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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Next Wednesday, October 3, the Indigenous Speakers Series presents author and teacher Lee Maracle, joined by choreographer Bill Coleman, with sound artist Phil Strong, for an integrated
 lecture/performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lee Maracle</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> is a member of the Sto:Loh Nation. Her award-winning
 works include <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, </span></em>and <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sundogs, Sojourner’s Trutt,
</span></em></span>and her co-edited<span style="background:white"> </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">My Home As I Remember</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> and <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Telling
 It: Women and Language Across Cultures</span></em>. She is currently a mentor for Indigenous students at University of Toronto where she teaches Indigenous studies. Ms. Maracle acts as the Traditional Cultural Director for the Indigenous Theatre School, where
 she is also an instructor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bill Coleman</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> is a choreographer and performer whose work transcends
 traditional theatrical settings to include mountain tops, rainforests, prairies and urban construction sites. He has created a bold collection of large-scale, site-specific works, collaborating with diverse groups including WWII veterans, Indigenous communities,
 fishing villages, ranching towns and urban neighbourhoods. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">WHEN:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> Wednesday, October 3, 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/indigenous-speakers-series-lee-maracle-bill-coleman">EVENT LINK</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">
 | </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us! Everyone welcome.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This Indigenous Speakers Series event is co-presented by the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre, the Dean of Arts Office, and the Department of Communication Arts. The series highlights the voices of Indigenous
 artists, writers, activists, and leaders from across Turtle Island, offering UWaterloo students, faculty and staff opportunities to learn from, understand, and engage with Indigenous issues.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Read about UWaterloo’s <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/indigenization-strategy/">
Indigenization Strategy</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:gray">Wendy Philpott</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:gray">Communications Manager<br>
Dean of Arts Office, PAS 2425<br>
Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo<br>
519 888-4567 x38530 or 226 989-4848</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#C45911"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/"><span style="color:#C45911">uwaterloo.ca/arts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#F5801F">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:gray">|</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#F5801F">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#C45911"><a href="https://twitter.com/uwaterlooARTS"><span style="color:#C45911">@uwaterlooARTS</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#ED7D31"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#767171">I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of ýthe Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six
 Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767171"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#538135">P</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#538135">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#538135">Please consider the environment first and limit printing.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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