Led by Auntie Kahstoserakwathe Paul
ette Moore and Auntie Dr. Bernice Downey\, we will discuss how loving our
own bodies from an Indigenous perspective teaches us all how to heal ourse
lves\, our families\, and our beloved communities.We will deepen understan
ding of the film&rsquo\;s teachings through a responding panel of Aunties
as well as a drawing exercise. Bring your paper and pen!
About the The Aunties Dandelion:
\nThe Aunties Dandelion is a media research center and a transformative space\, informed by traditional Onkwehon:we (I ndigenous) teachings with story sharing and healing narratives at their co re. Designed as a relationship-centered collective by Dr. Karenna&rsquo\;o nwe Karen Hill and Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore\, The Aunties are roote d in Indigenous familial ways of being in relationship to each other and t he natural world with a vision to create and support an expansive human co mmunity.
\nThe Aunties Dandelion create podcasts\, films and vlogs\, and are available to host multimedia workshops\, keynote addresses\, pane l discussions\, Mohawk language classes and art projects.
\nLearn mo re about The Aunties Dandelion:
\n&bull \; Website: https://www.the auntiesdandelion.com/
\n&bull\; Fa cebook: https://ww w.facebook.com/TheAuntiesDandelion/
\n&bull\; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauntiesdandelion/?hl=en
\ n&bull\; Podcast: https://the-aunties-dandelion.simp lecast.com/episodes
\n\nBios:
\nKahstosera kwathe Paulette Moore is an independent filmmaker\, lecturer\, ar tist and educator. Moore is Kanien'kehà\;ka (Mohawk) and an enrolled member of Six Nations of the Grand River territory where she is based. Mo ore&rsquo\;s work focuses on restoring spiritual\, physical and economic b alance at the place where Indigenous ways of being meet our modern experie nce. Moore spent two decades based in Washington DC working as a director\ , producer and writer with Discovery Channel\, National Geographic\, PBS\, ABC and other media outlets. In 2004\, she began making independent\, com munity-based films as Shenandoah University's filmmaker-in-residence in Wi nchester\, Virginia. Her 2007 film &ldquo\;Wit\, Will and Walls&rdquo\; do cuments the history of desegregation in the Shenandoah Valley and has been used extensively in the U.S. and abroad to facilitate dialogue about race . In 2009\, Moore began work as an associate professor of media arts and c onflict transformation at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg\, V A. There\, she collaborated with students to create &ldquo\;To Wisconsin w ith Love&rdquo\; &ndash\; a film about Ojibwe resistance and envisioning i n response to what would have been the world's largest open-pit taconite m ine. In 2016\, Moore created &ldquo\;From Wisconsin with Love&rdquo\; &nda sh\; a sequel to that film that focuses on the spiritual\, economic\, phys ical\, and legal aspects of the act of harvest from the perspective of Oji bwe prophecy. Moore recently graduated from Onkwawenna Kentsyohkwa - a two -year Kanien'keha adult language immersion program at Six Nations. She is a PhD candidate (ABD) in Continental and Haudenosaunee philosophy with Eur opean Graduate School based in Saas Fee\, Switzerland. Other clients inclu de: Free Speech TV\, UNHCR the United Nations Refugee Agency\, PBS\, ABC\, Japan&rsquo\;s NHK and other NGO and media outlets.
\nDr. B ernice Downey is an Anishinaabe-kwe (Indigenous woman) of Ojibwe - Saulteaux and Celtic heritage\, a mother and a grandmother. She is a for mer nurse\, a medical anthropologist and is currently cross-appointed with the Department of Psychiatry and Neuro-Behavioural Sciences &\; the Sc hool of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. S he is also recently appointed as the inaugural Associate Dean\, Indigenous Health for the Faculty of Health Sciences. Her research interests include health literacy and Indigenous Traditional knowledge and health/research system reform for Indigenous populations. She currently holds a Heart & \; Stroke Foundation - Canadian Institute of Health Research - Chair in In digenous Women&rsquo\;s Heart and Brain Health. She is committed to addres sing anti-Indigenous racism and the promotion of Indigenous self-determini ng approaches in health equity and system reform.
\n\nAbout t he Panel:
\nBlack Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) Canada is the northern branch of a global movement that was first launched by Quentin VerCetty and Kareen Weir\, who coordinated and directed the fi rst international BSAM Canada event at OCAD University (BSAM Toronto) in 2 016. BSAM Canada&rsquo\;s focus is to create a collaborative and supportiv e platform that can empower\, elevate\, and evolve Black creatives and org anizations who work within the respective field of the speculative arts. B SAM Canada utilizes a shared power dynamic resisting hierarchy. We value i nclusivity\, collaboration\, and open learning by honoring that each parti cipant is an expert of their own lived experiences. Our leadership reflect s these priority communities\; in addition to BSAM Canada being Black-led\ , we are also queer and committed to mental health management.
\nQueen Kukoyi is a Black Bajan of Igbo and Lakono Ancestry\, Queer\, Femme presen ting\, Mother\, Author\, Educator\, Scholar\, Activist\, and International Artist as well as the Executive Director of Operations &\; Finance for BSAM Canada. As a creative\, Queen Kukoyi explores spoken word poetry\, d igital collage\, and animations along with installation work that touch on concepts surrounding the Afrofuturistic meditative space. Queen uses the lens of Afrofuturism 2.0 in her visual arts\, mindfulness\, and storytelli ng to facilitate discourse that decolonizes the Black identity and affirms all intersections of Blackness. Afrofuturism 2.0 is an exploration and re claiming of various black identities through multiple dimensions. It is a meta-analysis convergence of music\, art\, and sciences as performed and l ived through intersectional Blackness. Her work allows her to speak about all intersections and amplify the voices of those who share similar experi ences.
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