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\u00a0Saturday, March 1, 2014, 9:00 am \u2013 4:30 pm \u00a0A Tribe Called Red \u00a0Meryl McMaster \u00a0Sandra Laronde \u00a0Michael Kusugak \u00a0Jean LaRose \u00a0<\/b>Elder Jim Albert<\/b> in attendance<\/p>\n \u00a0Registration: Students\/seniors $60; non-students $80 (HST included) \u00a0\u2022 Limited seating \u2022 Pre-registration STRONGLY advised \u2022 \u00a0To register, call 613-520-2600, ext. 4035, or e-mail allan_ryan@carleton.ca \u2022 Warm bannock bread with maple butter and strawberry jam Sandra Laronde<\/b><\/p>\n Sandra Laronde is Director of Indigenous Arts at The Banff Centre, an internationally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution in Banff, Alberta, as well as serving as Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance, an indigenous dance, theatre and music company based in Toronto.\u00a0 She divides her time between Toronto and Banff and is an accomplished and prolific innovator in the artistic and cultural sector as a director, producer, choreographer, performer, and creative leader.\u00a0 With Red Sky, Sandra\u2019s vision is to create a leading international company of world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music.\u00a0 The company has performed around the world, and in 2010, under her leadership, received a Dora Mavor Moore Award, and two Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.\u00a0 Sandra is a graduate of the University of Toronto and, amongst other honours, received an honorary doctorate from Trent University, and an Expressive Arts Award from The Smithsonian Institution in Washington.<\/p>\n www.banffcentre.ca<\/a>; www.redskyperformance.com<\/a><\/p>\n Michael Kusugak<\/b><\/p>\n Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak <\/b>grew up in Repulse Bay, NWT (now Nunavut). During his childhood, his family lived a traditional Inuit lifestyle, hunting and fishing, travelling by dog sled, and living in igloos in the winter and tents in the summer.\u00a0 Michael is the author of nine children\u2019s books including A Promise<\/i> Is a Promise, Baseball Bats for<\/i> Christmas<\/i>, and Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails.\u00a0 <\/i>His first novel for children, The Curse of the Shaman, a Marble Island Story <\/i>was published in 2007 and his latest publication is a picture book, T is for Territories<\/i>.\u00a0 Michael has been honoured numerous times for his writing, including the Ruth Schwartz Award for Northern Lights<\/i>, and the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for his body of work in Children\u2019s Literature. He moved recently from Rankin Inlet to Vancouver Island to allow better access to travel for touring. Michael writes and travels extensively throughout Canada, the United States and the world, telling stories.<\/p>\n www.michaelkusugak.com<\/a><\/p>\n Meryl McMaster<\/b><\/p>\n Meryl McMaster is a photo artist whose work explores questions of identity, representation, perception, myth, memory and the environment.\u00a0 Her work goes beyond straight photography to incorporate manual production, performance and self-reflection.\u00a0 Meryl\u2019s interest in the complexities of identity has led her to use her work as an opportunity to express her own bi-cultural heritage as a synergistic strength, rather than the struggle between opposites that is often portrayed.\u00a0\u00a0 She has exhibited in a variety of galleries and shows, and received numerous awards for her work, including the Charles Pachter Prize for Emerging Artists, and the prestigious Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship.\u00a0 Her work is held by a number of private collections and in 2012 she was named the Art Bank of Canada\u2019s artist of the year. She is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, where she was awarded the OCAD Medal.<\/p>\n www.merylmcmaster.com<\/a><\/p>\n Jean LaRose<\/b><\/p>\n Jean LaRose is the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.\u00a0 APTN is the first and only national Aboriginal broadcaster in the world, with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples. The network supports the creative programming initiatives of over 80 independent Aboriginal producers.\u00a0 As one of the host broadcasters of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, APTN carried over ten hours per day of Olympic coverage in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages. Mr. LaRose was a member of the original Advisory Committee that oversaw the development of the concept and license proposal for APTN in 1997-1998.\u00a0 Since being named CEO in 2002 he has brought the network to national and international prominence.\u00a0 APTN was one of the first networks in Canada to move to a full HD technical platform.\u00a0 He is a founding member of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Screen Institute, the Board of On-Screen Manitoba and the Nisga\u2019a Commercial Group.\u00a0 In 2011 he was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications.\u00a0 He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n www.aptn.ca<\/a><\/p>\n A Tribe Called Red<\/b><\/p>\n A Tribe Called Red is a First Nations Producer and DJ crew comprised of DJ Shub (Dan General), DJ Bear Witness (Bear Thomas), and DJ NDN (Ian Campeau).\u00a0 Their unique sound is a fusion of traditional pow wow vocals and drumming, combined with cutting-edge electronic music which emerged from their monthly Electric Pow Wow events at Ottawa\u2019s club Babylon.\u00a0 ATCR has become the face of an urban Native youth renaissance with a global following, championing their heritage and speaking out on aboriginal issues, while being on top of popular music, fashion and art.\u00a0 DJ Bear Witness doubles as the crew\u2019s visual artist and creates stunning, political and often humorous videos that incorporate film and pop culture references to Native people and reclaim the aboriginal image.\u00a0 Their second album, Nation II Nation<\/i>, was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize as one of the ten best Canadian albums of 2013, and received four APCMAs (Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards) for best group, best producer, best album and best cover art.<\/p>\n
\nRoom 5050, 5th<\/sup> Floor, Minto Centre, Carleton University<\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0Featuring<\/b><\/h2>\n
\n<\/b>Electric Pow Wow DJ\/Producer crew<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Photo artist<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Director, Indigenous Arts, The Banff Centre
\nArtistic Director, Red Sky Performance<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Children\u2019s author, storyteller<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>CEO, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network<\/p>\n
\nIncludes a gourmet luncheon of Native cuisine
\nand A Tribe Called Red<\/b> in performance
\n<\/b>(Bring your dancing shoes!!)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Parking: $3 for the day \u2022 OC Transpo nearby \u2022<\/p>\n
\nFor a registration form and more information visit www.trickstershift.com<\/a><\/p>\n\nLuncheon <\/b>Menu<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u2022 Bitter and sweet greens (baby lettuce, spinach, rocket and watercress) mixed with Saskatoon berries and stone cherries, served with wild honey mustard vinaigrette
\n\u2022 Grilled vegetables and artichoke hearts in balsamic olive oil vinaigrette topped with spicy pumpkin seed
\n\u2022 Black and red wild rice with sauteed kale and Swiss chard
\n\u2022 Roasted Yukon gold potatoes and sweet yams, with fresh thyme and rosemary topped with caramelized onions and crisp lardon
\n\u2022 Corn syrup and molasses glazed root vegetables
\n\u2022 Pan fried halibut topped with little neck clams in saffron wild mushroom fumet
\n\u2022 Buffalo and beef lima bean ragout
\n\u2022 Pumpkin cheesecake with maple caramel sauce
\n\u2022 Field and Saskatoon berry crumble served with vanilla pod cr\u00e8me fraiche<\/p>\n\n\u00a0Presenter Bios<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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