Anishnabe Azejicigan

Anishnabe Azejicigan | Thanksgiving? Thanks for What?

October 19, 2021

7 PM EDT

Join us this month during Anishnabe Azejicigan for “Thanksgiving? Thanks For What?” with Comedian and Producer Janelle Niles, where we’ll take a comedic approach to the topic of Thanksgiving. The gathering will be moderated by Algonquin Knowledge Carrier Monique Manatch. Presented by Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations, in collaboration with Knot Project Space. Sign up to attend the discussion on October 19 at 7pm EDT with the link below.

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SPEAKERS

Janelle Niles launched her comedy career in January 2019 and started producing soon after. Exploding in the Ottawa comedy scene with her show(s) Comedy at Eddy’s and GOT LAND? indigenous comedy show, Janelle aims to communicate cultural concerns in the indigenous community through laughter. Her dream is to perform on the Just for Laughs stage in Montreal. Janelle incorporates all genres of comedy into Got Land? to improve the growth of indigenous entertainment in comedy. She additionally runs an independent comedy show for amateur comedians in the nation’s capital for all aspiring comedians.

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Digital Arts Resource Centre (formerly SAW Video) is a not-for-profit, artist-run media art centre that fosters the growth and development of artists through access to equipment, training, mentorship, and programming. Our mission is to support a diverse community of media artists empowered by technology, programming and the exchange of ideas.

Our core principles are independence of expression, affordable access to all, and paying artists for their work. Digital Arts Resource Centre values diversity and actively promotes equity for all artists regardless of race, age, class, gender, sexual orientation, language, or ability.

We acknowledge that Digital Arts Resource Centre is located on land that is part of the unceded and unsurrendered Traditional Territory of the Algonquin people. We honour the Algonquin people and elders, whose ancestors have occupied this territory since time immemorial, and whose culture has nurtured and continues to nurture this land and its people.