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Please join us for our free, public events!  There are three events over the course of two days; use the button below to get your tickets for one or more.  All events happen at SFU's Vancouver campus in Harbour Centre and are in-person only (no online component).

Event 1: Fri Nov 22, 11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Author Stephanie Wood on her recent history of the Squamish people, "tiná7 cht ti temíxw (We Come From This Land)." 

Event 2: Fri Nov 22, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.A cultural celebration entitled “Storywork: Music and Dance from the Métis and Scottish Gaelic Traditions” featuring V’ni Dansi Métis Dancers and musicians and Shot of Scotch Highland Dancers. 

Event 3: Sat Nov 23, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 pm. Annual St. Andrew's and Caledonian Lecture: Public talk by Nisga’a scholar Amy Parent/Nox Tsaa’wit (Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Education & Governance in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University) on the rematriation of the Ni’isjhool memorial pole that was stolen in 1929 by Marius Barbeau and sold to National Museums Scotland. Immediately following Amy Parent's talk, a performance by the Nisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Traditional Dancers will provide an embodied community experience and enrich the cultural understanding of the context of the talk. Sat Nov 23, 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.