P r o g r a m
Carleton University, March 1, 2003
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration
Coffee, juice, and conversation
9:00 – 9:15 am
Welcome: Dr. Allan J. Ryan
New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture
Opening prayer, Stephen Augustine
Canadian Museum of Civilization
9:15 am
David McLeod
writer/radio producer,
member of The Aboriginal Writers Collective, Winnipeg
10:15 am
Jennifer Podemski
actress/writer/film maker,
co-founder of Big Soul Productions, Toronto
11:15 am
Greg Hill
visual artist/Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art,
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
12:15 – 1:45 pm
Luncheon of Native cuisine in Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons
Luncheon Menu:
• Buffalo stew
• Wild rice mix
• Roasted root vegetables
• Bannock
• Quarter rice stuffed squash
• Maple-flavoured triffle
Performance by the White Tail Cree Powwow Singers
1:50 – 2:40 pm
Chris Sutherland (CREEALIAS) and Gitchie Cheechoo (SYLABIX)
Hip Hop/Powwow musical duo (Toronto and Moosonee)
2:50 – 3:45 pm
Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA
writer/curator and multimedia artist, Calgary
3:45 – 4:00 pm
Nutrition Break
4:00-4:50 pm
Sheila Petzold
president, Telewerx Television Production, Ottawa,
Co-producer/director of Almost Home: A Sayisi Dene Journey
and Dan Clark
participant and subject of Almost Home, Toronto
4:50 – 5:00 pm
Concluding remarks
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