Events

Please join us November 6, 1pm - 3pm in EC5 1111.

Clayton Samuel King, Potawatomi from Beausoleil, is an artist, educator, and orator. One of his areas of expertise and passion is the Williams treaties, which effect his home community. In this presentation, Clayton will discuss life before the treaties, 100 years of the Williams Treaties and their implications such as denied rights to hunting and fishing

In this presentation, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper Myeengun Henry guides attendees on an interactive journey back in time. He discusses how treaties and agreements were spiritually significant, emphasizing the intent and meaning Indigenous folks carried into these agreements. 

Join the Faculty of Math for the first screening in their Queer Film Series.  This month's movie is The Celluloid Closet, a documentary about Hollywood's portrayal and erasure of queer characters.  The film is based on Vito Russo's book: The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies and features interviews with a host of Hollywood royalty including Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Susan Sarandon, and Whoopi Goldberg.  It is a pretty fun look at a pretty un-fun topic.  

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Chelsea Vowel, a public intellectual, writer, educator, and Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

Please join us on February 8 for Chelsea's engaging presentation "âniskôhôcikan, Like a String of Beads: Indigenous Futurisms." Indigenous futurisms, a term coined by Grace Dillon and indebted to Afrofuturism, seeks to describe a movement of art, literature, games, and other forms of media that express Indigenous perspectives on the future, present, and past. How can Indigenous futurisms help us think and act otherwise?

Please note: Registration is appreciated but not required. Everyone is welcome! 

From the Kwantlen First Nation village of Squa’lets comes the tale of Th’owxiya, an old and powerful spirit that inhabits a feast dish of tempting, beautiful foods from around the world. When she catches a hungry mouse named Kw’at’el stealing a piece of cheese from her dish, she threatens to devour Kw’at’el’s whole family, unless he can bring Th’owxiya two child spirits. Ignorant but desperate, Kw’at’el sets out on an epic journey to fulfill the spirit’s demands.

From the Kwantlen First Nation village of Squa’lets comes the tale of Th’owxiya, an old and powerful spirit that inhabits a feast dish of tempting, beautiful foods from around the world. When she catches a hungry mouse named Kw’at’el stealing a piece of cheese from her dish, she threatens to devour Kw’at’el’s whole family, unless he can bring Th’owxiya two child spirits. Ignorant but desperate, Kw’at’el sets out on an epic journey to fulfill the spirit’s demands.