The COVID-19 pandemic has caused another wave of impacts on the health and well-being of Indigenous lands and people in Canada, in cities as elsewhere. How can cities address the harms of erasure and exclusion that have been embedded into their systems, stories and spaces? Drawing on her experiences as a Métis-Cree filmmaker, community planner, and educator in Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories (aka Vancouver), Kamala Todd shares her perspectives and learnings about truth-telling and building healthy relationships in order to transform how people understand, care for, and live on the (urbanized) land. And that raises another question: How can university educators support these conversations and efforts?
Kamala Todd is a Métis-Cree mother, community planner, filmmaker, and educator. She has a Masters degree in urban Geography from UBC. Kamala was the City of Vancouver’s first Indigenous Arts and Culture Planner and was also the City's Aboriginal Social Planner for several years. She is currently adjunct professor at UBC and SFU. This year, her SFU courses were Storyscapes: Decolonizing the city through arts and culture and Indigenous City: Story, teachings, and practise in decolonizing the city. Kamala's media production company is Indigenous City Media, where she writes, directs, and edits. Her film credits include Welcome to Our Homelands, Indigenous Plant Diva, Cedar and Bamboo, RELAW: Living Indigenous Laws, and Sharing our Stories: the Vancouver Dialogues Project. Kamala also writes for television, including Nehiyawetan and Coyote Science (APTN).
Learn more about the 2019-21 cohort of Leading Scholars, including individual biographies, here: https://greencollege.ubc.ca/leading-scholars-2019-21
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