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HomeEventsVictoriasxʷiʔe ̕m Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Series

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sxʷiʔe ̕m Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Series

Friday, November 20, 2026
7:00 PM
University of Victoria · Victoria
Free
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First Peoples House (FPH). Please join us in welcoming acclaimed nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) poet and writer Louise Bernice Halfe as the guest of the 3rd annual sxʷiʔe ̕m (to tell a story) Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Series. Hosted by Gregory Scofield from UVIC Writing.

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3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada

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