1:00pm - 3:00pm
On April 13, during Canada Life Free Sunday @ WAG-Qaumajuq, come experience the first Storytelling Workshop with Rosanna Deerchild and Chimwemwe Undi. Deerchild and Undi will discuss their approaches to storytelling and a conversation between Indigenous Nations and Black communities on Treaty One Territory, inspired by the Threads of Kin and Belonging exhibition.
This will be a collaborative discussion with the writers and the public surrounding questions such as; What does it mean to reclaim and rematriate your sense of self? How do we express these common threads, while supporting and loving each other and our unique perspectives?
Rosanna Deerchild Rosanna Deerchild
Rosanna Deerchild (She/Her) is Cree, from O-Pipon-Na-Piwan Cree Nation. Her first play, with Winnipeg’s RMTC’s Pimootayowin Creators Circle, The Secret to Good Tea was the first Indigenous-written play to debut on their mainstage for their 2023 season. It was produced by The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario and Ottawa’s NAC Indigenous Theatre in the 2025 season. As the host of Unreserved (CBC Radio One, Sirius XM, US Public Radio and Native Voice One) Rosanna shares Indigenous community, culture and conversation. She has written three collections of poetry: this is a small northern town, calling down the sky, and she falls again.
Chimwemwe Undi Chimwemwe Undi
Chimwemwe Undi is a poet, editor and lawyer living and writing on Treaty 1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her work has appeared in Border Crossings, Brick, BBC World and Canadian Literature, among others. Her debut collection, Scientific Marvel (House of Anansi, 2024) received in the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award in Poetry. She is Parliamentary Poet Laureat for 2025/2026.
