Madeleine Dion Stout Lecture: Life after residential school
This year’s Annual Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout Lecture titled: Life after residential school was delivered by Louise Bernice Halfe (Sky Dancer), Canada’s ninth Parliamentary Poet Laureate. This lecture was delivered in two parts – a verbal presentation and a poetic presentation which addressed inter-generational trauma.
The inaugural lecture was given by Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout herself in 2019. Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout is a nehiyaw/Cree person from Kehewin First Nation in Alberta. From 1989-1993, Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout was the founding Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education (CACE) and from 1993-2001 was the first Indigenous professor within the School of Canadian Studies (now named the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) at Carleton University. Dion Stout has left an indelible mark on Indigenous communities, the Carleton community, and Canadian society more generally.