James Darin Corbiere (Waab Makoohns) is Aanishinaabe from Manitoulin Island now living on Vancouver Island. A former police officer and secondary school teacher, Darin created a board game in 2017 to help his students study for the final exam in Canadian history. Over the years, the game has evolved into being an innovative, popular and controversial educational resource that almost didn’t happen because of opposition from Catholic Church agents. Come hear the rest of the story, come play the Truth in Truth and Reconciliation Board Game.
Before the Game, Darin began writing and illustrating “The Legend of Gii wed anong” a 300 page illustrated story of the Creation, Destruction and Re-creation of the Earth, parts of which made their way into the Game. The Game also includes an original “Origin” story titled “Tales of the Firekeeper” which is the base of a wider Tales of the Firekeeper vision.
(Note: this panel will be recorded.)
Room C. Seating limited to 30 people.