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Women Of The Fur Trade
Women of the Fur Trade is a play by written by Frances Koncan about the Métis-led Red River Resistance against European colonisers. It premiered in 2020. Production The play is written by Frances Koncan of Couchiching First Nation. 2020 production In the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's 2020 production that ran at the Warehouse Theatre, ''Cecelia'' was played by Liz Whitbread, ''Marie-Angelique'' was played by Kathleen MacLean, and Eugenia was played by Kelsey Kanatan Wavey. John Cook plays Louis Riel and Toby Hughes plays Thomas Scott (Orangeman), Thomas Scott. Audrey Dwyer directed. Synopsis ''Women of the Fur Trade'' is set in one room of a fort in Red River during the 19th century Red River Resistance. It features three women who discuss their perspectives on the changing world around them, European influence, the fur trade and the Métis leader Louis Riel. The three characters are Métis women Marie-Angelique; an Ojibwe Manitoban Trap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Koncan
Frances Koncan (born 1986) is an Anishinaabe- Slovene journalist, theatre director, and playwright from Couchiching First Nation who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her play ''The Dance-off of Conscious Uncoupling'' received the 2015 Tom Hendry Award for Best New Comedy. Early life and education Koncan was born in May of 1986 in Couchiching First Nation. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Manitoba and a master's degree in fine arts in playwriting from the City University of New York's Brooklyn College. Career Koncan is an arts reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. She is the playwright of ''Women of the Fur Trade,'' '' zahgidiwin/love,'' ''and Flesh-Coloured Crayons.'' She has directed ''A Doll’s House Part 2'',''Seminar'' (for the ''Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Mirvish Productions''), '' The Humans,'' (also for the ''Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Mirvish Productions''), and ''Stripped Down Anthony & Cleopatra.'' Her theatrical work has w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Toronto Fringe Festival is an annual theatre festival, featuring un-juried plays by unknown or well-known artists, taking place in the theatres of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Several productions originally mounted at the Fringe have later been remounted for larger audiences, including the Tony Award-winning musical ''The Drowsy Chaperone''. Features The Toronto Fringe Festival started in 1989 and hosts over 150 productions every July. It is well known for not having a jury to judge which plays will be presented. Instead it uses a lottery system which gives each play an equal chance. It depends mostly on volunteers, donors/sponsors, and government grants. One notable feature is the 24-hour playwriting contest in which contestants write a play in one day based on items selected by the Fringe and the winning play is performed on the last day of the festival. File:TorontoFringeLottery.jpg, Winners at the 2009 Toronto Fringe Selection Lottery File:Fringe-signature.jpg, Audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River Rebellion
The Red River Rebellion (french: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in the early stages of establishing today's Canadian province of Manitoba. It had earlier been a territory called Rupert's Land and been under control of the Hudson's Bay Company before it was sold. The event was the first crisis the new federal government faced after Canadian Confederation in 1867. The Canadian government had bought Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869 and appointed an English-speaking governor, William McDougall. He was opposed by the French-speaking mostly-Métis inhabitants of the settlement. Before the land was officially transferred to Canada, McDougall had sent out surveyors to plot the land according to the square township sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bug (Canadian Play)
''Bug'' is a play by Indigenous playwright Yolanda Bonnell that was a Governor General's Award 2020 finalist. The play is the story of an Indigenous mother and daughter, their substance addictions, incorporating themes of racialised and colonial violence. Production Bug was written by Yolanda Bonnell of Fort William First Nation in Thunder BayKaryn Recollet and J. Kelly Nestruck"A Cree professor and a white critic went to Yolanda Bonnell’s bug. Then, they discussed" ''The Globe and Mail'', February 16, 2020. Set design was by Jay Havens of the Mohawk nation. Bonnell plays the character Manidoons. ''Upon'' the play's release, Yolanda Bonnell asked that only people of colour review the play, which premiered at the Luminato festival in 2018. Synopsis ''Bug'' has two characters, a mother and daughter, both played by Bonnell, both struggling with addiction, both unsure of the reasons why. The two characters never interact. The play includes themes of the Sixties Scoop, of que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Bonnell
