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Writing Our Stories: Indigenous Authors & Publishers Panel In-Person

This event features two Indigenous-owned publishing houses, Ojistoh Publishing and Kegedonce Press, who will each present two of their authors for a shared reading and discussion.

Featured authors include Dawn Cheryl Hill, author of Memory Keeper, and Dr. Karenna’onwe Hill, author of The Good Mind, both Mohawk Turtle Clan, alongside D.A. Lockhart, Turtle Clan member of Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Lenape), and Coltrane Seesequasis, an Indigenous writer who grew up in Gatineau, Quebec.

Each author will read from their work, followed by a panel conversation and audience Q&A. Books will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be provided.

Everyone is welcome. Please register on the Office of Indigenous Relations website.
 


Date:
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Time:
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Dana Porter Library - lobby
Campus:
University of Waterloo - Main Campus
Audience:
  Community Members     Faculty / Instructors     Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Waterloo staff  
Categories:
  Discussion  

Event Support  

Graham Yeates is an administrative assistant at the University of Waterloo Libraries. He helps coordinate event registration. If you have questions about this event, please contact him at libevents@uwaterloo.ca

Kevin George is Cree/Potawatomi, Fish Clan, from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation with matrilineal family on Fort McMurray 468 First Nation on Treaty 8 territory. Kevin enjoys a relational approach as an engaged Indigenous community member, facilitator and advisor, rooted in traditional knowledge and culture. In addition to his responsibilities in the community, he is currently the associate sirector, Indigenous initiatives at the University of Waterloo Libraries. 

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Kevin George

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Associate Director - Indigenous Initiatives

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Graham Yeates

Event Coordinator

Administrative Assistant