September 26, 2005 Source: Laurentian University of Sudbury:
http://www.laurentian.ca/?file=newsrelease/2005/sept/sept26_thighway_e.php Leading Native playwright to present Gkendasswin Trail lecture On Wednesday, September 28, from 8 to 9:30 p.m., the acclaimed playwright Tomson Highway will present a public lecture on the Laurentian University campus as part of the Gkendasswin Trail (Trail of the Learned and Wise) series which is organized by Laurentian University's Native Programs and Services. His presentation, entitled " How to be a Successful Indian without Getting Tired ," will be presented in the Thorneloe University Theatre. Everyone is invited to attend and admission is free. Born in remote northern Manitoba , Tomson Highway obtained bachelor degrees in Music and English from the University of Western Ontario and worked in the field of social work before turning to theatre. Currently a successful playwright, he lives part of the year in Greater Sudbury. Mr. Highway 's play The Rez Sisters , which takes place on Manitoulin Island , won the Dora Mavor Moore Award, represented Canada at the Edinburg International Festival, and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His next play, Dry Lips Outta Move to Kapuskasing , won four Dora Mavor Moore Awards as well as the Floyd S. Chalmers Award for Outstanding Canadian play. More recently, Mr. Highway 's novel The Kiss of the Fur Queen met with both popular and critical success. He also published two volumes of a trilogy of children's books with text in English and Cree. Mr. Highway was the Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor at the University of Toronto for two years and is the former artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts Inc., Toronto 's only professional Native theatre company. In 1994, he was inducted into the Order of Canada, the first Aboriginal writer to be so honoured. In June 2004, Mr. Highway was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Laurentian University. For more information, please contact Laurentian University's Native Programs and Services, at (705) 675-1151, ext. 1096. Reference:
Paul de la Riva
Public Affairs
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
(705) 675-1151, ext. 3406
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