"Like a String of Beads/âniskôhôcikan: Indigenous Futurisms" - Chelsea Vowel
About the Event
The Department of English at Lakehead University is pleased to present a public talk by Chelsea Vowel "Like a String of Beads/âniskôhôcikan: Indigenous Futurisms."
About the Speaker
Chelsea Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Parent to six children, she has a BEd, LLB, and MA. She is a Cree language instructor at the Faculty of Native studies at the University of Alberta. Chelsea is a public intellectual, writer, and educator whose work intersects language, gender, Métis self-determination, and resurgence. Author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, she and her co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast Métis in Space, and co-founded the Métis in Space Land Trust.
Registration
Register for zoom link here.
In-person viewing is possible in Thunder Bay in AT 3006
Co-sponsors
Indigenous Learning Program
Indigenous Access Program
Office of Indigenous Initiatives (Orillia)
Social Justice Studies Program