Trent Voices

Internationally renowned Indigenous playwright, novelist, musician, songwriter, and member of the Order of Canada – drew a large crowd to Showplace Performance Centre on Thursday, October 12 as he delivered this year’s W.L. Morton Lecture as part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations for the School for the Study of Canada.   ‘An Evening with Tomson Highway,’ featured Highway taking on the role of raconteur as he told of his upbringing in northern Manitoba. His colourful and moving tale included early life with a nomadic caribou-hunting family, attending residential school, the hardships of his childhood and the power of music and art to heal as he went on to become an internationally acclaimed playwright, author, musician and multilingual speaker (Cree, French and English). We talked with him before the show/