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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;">Please join the Indigenous
Speakers Series on Thursday, February 8, when we are honoured to present Chelsea Vowel. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;">Chelsea
Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). She is an Associate Lecturer and Cree language instructor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Her work intersects language,
gender, Métis self-determination, futurisms, and resurgence. She and her co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"><u><a href="https://soundcloud.com/m-tis-in-space" id="OWA8b5d940f-bc5f-f9fa-c4a5-6652c6303956" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Métis
in Space</a></u> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;">and co-founded the
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"><u><a href="https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/back-2-the-land-2land-2furious" id="OWAbfeebb4b-c079-7312-b21b-35738d4b8832" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Métis
in Space Land Trust</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;">. Her first collection of short
fiction, <i>Buffalo is the New Buffalo</i>, was published in 2022 by Arsenal Pulp Press.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;">Please join us for Chelsea's engaging
presentation about Indigenous Futurisms. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Dr. Katy Fulfer. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><b>WHEN:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"> Feb
8, 3:00 PM </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><b>WHERE:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"> Theatre
of the Arts, ML </span></p>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/indigenous-speakers-series-presents-chelsea-vowel" id="LPlnk" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/indigenous-speakers-series-presents-chelsea-vowel" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Visit
the event page</a></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 400;"><i>Registration for in-person or
livestream attendance is appreciated but not required – everyone is welcome, and we especially hope you can join in-person!</i> </span></p>
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