The EDI Office invites everyone to join writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote around an online kitchen table for an hour of storytelling to remember the joy in our queer lives and celebrate the strength and bravery it takes to live real life as a trans person. Bring your best hankie.

• Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
• Time: 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
• Hybrid: Zoom Registration Link
  • Brampton Campus: SCEI center
  • Sault Ste. Marie Campus: Location: The Nest meeting room (NW201)
  • Timmins: TBD

Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, six stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, and been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction and the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction twice. In 2017, Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University, and in 2023, they received the first Honorary Doctor of Arts ever bestowed on anyone by Yukon University. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity, family, class, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart and a quick wit.  Ivan’s 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart and their new one-person show, Playlist, premiered in February 2024. Photo Credit: Emily Cooper Photography.