P r o g r a m
Carleton University, February 28, 2009
8:30 – 9:15 am
Registration
Coffee/juice/muffins
9:15 – 9:30 am
Welcome, Allan J. Ryan
New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture
Opening prayer, Elder Jim Albert
Welcoming remarks, Roseann O’Reilly Runte
President, Carleton University
9:30 – 10:20 am
Don Kelly
writer/humorist, host of APTN’s Fish Out of Water
10:25 – 11:15 am
Steven Loft
Curator in Residence, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada
11:15 – 11:30 am
Nutrition Break
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
Shaneen Robinson
writer/broadcaster, winner, Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Buffet luncheon of Native cuisine, Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons
Luncheon Menu:
• Bannock bread with strawberry whipped butter
• White and wild rice salad
• Roasted root vegetable salad
• Yukon gold mash
• Maple baked acorn squash
• Pan-seared Arctic Char with fish broth
• Beef and vegetable stew
• Blueberry and pumpkin pie with whipped cream
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Tom Jackson in concert, Fenn Lounge
2:20 – 3:10 pm
Michael Massie
silversmith/sculptor
3:15 – 4:05 pm
Tom Jackson
singer/actor/humanitarian
4:10 – 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