Explore a rich lineup of Indigenous events this season, featuring art, film, food, and
history. These gatherings invite you to connect with Indigenous culture, storytelling, and unique
insights into resilience, heritage, and community.
Sugarcane Film (VIFF Centre – Lochmaddy Studio Theatre)
Catch a screening of Sugarcane, a moving film that investigates a residential school,
igniting a reckoning at the nearby Sugarcane Reserve near Williams Lake, BC.
- VIFF Centre – Lochmaddy Studio Theatre, Vancouver, BC
- Date: November 6 | Time: 8:20 pm
- Price: $14
Gathering with Tania Willard
Experience an inspiring gathering with artist Tania Willard, exploring the intersections of
Indigenous art and activism.
- Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate #180 Richmond, BC V6Y 1R8
- Date: November 7 | Time: 3 – 5 pm
- Free entrance
Film Screening and Discussion with Akira Iahtail
Join a captivating film screening with Akira Iahtail at the Bill Reid Gallery and explore
Indigenous perspectives through cinema.
- Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2G3
- Date: November 13 | Time: 6 – 7 pm
- Free entrance
When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance
Don’t miss the launch of When the Pine Needles Fall, a compelling new book on
Indigenous resistance by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with a special event featuring
Sean Carleton and Harsha Walia.
- Massy Arts Society, 23 East Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6A 1S9
- Date: November 15 | Time: 5 – 7 pm
- Free entrance
Pow Wow Bootcamp
Work up a sweat, build stamina & muscles dancing to the heartbeat of the Powwow drum.
- The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2G6
- Date: November 17 | Time: 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PST
- Price: $17.31
Through the Lens: Portraits of Who We Are and Where We Come From
Join Nuu-Chah-Nulth photographer Melody Charlie as they share powerful insights on
truth, reconciliation, and redress in this engaging Indigenous Speakers Series session.
- Online
- Date: November 26 | Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Register here
We Are What We Eat: Digesting the Merits of Indigenous Food Systems & Sovereignty
Join us for a conversation with Jared Williams – Qwustenuxun, an Indigenous foods
educator, writer, and consultant from Quw’utsun (Cowichan Tribes), who tirelessly
advocates for the need and urgency to decolonize and Indigenize colonial systems.
These systems have, for better or worse, instilled individual and collective apathy and
uncertainty regarding overall health.
- Online
- Date: December 12 | Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Register here
To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900-1965
This multimedia exhibition of large-scale archival photographs and film explores how,
during the period of potlatch prohibition and other forms of erasure in Canada, First
Nations people of British Columbia represented themselves as Indigenous in urban
public spaces—at parades, protests, royal visits, tourist markets, civic jubilees and
intertribal gatherings.
- Museum of Anthropology, 6393 North West Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
- Mon-Wed: 10am–5pm, Thu: 10am–9pm, Fri–Sun: 10am–5pm, June 2024 to March 2025
- Get tickets
Chief Dan George: Actor and Activist
The exhibit explores the life and legacy of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Dan George (1899 –
1981), including his influence as a First Nations rights advocate and his acting career. Longshoreman, actor, musician, lecturer, poet, activist, environmentalist, and First Nations leader.
- Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, 4584 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC V8E 0Y3
- Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Closed Mondays) → Ongoing till February 2
- More info here
Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Watch a recorded conversation with Angela Sterritt, an award-winning investigative
journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author for her book
Unbroken, an inspiring and hopeful book filled with stories of resiliency and confidence,
- Online (Recorded) Event
- Access here
