Indigenous Toronto book launch

Join us for the launch of an important new anthology, Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry This Place.

TORONTO– Editors Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, and Brian Wright-McLeod will be in discussion and will take audience questions.

Beneath many major North American cities rests a deep foundation of Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, and, too often, silenced. Few of its current inhabitants know that Toronto has seen 12, 000 years of uninterrupted Indigenous presence and nationhood in this region, along with a vibrant culture and history that thrives to this day.

With contributions by Indigenous Elders, scholars, journalists, artists, and historians, this unique anthology, Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry This Place, explores the poles of cultural continuity and settler colonialism that have come to define Toronto as a significant cultural hub and intersection that was also known as a Meeting Place long before European settlers arrived.

Contributors include political scientist Hayden King, artist and curator Wanda Nanibush, chef Johl Whiteduck Ringuette, poet and broadcaster Duke Redbird, playwright Drew Hayden Taylor, educator Kerry Potts, writer/journalist Miles Morrisseau, dancer and scholar Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane, and photographer Nadya Kwandibens.

Pre-order Indigenous Toronto here!

This event will be hosted in Zoom Webinars on April 20, 2021, from 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT. The event link will be sent over email one hour before the start of the event.