Custom Education Solutions and 7th Generation Books are thrilled to present Bringing Native Voices into the Classroom: An Indigenous Author Panel on Wednesday, October 23.
Join us as a panel of celebrated Indigenous authors Leona Prince, Kim Spencer, and Kim Sigafus read excerpts from their books and discuss how their cultural backgrounds shape their writing. Attendees will learn how to amplify Indigenous voices to promote cultural understanding, as well as how to incorporate authentic, accurate Native resources within their existing curriculum to meet state standards. The authors will participate in a moderated Q&A, giving attendees an opportunity to ask questions.
Register today for this exciting webinar!
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DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom Call
Time: 3:30-4:30 CST ​​​​​​
COST:
Free
Participating Authors
LEONA PRINCE
Leona Prince is from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli Whut'en and belongs to the Lhts’umusyoo (Beaver Clan). Leona is an award-winning educator and is currently the Director of Instruction of Indigenous Education for School District 91 (Nechako Lakes). She is the author of A Dance Through the Seasons, published by WaveMaker Press and Be a Good Ancestor, published by Orca Book Publishers. Leona lives in Burns Lake, British Columbia.
KIM SPENCER
Kim Spencer is a graduate of the Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University, where she focused on creative nonfiction. Her first novel, Weird Rules to Follow won the Jean Little First-Novel Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, an IODE Violet Downey Book Award and a Pacific Northwest Book Award. It was also a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Kim is from the Ts’msyen Nation in northwest BC and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
KIMBERLY SIGAFUS
An award-winning Ojibwa author and speaker, Kim writes native fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. Her body of work includes The Mida series, about a mystically powerful time-traveling carnival, and YA series, Sydney’s Journey, on bullying. Her non-fiction work includes Native Elders, and the award-winning Native Writers. She is also an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar speaker and travels the Midwest speaking on her culture. She resides in Freeport, IL. with husband Andy. For more information, please check out her website at kimberlysigafus.com.