Warren Cariou's guest appearances

Warren Cariou

CAA Conversations

On Edge Reading Series

Samuel Johnson

Jane Jensen

Steve Hilton

Kevin Curry

Jay Buchanan

Amy Whitaker

Megan Griffiths

Peter Williams

Jesse Reed

Kate Bingaman-Burt

Ellen Oh

Walker Evans

Nick Nelson

Rachel Clarke

Gurjinder Basran

OwlTail

Siobhan Angus

Warren Cariou is a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and interdisciplinary scholar whose work often explores links between environment, culture, and storytelling, with a particular focus on Indigenous communities in western Canada. He directs the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches in the Department of English, Theatre, Film and Media. His petrographs can be viewed at: http://www.warrencariou.comSiobhan Angus is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art at Yale University and a visiting scholar at the Yale Center for British Art. Her research, informed by a commitment to social and environmental justice, explores the visual culture of resource extraction in Canada, with a focus on photography and visual archives.

Warren Cariou is a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and interdisciplinary scholar whose work often explores links between environment, culture, and storytelling, with a particular focus on Indigenous communities in western Canada. He directs the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches in the Department of English, Theatre, Film and Media. His petrographs can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.warrencariou.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.warrencariou.com</a> Siobhan Angus is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art at Yale University and a visiting scholar at the Yale Center for British Art. Her research, informed by a commitment to social and environmental justice, explores the visual culture of resource extraction in Canada, with a focus on photography and visual archives.

Warren Cariou // Siobhan Angus // Art, Pedagogy, and Environmental Justice, Part II

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pmThe On Edge Reading Series presents: Warren Cariou.Warren Cariou is the author of The Exalted Company of Roadside Martyrs (short stories) and Lake of the Prairies (a memoir which won the 2002 Drainie-Taylor Prize for Biography and was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize). He is currently working on a novel titled Exhaust. Cariou is a Canada Research Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures. In conjuction with Neil McArthur, he released a documentary film entitled Land of Oil and Water.Cariou grew up on a farm near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, a place he describes beautifully in Lake of the Prairies. He has worked as a construction labourer, a technical writer, and a political advisor. He now teaches Aboriginal Literature at the University of Manitoba.The On Edge series gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council and Emily Carr.

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm The On Edge Reading Series presents: Warren Cariou. Warren Cariou is the author of The Exalted Company of Roadside Martyrs (short stories) and Lake of the Prairies (a memoir which won the 2002 Drainie-Taylor Prize for Biography and was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize). He is currently working on a novel titled Exhaust. Cariou is a Canada Research Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures. In conjuction with Neil McArthur, he released a documentary film entitled Land of Oil and Water. Cariou grew up on a farm near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, a place he describes beautifully in Lake of the Prairies. He has worked as a construction labourer, a technical writer, and a political advisor. He now teaches Aboriginal Literature at the University of Manitoba. The On Edge series gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council and Emily Carr.