Allan Downey to deliver the 2022 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture
Media are invited to the 2022 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture featuring Dr. Allan Downey, Dakelh, Nak’azdli Whut’en, filmmaker and associate professor of history and indigenous studies at McMaster University.
Downey, a recipient of the 2019 Canada Prize and a Fulbright Fellowship to Columbia University, is author of The Creator’s Game (2018), which traces the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities and its link to Indigenous identity formation.
Downey’s current research focuses on the history of Indigenous ironworkers in New York City as a lens to view Indigenous modernity, self-determination, and nationhood. His Woodrow Lloyd Lecture will highlight this research and include a screening of his award-nominated animated documentary short Rotinonhsión:ni Ironworkers. The documentary was selected as a Finalist for the 2021 New York Animation Film Awards.
This free public event will take place via Zoom:
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Zoom link: https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/95362496598?pwd=bHNoUVBNekNKMTNtZm9reWtxUEcwUT09
Password: 253966
For information or to speak with Dr. Downey contact:
Kara Vincent, Faculty of Arts
Cell: 306-209-0962
Email: Kara.Vincent@uregina.ca
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