The Library presents the following film screenings:
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The Paterson Library would like to invite you to join us for two Special Film Screenings
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Friday, February 25, 2022 at 1pm EST
Guided discussion with faculty members Pam Burton and Elizabeth Bishop
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Elle–Máijá Tailfeathers’ film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 1pm EST
Panel Discussion and Art Response
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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
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