The public is invited to come out this Sunday Nov. 13 as Brock University Chancellor Shirley Cheechoo delivers a monologue from her play, Path With No Moccasins.

Shirley Cheechoo

The free event is begins at 2 pm in Brock’s Sean O’Sullivan Theatre. Early arrival is encouraged, as seating will be first come, first served.

A personal account of Cheechoo’s struggle to maintain her identity and connection to her Cree heritage, the central theme of Path With No Moccasins deals with human rights abuses in Canada’s residential school system in the 1950s and ’60s.

An award-winning artist, actor and filmmaker, Cheechoo has worked in the Indigenous community for more than 40 years. She is currently executive and artistic director of Weengushk Film Institute, a non-profit artist-focused film and television training centre on Manitoulin Island.

This is the first time she will deliver the monologue in the Niagara region. The event, presented by Brock University’s Department of Child and Youth Studies, is supported by a Connections Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.