Writing Our Stories: Indigenous Authors & Publishers Panel

In celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month, the University of Waterloo’s Office of Indigenous Relations and The Dana Proter Library invite you to an Indigenous Authors & Publishers Reading, Panel, and Q&A.

Date: June 11, 2026
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library, Main Floor (in front of the Indigenous mural), University of Waterloo

This event features two Indigenous-owned publishing houses, Ojistoh Publishing and Kegedonce Press, who will each present two of their authors for a shared reading and discussion.

Featured authors include Dawn Cheryl Hill, author of Memory Keeper, and Dr. Karenna’onwe Hill, author of The Good Mind, both Mohawk Turtle Clan, alongside D.A. Lockhart, Turtle Clan member of Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Lenape), and Coltrane Seesequasis, an Indigenous writer who grew up in Gatineau, Quebec.

Each author will read from their work, followed by a panel conversation and audience Q&A. Books will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be provided.