March 17-20th ICUF - UCD Centre for Canadian Studies Festival: Landspeak: A Gathering of Irish and Indigenous voices

Landspeak is a series of free online talks, workshops, events, and activities, seeking to build connections through explorations in culture, sport, creativity, language, and the environment.

Landspeak is presented by the Ireland Canada University Foundation, 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.

Schedule:
You can register to attend (opens in a new window)Landspeak now on Hopin, and follow the discussion online at #landspeak.

Wednesday, March 17 2021 · Opening event and performances

13:00 - 17:00
Day 1: Opening Song and Blessing · With Joseph Naytowhow 

13:15 - 17:15
Opening Session: Language, Land, and Song · With Liam Ó Maonlaí and Pura Fé 

14:15 - 18:15
Day 1: Closing story · With Joseph Naytowhow

Thursday, March 18 2021 · Games and Sport

12:00 - 6:00
Day 2: Opening Song · With Kontiwennenhawi — Akwesasne Women Singers 

12:10 -16:10
Lacrosse Roundtable · With Aidan Fearn, Michael Kennedy, Sonny Campbell and Devon Buckshot

14:00 - 18:00
Games and Sport Seminar · With Cathal Billings, Regina Uí Chollatáin and Renée Hulan 

15:30 - 19:30
Sport, community, identity, and nationhood · With Paul Rouse, Eamonn McKee, Bruce Roundpoint and Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell

Friday, March 19 2021 · Language and Story

10:30 - 14:30
Day 3: Opening Song · With Raymond Sewell 

10:45 - 14:45
Discussion: Language and Story · With Aubrey Hanson, Oein DeBhairduin and Renée Hulan

12:00 - 16:00
Writers on land and environment · With Jeanette Armstrong, Manchán Magan and Warren Cariou 

13:30 - 17:30
Language and Story Seminar · With Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Sherry Farrell Racette and Warren Cariou

14:30 - 18:30
Panel Discussion: minority languages – hopes for the future? · With Linda Ervine, Nicola Campbell, Úna-Minh Kavanagh and James Kelly

16:00 - 20:00
Friday Storytelling Session · With Richard Van Camp, Jack Lynch and Warren Cariou 

Saturday, March 20 2021 · Music and Song

11:00 - 15:00
Day 4: Opening Song · With Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh 

11:15 - 15:15
Film Panel: Movings Images, Dynamic Languages · With Thirza Cuthand, Brenda Rawn Jordan, Paul Halferty, Naomi Wilson, Elaine Gallagher, Tasha Hubbard, Catherine Martin, Daniel O’Hara, James Kelly, June Scudeler, Louise Ní Fhiannachta and Kevin Lee Burton

13:00 - 17:00
Saturday Storyteller Session · With Rob Malo, Nuala Hayes and Warren Cariou

14:00 - 18:00
Closing Performance 1: Poetry Reading · With Louise Halfe, Gregory Scofield and Cheryl L’Hirondelle 

15:00 - 19:00
Closing Performance 2: Music · With Landspeak 

_{Landspeak is organised in partnership with the Ireland Canada University Foundation, University College Dublin, and the University of Manitoba Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture.}

_{Landspeak has been organised with the assistance of the Government of Canada. Landspeak a été organisé avec l’appui du gouvernement du Canada. The Ireland Canada University Foundation is supported by the Government of Ireland, through the Emigrant Support Programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs.}