Speakers

Talkback with Elder Duke Redbird, lawyer Katherine Hensel, Ryerson University’s Strategic Lead of Indigenous Resurgence Dr. Lynn Lavallée, moderated by Adriana Chartrand, Institute Manager of imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.

Talkback Moderator

Adriana Chartrand is the Institute Manager at imagineNATIVE. She is Métis from the Red River region, Treaty 1 territory, as well as Irish/Scottish/Welsh/French. She has two degrees in Film Studies, including an M.A. from the University of Toronto, and an Arts Administration & Cultural Management diploma. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB.

Talkback Guests

Katherine Hensel is the founder and principal lawyer at Hensel Barristers. Katherine is Secwepemc (Shuswap). Katherine was called to the bar in 2003. After commencing her practice at a large firm in Toronto, in 2004 she joined the Ipperwash Inquiry (an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an Anishnaabek man, Dudley George), as Assistant Commission Counsel, and served the Commission in that capacity until the release of its report in 2007.

Dr. Lynn Lavallée is Ryerson University’s Interim Director and Professor, School of Social Work and FCS Strategic Lead, Indigenous Resurgence. As an Anishinaabek Qwe registered with the Métis Nation of Ontario, Dr. Lavallée’s ancestral roots stem from the Anishinaabe and Métis (Algonquin, Ojibwe and French) from Sudbury, Temiscaming, Timmins, Maniwaki and Swan Lake regions.

Elder Duke Redbird is an established Indigenous intellectual, poet, painter, broadcaster, filmmaker and keynote speaker, he brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience. Dr. Redbird was instrumental in the implementation of innovative multimedia, technologies and beyond, bringing an Indigenous approach to art education that was rooted in his pioneering work at OCAD University.