Please join us in celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at Shq’apthut: A Gathering Place, Nanaimo Campus.
We will share soup, bannock, and treats while celebrating Indigenous cultures across the country through a mini film festival.
A series of six Indigenous short films explore sports, medicinal plants, legendary stories, art, urban issues, pride, and more. Viewing will take about one hour.
Details:
Date/location: Wednesday, June 21, at Shq’apthut: A Gathering Place (B 170), Nanaimo Campus.
Soup and bannock service: 11:30 am to 12:15 pm.
Viewing: 12:15 to 1:15 pm.
Eventbrite: Please register so we know how much food we need.
Films list:
• Arctic Song (six minutes)
• Now is the Time (16 minutes)
• Urban.Indigenous.Proud: Some Stories (eight minutes)
• Urban.Indigenous.Proud: That Old Game La Crosse (seven minutes)
• First Stories – Two Spirited (six minutes)
• Indigenous Plant Diva (nine minutes)
The Vancouver Island University community acknowledges and thanks the Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Tla’amin, Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum First Nation on whose traditional lands we teach, learn, research, live and share knowledge.
