Thursday\, November 17\, 2016
SFU Woodwards Cinema
149 West H
astings\, Vancouver
Doors open at 6:30 pm
On the evening of Thur sday\, November 17\, 2016\, REDx Talks makes its debut in Squamish\, Tsleil -Watuth\, and Musqueam unceded territories in the city of Vancouver for RED x Talks Vancouver: A Tradition of Innovation.
REDx Talks is an Intern ational Indigenous speakers series that activates oral traditions and proto cols to tap into the continuum of traditional knowledge practices that have been practiced by Indigenous cultures from around the globe since time imm emorial. Join us for an evening of ideas\, Indigenous food\, art and dialog ue\, honouring the Indigenous spirit of oral tradition.
Talks by Hunk
papa Sioux filmmaker and artist Dana Claxton\; Car
ol-Ann Hilton\, creator of “Indigenomics”\; local poet and hip-hop
legend Jerilynn “The 1st Lady” Webster\; Anishinaabe come
dian and media-maker Ryan McMahon\; and guest curator
Music by Juno instrumental nominee Cris Derksen\, w ho braids classical cello training with her Aboriginal ancestry and new-sch ool electronics.
There is no ceremony without witnesses\; as an audie nce member\, you will bear witness to the knowledge transfer as we continue to expand our community and build new relationships across Turtle Island. We look forward to seeing you all in Vancouver as we continue to create spa ce for knowledge transfer in the spirit of oral tradition.
Tickets at www.redxtalks.org
Tickets inc lude a Coast Salish inspired culinary offering by Indigenous chef S hane Chartrand.
REDx Talks looks to share stories of resilie nce\, while empowering future generations by creating dynamic Discourse (RE D) around issues that are important to Indigenous communities. We have held space for REDx Talks in traditional Blackfoot territory\, Treaty 6 territo ry\, and Mapuche territory of southern Chile in South America. This edition of REDx Talks is supported by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and th e Iiniiststi Treaty Arts Society.
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