Wednesday, Sept. 17
12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Arts 368 – in person
For the Zoom link, please e-mail: icer.ok@ubc.ca
Black and Indigenous communities play a key role in resisting systemic violence and imagining tangible and just futures beyond current conditions, yet the nuances of Black and Indigenous intercommunal relations, especially on the so-called Canadian Prairies, remain overlooked. Through an ethnographic study collaborating with Black and Indigenous-led, food-based mutual aid organizations and an Indigenous-led, arts-based non-profit on Treaty 4, Savannah’s research seeks to understand the meaning of “good relations” across communities in her hometown.
Savannah will share about her research process and methodology, which included a Black and Indigenous talking circle and feast, as well as some key findings.
Bio:
Savannah Kosteniuk (she/hers) is an emerging ethnographer with Afro-Caribbean and settler ancestry. Based and raised on Treaty 4 territory, her graduate research at UBC Okanagan explores Black and Indigenous relations on the prairies.
Savannah received an ICER Student CER Award in the spring of 2025 to support her research.
Starting the Conversations are an informal presentation space where everyone is welcome! Please join us to learn about Savannah’s research project!
