, during his walk between Gesgapegiag (Maria) and Ugpi'ganjig (Eel River Bar), Mr. Rousselot’s stick was lost at Tracadigash Point, in Carleton-sur-Mer.
The second stick
In 2012, Dr. Vollant received another gift, this time from Lishkan (Alexandre) Hervieux, a 99-year-old friend of Stanley’s grandfather, who held the doctor in great affection. Before gently and discreetly departing from this land, Lishkan had taken care to ask his son to give Stanley his walking stick. Which he did. That is how this precious object became part of Stanley’s journey and has accompanied him for more than a decade and along thousands of kilometres.
Dream sharing
Lishkan’s walking stick continued on its way. While it was passing through Kitcisakik, in Anicinape territory, an unexpected event occurred that would confer great meaning to this object.
While visiting the elementary school, Stanley took a walk with some young people from the community. With kind intentions, he lent his stick to one boy and then to another. But conflict soon broke out between his young companions, who began arguing over the stick. So Stanley asked all the children to gather around and put one hand on the stick, to close their eyes and make a wish—to share a dream—for their lives.
At that very moment, Lishkan’s walking stick became even bigger. The young people were focusing so hard on their dreams, they made the stick tremble and shake. Stanley’s heart was completely inspired. What a revelation. Making this simple gesture, the boys had wished for something positive for themselves, visualized it, and made that wish come true by entrusting their dreams to the walking stick.
This moment had a profound effect on the doctor and since that day, wherever he goes, Stanley has invited people to share their dreams with the walking stick. An intimate, spiritual and simple gesture. So that each and every one may visualize a dream and a goal in life. The walking stick symbolizes going above and beyond and surpassing oneself, according to that is possible. At the time of writing, more than 22,000 people have entrusted their dream to the walking stick.
DR STANLEY VOLLANT TELLS US ABOUT THE DREAM
Dr. Stanley Vollant, with the young Anya who joined him to place a dream in the stick.
Dr. Stanley Vollant’s opening and closing speeches at the 2015 Inter-Band Indigenous Games.