Add to CalendarSoup and Bannock Lunch and Learn01/16/2024 11:30 AM01/16/2024 12:45 PMMM/DD/YYYYAmerica/VancouverShining Light on the Nanaimo Indian Hospital Through Language Reawakening
Content referencing historical colonial practices may be triggering for the audience. Supports will be shared at the event.
Presenters: Drs. Laura Cranmer & Amanda Wager, Ann Woodward, Daisy Elliott
Dr. Laura Cranmer of ‘Namgis and Haida descent, an Indian hospital and residential school survivor, wrote “Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital” based on her three-year stay at the hospital as a young child. In this Soup & Bannock presentation and discussion on January 16, we share about how in the script about the Nanaimo Indian Hospital is re-imagined to be the confluence of the Island’s great linguistic diversity embodied by the three young girls—Dorothy Myth representing Kwak’wala, Esther Williams representing Hul’q’umin’um’, and Mary Robins representing Nuu-chah-nulth—whose growing friendship in Ward B consists of delight in language comparisons while sinister medical undercurrents are revealed in the dialogue and action between the medical staff. This applied theatre research project centers on Indigenous language reawakening and truth-telling through collaborative art and cultural advocacy.
Further details about upcoming performances:
• The Port Theatre (Nanaimo, BC) Wednesday, January 31, 2 pm & 7:30 pm *You can get Port Theatre (Nanaimo) tickets here (please join us and spread the word): https://www.porttheatre.com/event/discovery-nanaimo-indian-hospital/2024-01-31/1/ • Sid Williams Theatre (Courtenay, BC) Friday, February 16, 1 pm & 6:30 pm • Tidemark Theatre (Campbell River, BC) Friday, March 1, 1 pm & 6:30 pm • Malaspina Theatre (Nanaimo, BC) Thursday, March 28 1 pm & 6:30 pm Warning: Mature content. Mental health support workers will be available for survivors & audience members. Post-show talk in the theatre.
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Shining Light on the Nanaimo Indian Hospital Through Language Reawakening
Content referencing historical colonial practices may be triggering for the audience. Supports will be shared at the event.
Presenters: Drs. Laura Cranmer & Amanda Wager, Ann Woodward, Daisy Elliott
Dr. Laura Cranmer of ‘Namgis and Haida descent, an Indian hospital and residential school survivor, wrote “Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital” based on her three-year stay at the hospital as a young child. In this Soup & Bannock presentation and discussion on January 16, we share about how in the script about the Nanaimo Indian Hospital is re-imagined to be the confluence of the Island’s great linguistic diversity embodied by the three young girls—Dorothy Myth representing Kwak’wala, Esther Williams representing Hul’q’umin’um’, and Mary Robins representing Nuu-chah-nulth—whose growing friendship in Ward B consists of delight in language comparisons while sinister medical undercurrents are revealed in the dialogue and action between the medical staff. This applied theatre research project centers on Indigenous language reawakening and truth-telling through collaborative art and cultural advocacy.
Further details about upcoming performances:
• The Port Theatre (Nanaimo, BC) Wednesday, January 31, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
*You can get Port Theatre (Nanaimo) tickets here (please join us and spread the word): https://www.porttheatre.com/event/discovery-nanaimo-indian-hospital/2024-01-31/1/
• Sid Williams Theatre (Courtenay, BC) Friday, February 16, 1 pm & 6:30 pm
• Tidemark Theatre (Campbell River, BC) Friday, March 1, 1 pm & 6:30 pm
• Malaspina Theatre (Nanaimo, BC) Thursday, March 28 1 pm & 6:30 pm
Warning: Mature content. Mental health support workers will be available for survivors & audience members. Post-show talk in the theatre.
Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies, Services for Aboriginal Students, Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement
