Kim Senklip Harvey is the Fall 2020 Writer-in-Residence at UBC Okanagan. From October 13 to 23, she will be working with students, faculty and the community. She will read and offer feedback on manuscripts from local writers; and will offer a free public lecture.
Kim Senklip Harvey is a proud Syilx, Tsilhqot’in, Ktunaxa and Dakelh woman and is a Fire Creator, Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutionist. She completed the BFA program at UBC and is currently doing her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at UVIC.
Highlights from her over 15 year long acting career include the Rez Sisters, Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout, The Laurier Memorial, Salmon Row, the Governor General’s Award winning play and National Tour of Where the Blood Mixes , Gordon Tootoosis final show Gordon Winter and the World Premier of Children of God at the National Arts Centre. More about Kim Senklip Harvey: kimsenklipharvey.com
Due to current conditions with the COVID-19, working with local writers, students, faculty and the public lecture will all happen in a virtual platform. Registration is required, please see below.
Public Lecture
Interior Salish Sharing: Stories from a Shapeshifter
Join us as Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutionist Kim Senklip Harvey gives a virtual talk on the prose, plays and process of dismantling and troubling colonial and neo-capital systems and the resurgence of Indigenous Matriarchal led systems and frameworks. With a particular focus on amplifying the emancipatory journeys of those enduring state oppression.
Date: Tuesday, October 20
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom. Register HERE to receive the link to attend.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Manuscript Submissions
Writer-in-residence Kim Senklip Harvey will meet with local community and student writers to discuss their work, the writing process and writing and storytelling concerns. Writers are invited to submit manuscripts for review and feedback. Storytellers may submit a bio and a brief statement about their areas of interest.
The deadline to submit is Oct. 8, and you must be available for a meeting with the Writer in Residence during business hours on a Monday to Friday, between Oct 13 and 23th. (Meetings will be held via Zoom)