SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Wordfest is honoured to present Who We Are: Inspired by the Words & Wisdom of Murray Sinclair featuring Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson, David A. Robertson & Niigaan Sinclair, hosted by the beloved Shelagh Rogers.
Murray Sinclair is currently in hospital and regrettably cannot participate in the 29th annual Imaginairium. Senator Sinclair, his publisher McClelland & Stewart, and Wordfest are saddened that he is unable to attend. However, we are hopeful you can join us in ensuring the stories, ideas, and inspiration contained in his new book, Who We Are, are shared and celebrated in the festival’s new opening night celebration at Central Library (with the support of our founding partner, The Calgary Public Library).
Shelagh Rogers
75-minute conversation
Pre-submitted audience questions
Onsite Bookseller: Owl’s Nest Books
Post-Show signing and author selfies
Shelagh Rogers is the 16th Chancellor of Queen’s University, succeeding the 15thChancellor, The Honourable Murray Sinclair. A veteran broadcast-journalist, she most recently was the host and co-creator of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter, the award-winning program devoted to writing in Canada.
In 2011, Rogers was inducted as an Honorary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; she has since devoted her focus to amplifying Indigenous voices and narratives. That same year, she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Rogers has been recognized with honorary doctorates from eight universities, and served as Chancellor of the University of Victoria for two terms spanning from 2015 to 2021. She is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria and was the 2022 Symons Medalist. Rogers lives in Winnipeg, the same city as her cuzzin Murray Sinclair.
Shelagh Rogers
75-minute conversation
Pre-submitted audience questions
Onsite Bookseller: Owl’s Nest Books
Post-Show signing and author selfies
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta District 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
