Feb. 12, 2018
Audience-interactive play examines real meaning of reconciliation
An Indigenous and non-Indigenous cast probes the roadblocks we face in reconciliation.
What does reconciliation mean to you? If it feels like a personal question, that鈥檚 because it is a personal question, which sometimes gets lost with the often-institutional lens applied to the Calls to Action generated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
鈥淥ne of the reasons we wanted to host 拧x史蕯am虛蓹t on campus was to really continue and encourage reflection and discussion around reconciliation,鈥 explains Jackie Sieppert, dean of the Faculty of Social Work. 鈥淲e hope this play will play a small part in furthering that goal.鈥
艩x史蕯am虛蓹t, which means 鈥渉ome鈥 in H菨n虛q虛菨min虛菨m虛, a Coast Salish dialect, is a production by award-winning Vancouver theatre company Theatre for Living. The production is currently on a sold-out Western Canadian tour. Calgary is the final tour stop outside of B.C.
The audience-interactive play examines what reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples looks and feels like, and asks how the idea of 鈥渞econciliation鈥 translates into our day-to-day human relationships.
The play examines how the idea of 鈥渞econciliation鈥 translates into our day-to-day relationships.
艩x史蕯am虛蓹t is created and performed by the mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous cast and weaves together stories based on real life, including the actors' lived experiences. The play challenges all of us to make reconciliation true and honourable. 艩x史蕯am虛蓹t invites audiences to try to offer solutions to the real-life problems presented on the stage.
The play runs Saturday, Feb. 17 and Sunday Feb. 18 in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom (third floor of MacEwan Hall.) Doors open at 7 p.m. and the play begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for 拧x史蕯am虛蓹t are $15 and are available online. The play is co-sponsored by the University of Calgary Students' Union.
Only 120 tickets are available each night, with a limited number of free tickets reserved for University of Calgary students and those in the community who are unable to afford the ticket price. The play is part of the faculty鈥檚 ongoing Positive Disruption event series, which continues Monday, March 19 with a visit from one of Canada鈥檚 most respected social work researchers and thought leaders, the Honourable Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard.
春色直播 unveiled its Indigenous Strategy, , on Nov. 16, 2017. The strategy is the result of nearly two years of community dialogue and campus engagement, and involved the work of a number of people from the university, Indigenous communities and community stakeholders. Recommendations from the strategy are being implemented as we move forward with promise, hope and caring for the future.