P r o g r a m
Carleton University, Saturday, February 28, 2015
8:30 – 9:15 am
Registration
Coffee/juice/muffins
9:15 – 9:40 am
Welcome, Allan J. Ryan
New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture
Opening prayer, Elder Jim Albert
Honouring Joy Maclaren (New Sun)
Roseann O’Reilly Runte
President, Carleton University
Jennifer Adese
Assistant Professor, School of Canadian Studies, New Sun Visiting Aboriginal Scholar
Kahente Horn-Miller
School of Canadian Studies, New Sun Visiting Aboriginal Scholar
Allan J. Ryan
School of Canadian Studies/Department of Art History
New Sun Chair
9:45 – 10:30 am
George Littlechild
multimedia artist/educator
10:30 – 10:45 am
Nutrition Break
10:45 – 11:30 am
Gloria Miguel
actress/playwright, founding member of Spiderwoman Theater
11:35 am – 12:20 pm
Waubgeshig Rice
storyteller, CBC journalist
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Buffet luncheon of Native cuisine,
Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons
Luncheon Menu:
• Warm bannock bread with rosemary apple butter*
• Chicory and kale salad topped with goat cheese and pan-sautéed
mushrooms served with Saskatoon berry vinaigrette
• Root vegetable salad with Saskatoon berries tossed in
poppy seed and wild honey vinaigrette
• Wild rice, roasted corn, and charred tomato cooked in tomato juice
• Pan-seared salmon fillet dusted with porcini mushrooms
and red wine flour topped with creamy lobster bisque*
• Smoked chicken topped with crispy maple bacon served with
pan drippings, rhubarb, and juniper berry sauce
• Corn syrup acorn squash and roasted beets
• Apple and dried fruit strudel with maple crème anglaise*
• Dark chocolate seed and nut brittle
* contains gluten
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Digging Roots band in concert
2:20 – 3:05 pm
Tiio Horn
actress/writer/director/producer
3:10 – 4:00 pm
Digging Roots (Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish)
Indie roots duo
4:05 – 4:30 pm
Concluding remarks, gift basket draw, closing prayer
A presentation of the New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture,
with the support of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences and the New Sun Fund
administered by the Community Foundation of Ottawa, plus the generosity of private donors