DOUBLE MAJOR // January Edition: Spoken Word + Indigenous Justice
Join Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) for the first installment of the new year, where we’ll hear from two passionate experts, each speaking for 20 minutes about their subject, after which there will be a Q&A addressing both topics. One speaker is from the Ottawa-Gatineau community, and one is from the Carleton community. DOUBLE MAJOR is a fun and friendly way to stimulate discussion of seemingly disparate topics, and to make new connections between people and ideas.
When: Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 7pm
Where: Carleton University Art Gallery, St. Patrick’s Building
DOUBLE MAJOR is brought to you by Carleton University Art Gallery and the Carleton University Alumni Association.
Speakers:
Jenna Tenn-Yuk is a spoken word artist, public speaker, facilitator, singer-songwriter and storyteller. She has performed and spoken nationally at TEDx, Pecha Kucha, Parliament Hill and numerous conferences. She created a monthly poetry series, Words to Live By, and facilitates spoken word workshops to help people find and speak their voices. Jenna has seen how the scars of her past have become beautiful ways to connect with people’s hearts and stories through poetry, music and journalism. She has a master’s degree in women’s studies at the University of Ottawa, where she lectured on spoken word and activism, and conducted research on the local slam poetry scene.
Jane Dickson-Gilmore is a professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Her work with the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake toward the development of a separate, tradition-based legal system continues. Her current research includes First Nations and Citizenship and Membership, Criminology, Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice, First Nations and Traditional Justice.
For the winter program, please visit: http://cuag.carleton.ca/index.php/exhibitions/doublemajor/
Discount parking passes ($4 flat rate) will be available for sale. See the “visiting” page of CUAG’s website for details.