P r o g r a m
Carleton University, Saturday, March 5, 2011
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
Nadia Myre
multimedia visual artist and filmmaker
10:20 – 10:35 am
Nutrition Break
10:35 – 11:25 am
Mosha Folger
spoken word poet, Inuit hip hop recording artist
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
Douglas Cardinal
internationally renowned architect
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Buffet luncheon of Native cuisine, Fenn Lounge,
Residence Commons
Luncheon Menu:
• Bannock bread with maple butter and clove-scented Cloud berry and apple jam
• Frisee salad with strawberries and wild mushrooms, served with warm mustard vinaigrette and
topped with sunflower seeds
• Apple and pear salad with Saskatoon berry vinaigrette
• Bitter greens salad with heirloom tomato
• Roasted yams and mini potatoes
• Far North wild rice casserole
• Honey-glazed root vegetables and squash
• Wild game ragout (venison, bison, and elk meat)
• Cedar planked salmon fillet on a bed of julienned leeks and herbs
• Berry fruit flan and brown sugar tart
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Git Hayetsk Dancers in performance
2:20 – 3:10 pm
Armand Garnet Ruffo
poet and writer/director of the award-winning film A Windigo Tale
3:15 – 4:05 pm
Mike Dangeli and Mique’l Askren
leaders of the Git Hayetsk Dancers
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