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Writing MFA Kim Harvey wins GG Award for Drama

by John Threlfall | Jun 2, 2021 | Alumni, Award, export, indigenous, Writing

On June 1, Syilx & Tsilhqot’in playwright & director Kim Senklip Harvey became the first Indigenous woman to win the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for her play Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story (Talon Books)—less than a week after receiving...
Dennis Gupa: from sea rituals to applied theatre and science

Dennis Gupa: from sea rituals to applied theatre and science

by John Threlfall | Apr 7, 2021 | export, Graduate, indigenous, Research, Theatre

The idea of artists working with scientists is nothing new to Dennis Gupa. A PhD candidate in UVic’s theatre department, Gupa is also the current artist-in-residence with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a UVic initiative. He sees the artistic residency, launched by the...
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