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About the Indigenous Speaker Series
The Indigenous Speakers Series is an integral part of our Journeying Together plan, which intentionally weaves Indigenization and internationalization together in a collective commitment to becoming a truly Indigenous-serving institution. At NIC, we acknowledge and understand that unraveling the impacts of colonization will span generations. We are wholeheartedly dedicated to our role and shared responsibility in the process of meaningful reconciliation.
Speaker Bio
Wickee Cussee (Randy Fred) is a member of the Tseshaht First Nation, Port Alberni. He has lived in Nanaimo most of his life. Before school he lived in Barclay Sound, the Deer Group and Broken Island Groups. He survived nine years in the Alberni Indian Residential School. Randy began his working life as an accountant but loss of eyesight led him into the multi-media field. He founded Theytus Books, Canada’s first indigenous-owned and operated commercial book publishing company. He also founded One in Spirit Healing Arts Society, a non-profit society enabling transformative healing arts through connection with community, nature and First Nations wisdom. Randy is also a Nuu-chah-nulth Elder-in-Residence at Vancouver Island University.
Talk Description
Wickee Cussee (Randy Fred) will share his thoughts on reconciliation, based on his own real-world experiences and perspectives. He will also touch on the importance of Indigenization and Decolonization as crucial aspects in the reconciliation journey.
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