Wildflower In Bloom: A Chat With Catherine Lafferty Part 1
On a sunny summer morning Yellowknife Dene Writer Katłįà (Catherine Lafferty), and radio producer Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas chat about four pieces of Katłįà’s work. They explore themes of Dene Story telling, life and realities of northern living, and themes of justice.
Catherine Lafferty, whose Dene name is Katija is a Yellowknife Dene author, reporter, law student, and mother. She is the author of Northern Wildflower, published by fernwood in 2018, and Land-Water-Sky published by Fernwood in 2020. She writes for IndigiNews, the Tyee, the Briarpatch and other publications.
In our conversations we explored four excerpts of her work: Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky,This House is Not a Home and Firekeeper. In these pieces Catherine explores the concept of justice. In each story the different characters yearn for justice, are controlled by themes of injustice, endure injustices and reclaim justice, and wrestle with the personal responsibilities of what justice means.
This podcast was created and produced by Catherine Lafferty and Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas. It was created at CFUV with financial support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to provide financial support to nonprofit radio stations in Canada. CFUV is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples. Visit CFUVpodcasts.com or search for CFUV wherever you get your podcasts for more home-grown, cutting-edge content.
In our conversations we explored four excerpts of her work: Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky,This House is Not a Home and Firekeeper. In these pieces Catherine explores the concept of justice. In each story the different characters yearn for justice, are controlled by themes of injustice, endure injustices and reclaim justice, and wrestle with the personal responsibilities of what justice means.
This podcast was created and produced by Catherine Lafferty and Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas. It was created at CFUV with financial support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to provide financial support to nonprofit radio stations in Canada. CFUV is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples. Visit CFUVpodcasts.com or search for CFUV wherever you get your podcasts for more home-grown, cutting-edge content.
