Métis Week - Author Reading with Naomi McIlwraith

About this event

Adult, Family, Teen. tawâw! pîhtikwê! Welcome, Come in! Join Métis author-poet Naomi for a reading of her 2026 children's book the Great Gathering Place and a selection of poetry from Kiyâm. Hear the stories that inspired this work – cultural identity, the world around us, and imagine a brighter future. No registration needed About Naomi - Naomi McIlwraith is dedicated to bringing Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous people together to wrestle with the truth of Canada’s colonial origins and to leave a better story for our descendants to tell about how we are healing a broken relationship. A Métis educator, poet and essayist, Naomi gratefully uses her education to build a more peaceful world. She lives in amiskwacî-wâskahikan, Plains Cree for Beaver Hills House, also known as Edmonton, Alberta.