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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;">This is a reminder to join the Indigenous Speakers Series this Thursday, February 8, when we are honoured to present Chelsea Vowel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2;">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="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2;"><u><a href="https://soundcloud.com/m-tis-in-space" target="_blank" id="OWA61b4dd74-2608-872d-e733-1881c2a1cb24" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">Métis
in Space</a></u> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2;">and co-founded the
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2;"><u><a href="https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/back-2-the-land-2land-2furious" target="_blank" id="OWA950fc720-58af-0046-1168-151c8afc1a61" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">Métis
in Space Land Trust</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2;">. Her first collection of short fiction,
<i>Buffalo is the New Buffalo</i>, was published in 2022 by Arsenal Pulp Press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;">Please join us for Chelsea's engaging presentation on <b>Indigenous Futurisms,</b> followed by a Q&A moderated by Dr. Katy Fulfer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><b>WHEN:</b> Feb 8, 3:00 PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><b>WHERE:</b> Theatre of the Arts, ML</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><b>DETAILS and REGISTER:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/indigenous-speakers-series-presents-chelsea-vowel" target="_blank" id="OWA3c28162a-96ed-53ee-9d53-9872b923743d" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/indigenous-speakers-series-presents-chelsea-vowel" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="2" style="margin: 0px;">Visit
the event page</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.2;"><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></div>
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