Assistant Professor, Indigenous Communication Arts

• Shannon Avison, Assistant Professor, worked to complete an InSpirit research grant, Indigenous Language Broadcasting, from Library and Archives Canada throughout the 2020/21 fiscal year.
• Canadian Heritage awarded a grant to Shannon Avison in Indigenous Communication (INCA) and Fine Arts to produce a website and podcasts in the Indigenous languages of Saskatchewan. After consulting with language keepers and Elders, the project was named pîkiskwêwin–language in Cree. Due to COVID, most of the training for podcasters and designers has been done over Zoom; however, “we did record the first four episodes of a cooking show in person, following COVID protocols and entirely in Michif.” Although there are many podcasts by Indigenous producers, few are in Indigenous languages. The pîkiskwêwin podcasts are produced entirely in Indigenous languages, with English used only in the program summaries and producer bios.  
• Canadian Heritage project: www.pikiskwewin.ca