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Kiskajeyi- I AM READY written by Michelle Sylliboy, edited by Michael Calvert, won the 2020 Indigenous Voices Award (IVAs) in the category of Published Poetry
(English category). indigenousvoicesawards.org |
Aboriginal artist and writer, Michelle Sylliboy blends her modern poetry, photography, and Mi’kmaq (L’nuk) hieroglyphic poetry in this unprecedented book. Kiskajeyi was edited by Michael Calvert with publication timed to coincide with the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages.
The International Year of Indigenous Languages is a United Nations observance in 2019 that aims to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation "The photographs in this book are a recognition of land and how the Komqwejwi’kasikl language comes from the land. The importance of saving our water and our lands in the time of resource extraction is critical." ~Michelle Sylliboy |
CBC article- Michelle Sylliboy shares insights into her poem, “Stepping on Intellectual Sacred Grounds”
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EDITOR:
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Michael Calvert is a member of the Mid-Island Metis Nation. His publishing credits include the anthology, In Our Own Aboriginal Voice (1st vol.), and Portal literary magazine. Michael won the Pat Bevan Award for fiction writing in 2012 and a Meadowlarks Award for a promising body of fiction work. In 2019, he was also the editor of the anthology In Our Own Aboriginal Voice 2. Michael, a graduate of VIU’s Creative Writing and Journalism program and SFU Masters of Publishing, lives in Nanaimo, BC and currently teaches at Vancouver Island University. He has taught in the Creative Writing & Journalism department and currently teaches First Peoples Literature and Composition at VIU.
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