From Indigenous Containment to Freedom: Tracing and Breaking Narratives of Settler Colonialism

Date: Thursday, March 19
Time: 4 pm
Location: Administration Building, C280

About this event

Settler colonialism has functioned through efforts to restrict and contain Indigenous lands, movements, connections, and presence – physically, conceptually, and narratively. In the face of these efforts, Inuit of central and southern Labrador have, for centuries, resisted settler efforts to contain them – from escaping slavery and capture, to refusing to be restrained to a limited land base, to, more recently, opposing policies that seek to restrictively define Inuit lands and identity. Drawing on examples from this community, Dr. Bidwell will explore how Indigenous people telling their own stories can be a powerful act of freedom.

About the Peter Millard Lecture

The Peter Millard lecture honors Dr Peter Millard (1932-2001). Dr. Millard, head of the English Department (1985-91), was highly influential in gay and human rights. USask established the Peter Millard Scholarship (1994), Canada’s first university-administered scholarship for research in gay and lesbian studies.