About this event
LearningJournalism, Indigenous storytelling and Representation in the Media.
The William Southam Journalism Fellows invite you to join them on Jan. 20, 8 pm – 9:15 p.m., in the Upper Library for a conversation with author and former journalist Waubgeshig Rice.
Waubgeshig Rice grew up in Wasauksing First Nation on the shores of Georgian Bay, in the southeast of Robinson-Huron Treaty territory. He’s a writer, listener, speaker, language learner, and a martial artist, holding a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
He graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002, and spent most of his news media career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left full-time journalism in 2020 to focus on his literary career.
He is the author of the short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge and the novels Legacy, Moon of the Crusted Snow, and Moon of the Turning Leaves. His forthcoming novel, Early Bird, will be published by Random House Canada in April 2027.