Join Lori Marchand, a member of the Syilx First Nation and the first Managing Director of the NAC’s Indigenous Theatre, as we explore the questions in and out of Indigenous Theatre through an intersectional cultural lens. Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are welcome to join, regardless of prior knowledge!

There will be live English to French translation throughout.

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About Lori Marchand:

Lori Marchand became the first Managing Director of the NAC’s Indigenous Theatre in April 2018. A member of the Syilx First Nation, she has played a key role in the encouragement, development and production of Indigenous work, including as Executive Director of Western Canada Theatre, 1999-2018. Notably, plays such as Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout, Where the Blood Mixes, Children of God, and Kamloopa, created at WCT in collaboration with the Secwepemc, Syilx and Nlaka’pamux Nations, impacted the national stage and national discussion. Her contributions in BC and nationally also include serving in many capacities for the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres; and as a member of the BC Arts Council from 2010 to 2017, chairing the strategic planning and program committees and serving as vice-chair, she helped drive policy relevant to all theatre practitioners in Canada. Lori was recognized for her commitment to live theatre and the production of Indigenous work that has contributed to the arts and to Reconciliation with a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, from Thompson Rivers University in June 2018 and the Mallory Gilbert Award for Artistic Leadership in 2021.