Wednesday, March 4

Festival Welcome

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
UNBC Lhuhuhwhezdel – The Gathering Place Room # 5-123 at 3333 University Way

• Panel discussion on the theme Land, Language, and Story

  • Featuring: Bill Poser, Marion Erickson Lessard

  • Additional performance: Khast’an Drummers

Elementary Youth Storytelling with Carolyn Roberts

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Vanier Hall 2901 Griffiths Ave inside PGSS

Re-Storying Education: Educators Talk with Carolyn Roberts

2:30 pm– 4:00 pm
Vanier Hall 2901 Griffiths Ave inside PGSS

Reneltta Arluk – Pawakan Macbeth (Virtual Presentation)

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hybrid: UNBC Room # 5-154 or Link

Opening Gala

7:00 pm
Omineca Arts Centre 369 Victoria St.
Featuring:

• Khast’an Drummers

• Katherena Vermette

• Araiya Bernard

• Richard Van Camp

• Gamksimoon (Saltwater Hank)

• Carolyn Roberts

• Damon Robbinson

• Audette Auger

• Paul Michel

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Thursday, March 5

Secondary Youth Storytelling: The Process of Writing

10:15 am – 11:28 am
Vanier Hall 2901 Griffiths Ave inside PGSS
With Carolyn Roberts

Literary Reading: Katherena Vermette & Richard Van Camp

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
UNBC Lhuhuhwhezdel – The Gathering Place

Weetago War

2:30 pm– 4:00 pm
Weldwood Lecture Theatre, UNBC Room 7-238
Presented by Richard Van Camp 

An Evening with Lheidli

7:00 pm
House of Ancestors (Una Dune Baiyoh) 355 Vancouver St.

Kym Gouchie & Richard Van Camp

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Friday, March 6

Poetry Reading + Q&A: Katherena Vermette

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
UNBC Bentley Centre, Room # 7-170/172 3333 University Way

Beading and Tea with Crystal Behn

2:30 pm– 4:30 pm
Two Rivers Art Gallery 725 Canada Games Way

Bookstore Reading: Katherena Vermette & Richard Van Camp

7:00pm – 8:00 pm
Books & Company 1685 3rd Avenue

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Saturday, March 7

Closing Showcase

11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Omineca Arts Centre 369 Victoria St.
Featuring:

• Khast’an Drummers

• Inkwo for When the Starving Return

• Three Feathers

• Storyteller Showcase