DrJ Paul Halferty

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In collaboration with our partners, Landspeak convened Landspeak Visit/Cruinniú/Kiyokēwin in November 2022, welcoming to Ireland a delegation of Indigenous artists from Turtle Island/Canada. The aim of this visit/cruinniú/kiyokēwin was to build upon connections forged online during Landspeak: A Gathering of Indigenous and Irish Voices, a virtual conference that took place online in March 2021, and Reading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (TRC), a weekly reading organised by Landspeak, reading of the TRC aloud among people from Turtle Island and Ireland, gathered online over the Autumn of 2021. Visitors to Ireland for the visit/cruinniú/kiyokēwin include the following: Louise B. Halfe – Cree Poet Laureate of Canadian Parliament originally from Saddle Lake First Nation Joseph Naytowhow – Cree knowledge keeper, singer and storyteller from Sturgeon Lake First Nation Brian Solomon (tbc)– Choreographer/ Dancer of Anishinaabe and Irish heritage, born in Shebahonaning / Killarney, Ontario Meeting in person, and undertaking a variety of activities, the visit/cruinniú/kiyokēwin will solidify connections among the Landspeak conference organisers and, at the same time, introduce these Indigenous artists, elders, and knowledge keepers to artists, academics, and community workers in Ireland, in an effort to create networks of collaboration and sharing that will foster cultural and knowledge exchange into the future.

On September 30, 2021, Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, we began a public reading of the Executive Summary of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Following the opening of the reading on September 30th, we met weekly on Zoom for two hours every Monday, and read the report out loud. On Monday 20th December, 2021, we finally completed the reading, with the “Calls to Action”. The reading took place on Zoom, with an open invitation to all to take part in the reading. There was also an open invitation to come just to listen.

Landspeak: A Gathering of Indigenous and Irish Voices, was a series of free online talks, workshops, events, and activities, seeking to build connections between Turtle Island and Ireland through explorations in culture, sport, creativity, language, and the environment. Landspeak brought together singers and storytellers, filmmakers and musicians, athletes and academics, online, from March 17–20, 2021. Based on the idea of two lands speaking to each other, and resonating with Jeanette Armstrong’s concept of “Land Speaking,” this gathering provided a space for learning and building lasting relationships between the people of Ireland and the Indigenous peoples from different nations and territories of Turtle Island. Landspeak was presented by the ICUF, in partnership with the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture in the University of Manitoba, the Centre for Canadian Studies in University College Dublin, and the Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor, University College Dublin.

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Jane Urquhart, acclaimed Canadian author and 2017/18 Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies at UCD and Dr Paul Halferty, Director of Canadian Studies at UCD, hosted 'Imagining: Home' in June 2018. It celebrated the literary connections between Ireland and Canada, with participating authors Margaret Atwood, John Banville, Anne Enright and Frank McGuinness. At the event, Margaret Atwood was awarded the Ulysses Medal at O'Reilly Hall.

Cancelled due to Snow UCD Imagining: Home Literary Festival 1-2 March 2018 Imagining: Home is a literary festival that celebrates connections between Canada and Ireland. The participating authors are: Margaret Atwood, John Banville, Emma Donoghue, Anne Enright, Victoria Glendinning and Frank McGuinness. The event were to take place in UCD, 1-2 March, but were cancelled due to heavy snow. These events were organised by Canadian author and Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor Jane Urquhart and Dr Paul Halferty, Director of Canadian Studies at UCD.

Untold Stories was a three-day interdsincpanry confernece organised by the Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor, Professor Linda Morra, and Director for the Centre of Canadian Studies, Dr. J. Paul Halferty. The conference was host to over 60 scholars, who presented their research over 3 days.

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