Spring Speaker Series 2024
Eliot White-Hill
Aboriginal Gathering Place
Thursday, January 11, 2024
11:30am to 12:30pm
Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun (he/they) is a Coast Salish artist and storyteller from the Snuneymuxw First Nation. His family has roots in Penelakut and in Hupacasath in the Nuu Chah Nulth world. His interdisciplinary art practice is rooted in honouring and celebrating the teachings, stories, and worldview that have been passed down by his family, community, and culture. He works across mediums, including digital, painting, sculpture, creative writing, public installation, and curation.
He completed his Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University in 2023 and currently resides on the territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh.
Polina Shulbaeva
Aboriginal Gathering Place
Friday, January 12, 2024
11:30am – 12:30pm
Indigenous Peoples’ Perception on Climate
Change: Stories from Siberia
Polina Shulbaeva is Selkup knowledge holder born and raised in the Indigenous Selkup-Khanty village of Novy Vasyugan in Central Siberia. Her People developed unique ways of living by the Vasyugan swamp (the largest wetland system in the Northern Hemisphere). Her research and work centers Indigenous knowledge for addressing contemporary socio-environmental challenges.
She is particularly focused on Indigenous rights, climate change, biodiversity conservation, and traditional ecological knowledge. Ms. Shulbaeva is a permanent consultant for the Cultural Survival and for the Centre for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North. She has been representing Indigenous Peoples of Russia at diverse UN fora on biodiversity and climate change advocating for the rights of nature and People.
Previous Speakers
Spring 2023
- Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O’Brien)
- Ashley Edwards (Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre at SFU)
- Maria-Margaretta
- Jordan Abel
- Tricia Logan
- Aliya Boubard