The University of Northern British Columbia and the Koerner Foundation are partnering to deliver a series of presentations intended to honour aboriginal women. Two upcoming presentations are featuring a nationally renowned educator and a gifted actress.

Tantoo Cardinal will be speaking on the topic of Abandonment when she presents at UNBC on Thursday, March 17th. Cardinal played opposite of fellow Canadian Graham Greene (Kicking Bird) in Dances with Wolves and alongside Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins in Legends of the Fall. She has also appeared in a number of Canadian television programs including North of 60 and various theatrical productions.

Thursday, March 17, at 4:00pm in the Weldwood Theatre (7-238)

Jo-ann Archibald is a nationally recognized leader in aboriginal education. Archibald is from the Sto:lo Nation and has been at UBC for two decades as Director of the First Nations House of Learning and Supervisor of the Native Indian Teacher Education program. She is a theme editor for Canada’s only aboriginal education journal and is the Interim Director of the newly established Indigenous Education Institute of Canada. She will speaking about the perils and promise of indigenous education in the 21st Century.

Thursday, April 7, at 12 noon in Conference Centre room 6-205.

Although organized by the University’s Women’s Studies degree program, the series would not be possible without the financial support of the Koerner Foundation. Established in 1955, the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation provides grants to stimulate and invigorate the cultural and educational communities in British Columbia. 

For further information, contact:

Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622