In Good Faith: Community Care & Social Trust

Speakers for this event

• David A. Robertson

  David A. Robertson

  DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the author of numerous books for young readers including Governor General’s Literary Award winners On the Trapline and When We Were Alone. The Barren Grounds, Book 1 of The Misewa Saga series, was a Kirkus, NPR, and Quill & Quire best middle-grade book of 2020, as well as a USBBY and Texas Lone Star selection. Winner of the Writers’ Union of Canada’s Freedom to Read Award, as well as the 2021 Globe and Mail Children’s Storyteller of the Year recipient, Dave is a member of Norway House Cree Nation and currently lives in Winnipeg, Canada.

  URL www.darobertson.ca

• James Cairns

  James Cairns

  JAMES CAIRNS is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, in the Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice. He lives with his family in Paris, Ontario, on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. James is a staff writer at the Hamilton Review of Books and community relations director for the Riverside Reading Series. His latest book, In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times, was published by Wolsak and Wynn in June.

  URL https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-liberal-arts/faculty-profiles/james-cairns/index.html

• Saeed Teebi

  Saeed Teebi

  Saeed Teebi is an award-winning writer and lawyer. His debut short story collection, Her First Palestinian, was a finalist for several awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize. His nonfiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly. Born in Kuwait, he resettled in the United States, then Canada. He now lives in Toronto.

  URL https://teebi.com/

• Samra Zafar

  Samra Zafar

  SAMRA ZAFAR is an award-winning, internationally renowned speaker, physician, author and educator. She has been recognized among the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, the Top 25 Most Inspirational Women in Canada, and the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants. Her book A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose, based on her journey of escaping an abusive child marriage to pursue her freedom, sheds light on gender-based oppression, and was a national bestseller and a CBC Best Book. Her latest book, Unconditional, was an instant national bestseller and featured in Forbes.

  URL https://www.samrazafar.com/