This course introduces students to storytelling through the exploration of multi-faceted forms of orality, community, (auto)biography and performance. Students will learn and explore protocols, creative processes, and storytelling techniquies including Sto:lo and Salish narratives. Students will have the opportunity to create and perform their own stories.
THEATRE 250 — Intro to Storytelling
May – June, Tues & Thurs 10 am-12:50 pm
Aboriginal Gathering Place, Chilliwack campus at Canada Education Park.
Instructor Bio: Author Nicola Campbell is Nle7kepmx, Syilx and Métis and is named after her home, BC’s Nicola Valley. She has a BFA and a MFA in Creative Writing and is currently working towards an interdisciplinary Indigenous graduate degree focusing on contemporary aboriginal storytelling at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, BC. Her most recent children’s book, Grandpa’s Girls, was a finalist for the 2012 Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. Shin-chi’s Canoe received the 2009 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and is on the 2009 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. Shin-chi’s Canoe is the sequel to Shi-shi-etko and was a finalist for the 2009 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and a 2008 Governor Generals award for illustration. Shi-shi-etko was a finalist for the 2006 Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award, the 2006 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the 2006 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. It was the co-winner of the 2006 Anskohk Aboriginal Children’s Book of the Year Award.
For more information, contact Sabrielle McCurdy-Foreman at sabrielle.mccurdyforeman@ufv.ca
05/08/2017