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The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty - Rustic Oracle, A Case Study <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The lecture will delve into the ways in which Indigenous representation can help to counteract the negative effects of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation that have been perpetuated in mainstream media and society at large. We will explore the power of storytelling as a means of sharing knowledge, preserving culture, and fostering healing. Through the lens of Indigenous storytelling traditions, we will gain a better understanding of the impact that stories can have on our lives and the world around us. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Join us for this FREE lecture in the DARC Microcinema at 6 pm on April 18th! <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">What Is Night School? <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">DARC's Night School is a bi-monthly, free, lecture series designed to provide the basic fundamentals of media arts, theories, and current works of significance and interest. We want to demystify this constantly evolving form.<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">This is a free event series for DARC members and members of the arts community at large. You are invited to join these lectures if you are: a DARC member, artist, creator, arts/cultural worker, looking to experiment in a new discipline, or an admirer or advocate for video and media arts. Attendance at every lecture is not necessary but recommended! <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Speaker <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Sonia Bonspille Boileau is a bilingual Kanien’kehá:ka-Quebecois filmmaker who has been working for over fifteen years at bringing Indigenous content to the screen for audiences of all cultural backgrounds. She first started making documentaries to explore her bicultural heritage and understand the impacts of colonialism.   Co-owner of Nish Media, she is the recipient of a several Prix Gémeaux, the APTN Distinction Award (2016) and the Women in the Director's Chair Feature Film Award (2017). In addition to having created youth programming and documentaries (Last Call Indian, The Oka Legacy, Wapikoni, Skindigenous), she has written and directed two feature-length scripted films, Le dep (2015) and Rustic Oracle (2019). Sonia recently wrote and directed her first limited series Pour toi Flora (2022), which won the 2022 Cannes MipCom Diversity Award, the award for Best Mini-series at C21 Content London 2022 and the Grand Prix de L’Académie at the 2023 Prix Gémeaux. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Event Pricing <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Night School is free with an option to <a href="https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/digital-arts-resource-centre/"><span fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">donate</a><span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">. Individuals can determine their own fee based on what they can afford.<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">We understand that everyone’s situation is different. When registering for events, we ask that you honestly examine your privilege (i.e. education, generational wealth, parental or community support, partnership status, and other circumstances that may provide a safety net when financial setbacks occur).<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">DARC also offers a no cost ticket option if access to funds is a barrier to participation. For more information please email access@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Accessibility <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">All doors at DARC have accessibility buttons to press for automatic entry. DARC is located on the main floor (one story above ground) of the Arts Court building. DARC’s main entrance is located at 67 Nicholas Street which is fully wheelchair accessible. Alternate wheelchair-accessible entry is available through 2 Daly Ave at the Arts Court main entrance or the Ottawa Art Gallery. Elevator access is available from 9AM – 11PM. DARC staff are available and happy to assist with all inquiries and requests regarding physical access.<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">We also welcome inquiry, feedback, and resources regarding accessibility and accessibility improvement by phone (613.238.7648 x. 6) or by email at access@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca.<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Visit https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/access/ for information on how to get to DARC, language barriers, fragrance policy, and access to programming.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, Thank you very much for registering for "The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty - Rustic Oracle, A Case Study" by Sonia Bonspille Boileau We are excited to have you join us in the DARC Microcinema on April 18th at 6PM EST 📭   at 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B9⌚   On <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-dbfa00dc-e1e2-47ff-810f-b5f66d618360}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Date Kind regards. Meral Tanaccess@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca613 238 7648

The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty - Rustic Oracle, A Case Study The lecture will delve into the ways in which Indigenous representation can help to counteract the negative effects of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation that have been perpetuated in mainstream media and society at large. We will explore the power of storytelling as a means of sharing knowledge, preserving culture, and fostering healing. Through the lens of Indigenous storytelling traditions, we will gain a better understanding of the impact that stories can have on our lives and the world around us. Join us for this FREE lecture in the DARC Microcinema at 6 pm on April 18th! What Is Night School? DARC's Night School is a bi-monthly, free, lecture series designed to provide the basic fundamentals of media arts, theories, and current works of significance and interest. We want to demystify this constantly evolving form.This is a free event series for DARC members and members of the arts community at large. You are invited to join these lectures if you are: a DARC member, artist, creator, arts/cultural worker, looking to experiment in a new discipline, or an admirer or advocate for video and media arts. Attendance at every lecture is not necessary but recommended! Speaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau is a bilingual Kanien’kehá:ka-Quebecois filmmaker who has been working for over fifteen years at bringing Indigenous content to the screen for audiences of all cultural backgrounds. She first started making documentaries to explore her bicultural heritage and understand the impacts of colonialism.   Co-owner of Nish Media, she is the recipient of a several Prix Gémeaux, the APTN Distinction Award (2016) and the Women in the Director's Chair Feature Film Award (2017). In addition to having created youth programming and documentaries (Last Call Indian, The Oka Legacy, Wapikoni, Skindigenous), she has written and directed two feature-length scripted films, Le dep (2015) and Rustic Oracle (2019). Sonia recently wrote and directed her first limited series Pour toi Flora (2022), which won the 2022 Cannes MipCom Diversity Award, the award for Best Mini-series at C21 Content London 2022 and the Grand Prix de L’Académie at the 2023 Prix Gémeaux. Event Pricing Night School is free with an option to <a href="https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/digital-arts-resource-centre/">donate</a>. Individuals can determine their own fee based on what they can afford.We understand that everyone’s situation is different. When registering for events, we ask that you honestly examine your privilege (i.e. education, generational wealth, parental or community support, partnership status, and other circumstances that may provide a safety net when financial setbacks occur).DARC also offers a no cost ticket option if access to funds is a barrier to participation. For more information please email access@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca Accessibility All doors at DARC have accessibility buttons to press for automatic entry. DARC is located on the main floor (one story above ground) of the Arts Court building. DARC’s main entrance is located at 67 Nicholas Street which is fully wheelchair accessible. Alternate wheelchair-accessible entry is available through 2 Daly Ave at the Arts Court main entrance or the Ottawa Art Gallery. Elevator access is available from 9AM – 11PM. DARC staff are available and happy to assist with all inquiries and requests regarding physical access.We also welcome inquiry, feedback, and resources regarding accessibility and accessibility improvement by phone (613.238.7648 x. 6) or by email at access@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca.Visit https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/access/ for information on how to get to DARC, language barriers, fragrance policy, and access to programming.

Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC)

Night School: The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty - Rustic Oracle, A Case Study.

67 Nicholas St

General admission

Free