As part of the Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Lecture Series, co-presented by the Indigenous Pedagogies Research Network at the University of British Columbia:

Lee Maracle
Sto:Loh Storyteller, Grandmother, Author and Traditional Cultural Director, University of Toronto

Thursday, Mar 24, 12-1pm
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Multipurpose Room, 6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC

Celia’s Song

Synopsis: Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nuu’Chahlnuth territory.

Celia is a seer who — despite being convinced she’s a little “off” — must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews.

Celia’s Song relates one Nuu’Chahlnuth family’s harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference, and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans.

(Via Cormorant Books)

Bio: Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lee Maracle grew up in the neighbouring city of North Vancouver and attended Simon Fraser University. She was one of the first Aboriginal people to be published in the early 1970s. Lee is one of the most prolific aboriginal authors in Canada and a recognized authority on issues pertaining to aboriginal people and aboriginal literature. She is an award-winning poet, novelist, performance storyteller, scriptwriter, actor and keeper/mythmaker among the Stó:lō people. She has been described as “a walking history book” and an international expert on Canadian First Nations culture and history. In addition, she is one of the founders of the En’owkin International School of Writing in Penticton, British Columbia and the cultural director of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Lee Maracle has taught at the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Southern Oregon University and has served as professor of Canadian culture at Western Washington University. She currently lives in Toronto, teaching at the University of Toronto First Nations House. She most recently was the writer-in-residence at the University of Guelph.

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