Women's Contemporary Aboriginal Issues and Resistance Series: Shirley Bear and Ursula Johnson

Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell, Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at the Mount, invites you...

February 2, 2012, Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm.
MSVU's Art Gallery. Seton Academic Centre, Ground Floor, Room 111.


Presenter: Shirley Bear, C.M., solo and in dialogue with Ursula Johnson. Senior artist and activist Shirley Bear, an award winning writer, visual artist, feminist, traditional native herbalist, and respected elder, breaker of barriers and legislation through her Tobique First Nations Women's Collective, on "Enough is Enough-Aboriginal Women Speak Out". In conversation with Ursula Johnson—visual artist (performance art, basketry), activist, and the first student from Eskasoni First Nation to graduate from NSCAD.

The events are free, however space is limited. Please RSVP a week prior to each event so we order enough refreshments. For more information: rita.deverell@msvu.ca; to RSVP: mary.lou.ohara@msvu.ca. Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway.
Download from www.ahf.ca. Essays by Shirley Bear, Dorothy Christian & Rita Shelton Deverell

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