Events & Workshops


Event Type
SWG Event

Start: February 1, 2023 - 12:00 pm
To: 1:00 pm (SK Time)
Location
Online via Zoom
Contact
Debbie Sunchild-Petersen - Indigenous Program Coordinator
306-244-0107
swgip@skwriter.com
Start: February 1, 2023 - 12:00 pm
To: 1:00 pm (SK Time)

Sharing Stories with Sky - POSTPONED

 

Join host Heather O’Watch and presenter Skyler Anderson in a chat with Sky as he explains his way of playwriting that begins in a place of storytelling.
 

This event is POSTPONED and will be reschedule.
 

Presenter

 

Sky is a proud father of 2 handsome boys to who he dedicates all of his work. A graduate of FNUniv/U of R with a degree in Theatre, he is also a theatre and indigenous art instructor for SUNTEP at the University of Regina. In 2021, Sky curated, directed, and acted in a play reading series for the Globe Theatre, where he works as both Artistic Associate and Indigenous Liaison. In February 2022, Sky wrote and presented a show titled, mêtawêmin, with his son Leslie. In the Spring of 2022, he developed and performed a one-man show titled, Holdin' on to What's Golden based on his childhood that was presented in the Globe Theatre Main Stage season. This past summer and fall, he presented a playreading of his show titled, With Two Fingers. Upcoming, Sky will perform in Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, with the Globe Theatre Main Stage. Sky was born and raised in Regina and he is nêhiyawak, from Treaty 4 Territory. 

 

 

Host

 

Heather is a Nakota and Cree woman from the Okanese First Nation located in Treaty 4 Territory. She is a graduate student and works in the philanthropic sector. Her passion for being a storyteller started at an early age with writing. Heather enjoys sharing, creating, and honouring stories of her own experiences around culture, identity and body positivity. An SWGIP alumni, Heather’s upcoming children’s book Auntie’s Rez Surprise is set to be released in 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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