Yolanda Bonnell is a Canadian actress and playwright. She is most noted for her play Bug (Canadian play), ''Bug'', which was a Governor General's Award nominee for Governor General's Award for English-language drama, English-language drama at the 2020 Governor General's Awards. Early life and education An Anishinaabe member of the Fort William First Nation near Thunder Bay, Ontario and a graduate of Humber College's theatre school, she had her first significant acting role in a 2016 production of Judith Thompson's play ''The Crackwalker''. Career Her subsequent roles included a 2018 production of Kim Senklip Harvey's ''Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story'', and a 2019 production of Marie Clements's ''The Unnatural and Accidental Women''. Her play ''bug'' was staged at various theatre festivals, including the annual Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times, beginning in 2015, and was a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba
, image_map = Manitoba in Canada 2.svg , map_alt = Map showing Manitoba's location in the centre of Southern Canada , Label_map = yes , coordinates = , capital = Winnipeg , largest_city = Winnipeg , largest_metro = Winnipeg Region , official_lang = English , government_type = Parliamentary constitutional monarchy , Viceroy = Anita Neville , ViceroyType = Lieutenant Governor , Premier = Heather Stefanson , Legislature = Legislative Assembly of Manitoba , area_rank = 8th , area_total_km2 = 649950 , area_land_km2 = 548360 , area_water_km2 = 101593 , PercentWater = 15.6 , population_demonym = Manitoban , population_rank = 5th , population_total = 1342153 , population_as_of = 2021 , population_est = 142022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. ''CBC News Roundup'' (French counterpart: ''La revue de l'actualité'') started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapping
Animal trapping, or simply trapping or gin, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management. History Neolithic hunters, including the members of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture of Romania and Ukraine (c. 5500–2750 BCE), used traps to capture their prey. An early mention in written form is a passage from the self-titled book by Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi describes Chinese methods used for trapping animals during the 4th century BCE. The Zhuangzi reads, "The sleek-furred fox and the elegantly spotted leopard ... can't seem to escape the disaster of nets and traps." "Modern" steel jaw-traps were first described in western sources as early as the late 16th century. The first mention comes from Leonard Mascall's book on animal trapping. It reads, "a griping trappe made all of yrne, the lowest barre, and the ring or hoope with two clicket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Dwyer
Audrey Dwyer is a Canadian writer, actor, and director. She is currently the associate artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. She wrote the 2018 comedy, '' Calpurnia''. Early life Dwyer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She studied theatre at the University of Manitoba. Career In 2011, Dwyer did dramaturgy for and directed Rabiayshna Productions' ''The Apology''. From 2016 to 2017, Dwyer was the artistic director of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre in Mississauga. She also served as the associate artistic director of both Tarragon Theatre and Nightwood Theatre in Toronto. Dwyer's play, '' Calpurnia'', premiered in 2018 in Toronto with Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre, under Dwyer's direction. ''Calpurnia'' follows a young Jamaican-Canadian writer who is writing a script retelling ''To Kill A Mockingbird'' from the perspective of one of the book's minor characters, Calpurnia. The play tackles themes of race, class, and privilege. fu-GEN Theatre sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of the largest tribal populations among Native American peoples. In Canada, they are the second-largest First Nations population, surpassed only by the Cree. They are one of the most numerous Indigenous Peoples north of the Rio Grande. The Ojibwe population is approximately 320,000 people, with 170,742 living in the United States , and approximately 160,000 living in Canada. In the United States, there are 77,940 mainline Ojibwe; 76,760 Saulteaux; and 8,770 Mississauga, organized in 125 bands. In Canada, they live from western Quebec to eastern British Columbia. The Ojibwe language is Anishinaabemowin, a branch of the Algonquian language family. They are part of the Council of Three Fires (which also include the Odawa and Potawatomi) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couchiching First Nation
The Couchiching First Nation ( oj, Gojijiing Anishinaabeg) is a Saulteaux First Nation band government in the Canadian province of Ontario, who live on the Couchiching 16A and Agency 1 reserves in the Rainy River District near Fort Frances. History Ancestors of the Couchiching First Nation were collectively known as ''Gojijiwininiwag'' (Couchiching-men) or as Rainy Lake and River Bands of Saulteaux—"couchiching" (''gojijiing'') being the Ojibwe word meaning "At the Inlet", referring to Rainy Lake known in Ojibwe as ''Gojiji-zaaga'igan'' (Inlet Lake). Originally, members of the Couchiching First Nation resided further west and others were voyageurs from the east until they moved to the Fort Frances area in the late 19th century to avoid the Louis Riel Rebellion. The Department of Indian Affairs then allocated them a tract of land north of the town but this was considered too far from the trading post by the band members. Eventually, they ended up on Little Eagle land a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
