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In December 2015 Daniel Heath Justice began a Twitter campaign to share the names of
Indigenous writers. The reason for his efforts was to: “…push back against the frequent
assumptions that our literary history is any less complex, robust, or diverse than that of
other peoples (Daniel Heath Justice, Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter?<https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/W/Why-Indigenous-Literatures-Matter2>)
In solidarity with his efforts, Honouring Indigenous
Writers<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/> is a yearly event to increase awareness and
coverage of Indigenous literature.
This year the organizing team has put together a schedule of free events and activities
designed for virtual participation throughout the month of March 2022. The events
include:
* Author readings <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and
Dallas Hunt, Joshua Whitehead, Kim Senklip Harvey, and more
* An interactive workshop and walk<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels>
with Peter Morin, titled “Words to Give Back: Words that have lifted us up“
* Self-paced Weekly Wikipedia Challenges <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/activities> to
increase the coverage of Indigenous authors
* Wikipedia training and drop-in Zoom
sessions<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels>
* A presentation<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels> by Dr. Aubrey Hanson
and Dr. Erin Spring on Books to Build on: Indigenous Literatures for Learning
* And a social media campaign on Twitter<https://twitter.com/HIW_Wiki>
These events and activities are free and open to anyone to participate. Please join us at
our kickoff event and reading on March 7, 2022<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> and
learn more about the other events we have planned! You can also read more at the HIW
<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca> website.
We would also appreciate your support of the event by helping to promote it through your
listservs, social media accounts, and other spaces to help raise awareness of Indigenous
literature and engage in open community knowledge creation.
The event team has developed a number of social media assets in a variety of sizes for
ease of sharing. The assets can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SE0a-45pOdjLIvUtXIKI7a7XUjOAtUxA?us…
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions and thank you in advance for
any support you can give in making this event a success. Thank you to event sponsors, the
Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, UBC Library (Vancouver and Okanagan), UBC
Public Humanities Hub (Vancouver and Okanagan), BCcampus, University of Calgary Libraries
and Cultural Resources, and Indigenous Programs and Services UBC Okanagan.
Best,
Donna Langille on behalf of the Honoring Indigenous Writers Event Team
#HonouringIndigenousWriters
Donna Langille, MISt
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Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian
UBC Okanagan Library
The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus | Syilx Okanagan Nation Territory
Phone 250 807 9233
donna.langille@ubc.ca<mailto:donna.langille@ubc.ca> | http://library.ok.ubc.ca/ |
https://open.ubc.ca/
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