Art is Ceremony and Ceremony is Art

Indigenous Story-Telling

Guest: Robina Thomas In this episode, all the hosts of Love, Land & Spirit come together in a roundtable to discuss the topic of Indigenous story-telling and reflect on the first season of the podcast series with Qwul’sih’yah’maht Robina Thomas. Robina is a member of Lyackson First Nation and has Snuy’ney’muxw and Sto:lo ancestry through her grandparents. She is the Associate Vice-President, Indigenous, and holds a faculty position in the School of Social Work. Robina was the inaugural Director and Executive Director of the Office of Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement. Her research focuses extensively on Indigenous women, children, residential schools, storytelling, and anti-colonial/anti-racist practices as a way of life. Her Master’s thesis focused on Kuper Island Residential School and her PhD. dissertation, “Protecting the Sacred Cycle: Indigenous Women and Leadership,” focuses on Indigenous Women and Leadership.

“For the Youth” - LGBTQ2S+ Youth Navigating the Child Welfare and Education System

Guests: Lynn Wainwright and Valeen Jules. In this episode, Shawn and Stadskun explore the topic of LGBTQ2S+ youth navigating the Child Welfare System and Education System with: Lynda Wainwright, who is Anishinaabe, a retired teacher, and now works as a teacher-consultant for Indigenous education; and Valeen Jules, who is from the Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw nations, a radio producer, youth outreach worker, spoken-word artist, community organizer, workshop facilitator, filmmaker and doula with a passion for nation building and QTBIPOC liberation.

“Food as Medicine” - Food, Connection, and Sovereignty

Guests: Inez Cook and Jess H̓áust̓i. In this episode, host Amelia and co-host Niibin explore the topic of food and how culture is a medicine for healing with: Inez Cook, a proud member of the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, the owner of Salmon n’ Bannock Bistro and the author of The Sixties Scoop, a children’s book, and Jess H̓áust̓i, a Haíɫzaqv mother, writer, and land-based educator.

Art is Ceremony and Ceremony is Art

Guests: Jules Koostachin, Casey Desjarlais and Dakota Bear. In this episode, host Stadskun and co-host Niibin explore the topic of Arts & Culture with: Dr. Jules Koostachin, an award winning Cree Filmmaker from Attawapiskat; and Casey Desjarlais, Nehiyaw and Saulteaux from Treaty 4, and Dakota Bear, Nehiyaw from Treaty 6, the owners of Decolonial Clothing.

“Coming Home” - Repatriation

Guests: Irene Mills, Lucy Bell, Nika Collison, and Jill Baird. In this episode, host Amelia and co-host Stadskun explore the topic of Repatriation with: Irene Mills, who has been involved in the repatriation movements of the Haida Nation; Sdaahl Ḵ’awaas (Lucy Bell) of the Haida nation, who has been involved in repatriation since 1996 and is now a PhD candidate in Haida museology at Simon Fraser University; Jisgang Nika Collison, of the Ts’aahl Eagle Clan of the Haida nation, currently the Executive Director of the Haida Gwaii museum at Skidegate and a chair of the Haida repatriation committee; and Dr. Jill Baird, the curator of education at the Museum of Anthropology. Show notes and references: https://irshdc.ubc.ca/whats-on-2/podcasts/