| September 23 |
Gary Farmer (from Toronto): actor, filmmaker, cultural arts worker.
University College. 7:30 p.m.
Gary Farmer, actor, producer and media innovator will open the
University of Toronto's Aboriginal Lecture Series with his talk Breaking
the Silence: Creating Aboriginal Media Institutions. The lecture takes
place this Monday, September 23 at 7:30 pm in the West Hall of
University College, located at 15 King's College Circle.
A popular actor in Canada and the United States for the past 20 years,
Farmer's latest film role was in Skins, a Chris Eyre film. He is perhaps
best know for his work in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, winner of the
European Academy Award in 1997 for Best Foreign Film, the first American
film to win the honour. Farmer also co-starred in the 1989 film Pow Wow
Highway directed by Jonathan Wacks. Farmer is currently the executive
producer of Buffalo Tracks, an Aboriginal People's Television variety show.
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| October 7 |
Jeannette Armstrong (from Penticton): writer, professor, activist
Bahen Centre 1130, 7 p.m.
Jeannette Armstrong is the Director of the En'owkin International School
of Writing and Arts, Penticton, BC, and she is an author and artist.
She wrote the highly acclaimed novel Slash as well as a new novel called
Whispering in Shadows, both with Theytus Books. She is also a poet, and
her poetry collection is Breath Tracks. Recently Ms. Armstrong
collaborated with renowned Native architect Douglas Cardinal on the book
Native Creative Process, and she has been anthologized many times as a
writer and poet. She has also been associated with video and CD
production including "Till the Bars Break" that was nominated for a
Canadian Juno award.
Most importantly Ms. Armstrong is an advocate of Indigenous rights. As
such she was appointed to the Council of Listeners in the International
Testimonials On Violations to Indigenous Sovereignty, appointed one of
seven Indigenous Judges to the First Nations Court of Justice called by
the Chiefs of Ontario, and serves as an international observer to the
Continental Coordinating Commission of Indigenous People and
Organizations. Jeannette Armstrong has addressed conferences and
assemblies on a wide range of topics at universities in Japan, Russia,
Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand, USA, and Canada. She has given
addresses at the World Conference on Indigenous Education and the World
Council of Churches on Racism, and she is currently serving on the
Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
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| October 28 |
Basil Johnston (from Wiarton): writer, storyteller
Bahen Centre 1130, 7 p.m.
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| November 18 |
Maria Campbell (from Saskatoon): writer, dramatist, cultural arts worker
Bahen Centre 1130, 7 p.m.
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| January 13 |
Robert Allen Warrior (Oklahoma): English professor, writer
Koffler Institute 108, 7 p.m.
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| February 3 |
Tantoo Cardinal (Calgary): actor, cultural arts spokesperson
Koffler Institute 108, 7 p.m.
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| February 24 |
Ofelia Zepeda (Arizona): linguist, professor, writer
Bahen Centre 1170, 7 p.m.
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| March 17 |
Gerald McMaster (Washington DC/Ottawa): administrator, artist, cultural arts worker
Bahen Centre 1130, 7 p.m.
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