Sharing Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults and having a conversation about the book.

I will be doing readings from the projects I am working on during my residency.

Cherie Dimaline is an internationally bestselling author. Her 2017 book The Marrow Thieves was named by TIME magazine, one of the Best YA Books of All Time and won the Governor General’s Award and the Kirkus Prize.  Her novel Empire of Wild became an instant Canadian bestseller, was named Indigo's 2019 Best Book and is being adapted into an opera. Hunting By Stars was a 2022 American Indian Library Association Honor Book and her new novel VENCO debuted at #1 on Canadian bestseller lists. Other 2023 titles include Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, Anthology of Monsters and Into the Bright Open. Cherie lives in her Georgian Bay Métis Community and writes/produces for screen and stage.

Ivan Coyote is a writer, storyteller and performer. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, seven stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, the B.C. Book Prize for Writing That Provokes, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction, and the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction twice. 

In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University, and an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Yukon University in 2023. Coyote is currently serving as a Specialist in Inclusion and Creative Expression at Yukon University. Ivan’s 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart.

Carolyn Roberts is St̓ át̓ imc and Stó:lō woman belonging to the Thevarge family from N'Quatqua and the Kelly Family from Ch’iyáqtel and under the Indian act she is a proud member of the Squamish Nation. Carolyn is a Speaker, Author, Indigenous academic, and a faculty lecturer at UBC in their Teacher Education and NITEP programs. With over two decades of experience in education, Roberts has served as both an educator and administrator in the K-12 public schools, First Nation Band schools, and post-secondary institutions. 

Carolyn’s first book, Re-Storying Education: Decolonizing Your Practice Using a Critical Lens quickly became a bestseller and has been influencing educators since it’s release in September, 2024. In April 2026, Carolyn’s first children’s book, Tess’s Red Dress: Honouring Love and Family will be released.