This year’s CIH LGBTQ2S+ Lecture will feature three celebrated young Indigenous artists and intellectuals.

The Calgary Institute for the Humanities is excited to announce the speakers for our third annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture: novelist Joshua Whitehead, poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, and special musical guest Shawnee Kish. The event will take place on Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 pm, the evening before Calgary Pride Week. In light of the uncertainties caused by the pandemic, the event will take place online.

The evening will feature readings by Whitehead and Belcourt, performances by Shawnee Kish, and a roundtable discussion about the intersections of art and activism for queer, trans and two-spirit indigenous artists.