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DESCRIPTION:MISC and the Indigenous Studies Program invite you to a film sc
 reening of the documentary\, “Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis.' The fil
 m will be followed by a panel discussion with Scott Berthelette and by Les
  Sabiston\, an audience Q&A\, and an informal reception.\n\nThe event is f
 ree but registration is mandatory via this link.\n\nAbout the film:\n\nLii
  Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis - Contemporary Métis voices speaking their
  truth.\n\nIn this one-hour documentary\, Métis elders\, artists\, activis
 ts and scholars examine the unique history of Métis people in Canada and s
 hare their diverse perspectives on what it means to be Métis today. Lii Mi
 chif Niiyanaan is a love letter to the courage\, determination and resilie
 nt spirit of the Métis nation and a call for all Canadians to embrace the 
 richness of their shared history.\n\nChristine Welsh (Producer\, Writer) i
 s Métis with roots in the historic Red River Settlement and the Qu’Appelle
  Valley of southern Saskatchewan. She is an award-winning documentary film
 maker whose films include Women in the Shadows (1991)\, Keepers of the Fir
 e (1994)\, The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (2000)\, and the NFB fea
 ture documentary Finding Dawn (NFB 2006)\, one of the earliest calls to ac
 tion on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Her 
 1995 film Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle (with Peter C. Campbe
 ll) featured some of the first public testimony from survivors of Canada’s
  Indian residential school system and is now part of the permanent archive
  of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Ms. Welsh’s films have been b
 roadcast nationally on CBC\, CTV and APTN\, and have been featured at majo
 r film festivals in Canada\, the U.S.\, France\, Australia and New Zealand
 \, as well as the 51st United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in
  New York. In 2009\, her body of work was honoured with the WIFTV (Women i
 n Film and Television Vancouver) Artistic Achievement Award for filmmaking
  excellence in telling women’s stories. She is also an Associate Professor
  Emerita (Gender Studies) at the University of Victoria.\n
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LOCATION:Arts 150\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis - film screening
URL:/misc/channels/event/lii-michif-niiyanaan-we-are-m
 etis-film-screening-355117
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