s-yéwyáw: Awaken Film Screening @ UBC Robson Square

UBC IRSHDC

Join us for a screening of s-yéwyáw: Awaken - Indigenous multimedia changemakers
learn and document the teachings of their Elders.

UBC Robson Square

Join IRSHDC for a screening of s-yéwyáw: Awaken at UBC Robson Square!---FILM INFOhealing people, heals the land.healing the land, heals people. Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton, BC,) Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation (Sunshine Coast, BC,) and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc Nation (Shuswap, BC,) are learning and documenting the traditional cultural teachings and legacies of their Elders, including the impacts of genocide resulting from Canada’s Indian Residential School (IRS) system. Calling the audience’s attention to the filmmaking process of narrative collaboration between an Indigenous and settler team,this character-driven documentary connects the transformative stories of three Indigenous multimedia changemakers and their four Elders. Infused by Indigenous ceremony, s-yéwyáw: Awaken walks alongside the process of intergenerational healing.---EVENT INFOThe film screening will be held at UBC's Robson Square location. The theatre is room C300, on the lower level of the building. Parking instructions can be found on the UBC Robson Square website: https://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/contact-directions/---ABOUT IRSHDCThe Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC addresses the colonial impacts of Residential Schools and other policies imposed by the Canadian government on Indigenous Peoples, and ensures that this history is acknowledged, examined and understood within the UBC community. The Centre helps provide access to records and information for Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors of the Residential School system. Read more about us here: https://irshdc.ubc.ca/about/what-we-do/

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