Come hear Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith in conversation discussing the writing life, writing practice, her work in memoir, journalism, fiction, and more. Christine is the author of These are the Stories: Memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor and editor of Silence to Strength: Writings and Reflections of a Sixties Scoop Survivor, she is also a journalist, and has written for many media outlets, including: Chiefs of Ontario, Anishinabek News, First Nations House Magazine, New Tribe Magazine, Muskrat Magazine, and the Native Canadian. She is also co-editor of Bawaajigan: Stories of Power, an anthology of dream-themed stories by Indigenous writers.

Hybrid events are held in person, you will also be able to watch it live streamed from our Youtube channel.

Location: Room C485, UBC Robson Square

Type: In Conversation, Guest Indigenous Curator Programming

Sponsored by Pace Accounting

Moderator: Nathan Adler

Reader: Christine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith, These are the Stories: Memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor (Kegedonce Press)

About The Moderator

Nathan Adler is the author of Wrist, and Ghost Lake (Kegedonce Press), and co-editor of Bawaajigan ~ Stories of Power(Exile Editions), he has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, is recipient of an Indigenous Voices Award for Published English Prose, and a Hnatyshyn Reveal award for literature. He is Jewish and Ojibwe, and a member of Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation.

About The Reader

Christine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith- is a Saulteaux woman from Peguis First Nation and the author of “These Are the Stories: Memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor” published by Kegedonce Press in December 2021. She is also the editor of “Silence to Strength” an anthology she envisioned for giving a platform for other 60 Scoop Survivors, which was published by Kegedonce Press in October 2022. She is an author, editor, writer, and journalist who graduated from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Aboriginal Studies in June 2011 and went on to receive her Master’s in Education in Social Justice in June 2017. Her first non-fiction story “Choosing the Path to Healing” appeared in the 2006 anthology Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces. She has written for the Native Canadian, Anishinabek News, Windspeaker, FNH Magazine, New Tribe Magazine, Muskrat Magazine, and the Piker Press. She has also co-edited the anthology Bawaajigan with fellow Indigenous writer Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler. She resides in Toronto, Ontario and is currently working on a YA Novel and thinking of her next project.