Friday, July 23, 2021
6:30 to 8:30 pm
University of Victoria
(east of the University Club, near the headwaters of Bowker Creek)
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by Maleea Acker
Music by Richard Garvey and Brian Yoon
6:30 to 8:30 pm
University of Victoria
(east of the University Club, near the headwaters of Bowker Creek)
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by Maleea Acker
Music by Richard Garvey and Brian Yoon
This event took place in Lekwungen Territory.
TEALIYE (ta-a-th-le-ut) is an Indigenous youth from the Songhees/Lekwungen Nation in Victoria through her father’s side with roots to the Namgis Kwakwaka’wakw people in Alert Bay through her mother’s side. She is the oldest of eight siblings from four parents whose backgrounds are Lekwungen, Kwakwaka’wakw, Mowachaht/Muchalaht & Nuu chah nulth. TEALIYE was brought up around her father’s territory of the Lekwungen people, learning many of the teachings from her grandfather Skip Dick and family members. Within the past six years she has taken on the role of Welcoming people to the territory and opening for events in the ways that her grandfather Skip Dick and her Uncle Bradley Dick have taught her. TEALIYE is a community knowledge keeper, an artists who has worked on murals, logo designs and more. www.facebook.com/BriannaBearArt
Maleea Acker is the author of three books and her poetry and non-fiction has also been published in various periodicals. She holds a BFA and an MFA in Writing and an MA in Literature. She teaches English and Creative Writing sessionally at Camosun College, and she currently lectures at the University of Victoria in Geography and Canadian Studies, where she is completing a PhD in Geopoetics. She is from Vancouver island. maleeaacker.com
Richard Garvey is a guitar-strumming, banjo-plucking, and sing-along-starting performer and community organizer. His award winning songs explore the highs and lows of love, injustice, and the marbled mess of the human condition. Whether he’s playing to a living room or an amphitheatre, Richard brings clever songs and a sly sense of humour to inspire solidarity, hope, and change. If you’re looking for the latest incarnation of world-changing, foot-stomping, and heart-filling folk music, see Richard Garvey. www.richardgarvey.ca
Cellist Brian Yoon has been described by the CBC as “Canada’s next cello superstar”. Currently the Principal Cello of the Victoria Symphony, he has been a guest principal with the Kingston Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Brian also served as Assistant Principal Cello of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in the second half of the 2016/17 season. brianyooncello.com
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