Arctic Imagination - Talks Series

Start: 2022-09-22T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-22T11:15:00-04:00
Location: Fourth Stage

SPHERE / Jesse Wente & Svend Hardenberg

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31350

In-person event

In English / Live translation in French Co-hosted by the Royal Danish Library and the NAC Orchestra as part of the SPHERE Festival, Arctic Imagination is a not-to-be-missed speaker series pressing discussions on the transformation of the Arctic as the ice disappears — and the implications of climate change for geopolitics and human civilization as we know it. Speakers: Jesse Wente Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for...

Thu, September 22, 2022

10 AM EDT

Fourth Stage 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Arctic Imagination - Talks Series

Sep 22, 2022 - 10 AM EDT

Fourth Stage

Talks Festival events

Featured artists

In-person event
Bilingual
≈ 1h15 · No intermission

In English / Live translation in French

Co-hosted by the Royal Danish Library and the NAC Orchestra as part of the SPHERE Festival, Arctic Imagination is a not-to-be-missed speaker series pressing discussions on the transformation of the Arctic as the ice disappears — and the implications of climate change for geopolitics and human civilization as we know it.

Speakers:

Jesse Wente

Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning. In 2018, Jesse was named the founding director of the Indigenous Screen Office and in summer 2020 he was appointed Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts. Jesse received the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto in 2021 for his volunteer contributions. His first book “Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance” is a national bestseller. Born and raised in Toronto, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek and he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation.

Svend Hardenberg

Svend Hardenberg is a businessman and entrepreneur, who entered unexpected Netflix stardom as a leading role in Borgen, a highly successful Danish TV series that deals with themes of climate crisis. Hardenberg has previously served as Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office, Government of Greenland.

Host: Kevin Loring

This talk pairs with the following events:

About the Impacts of Climate Change on Pollinators with Dr. Jeremy Kerr SPHERE Festival - Talk

Sep 24, 2022 - 4:30 PM EDT

Artists

Board Chair, Canada Council for the Arts & Co-executive director, Indigenous Screen Office. Author of ''UNRECONCILED'' Jesse Wente
Board Chair, Canada Council for the Arts & Co-executive director, Indigenous Screen Office. Author of ''UNRECONCILED'' Jesse Wente

Jesse Wente is a husband and father, as well as a writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts administrator. Born and raised in Toronto, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek and he is a off-reserve member of the Serpent River First Nation. Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning. In 2018, Jesse was named the founding director of the Indigenous Screen Office and in summer 2020 he was appointed Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts. Jesse received the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto in 2021 for his volunteer contributions and was recently appointed a Senior Fellow of Massey College. His first book “Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance” is a national bestseller and was picked as one of best books of 2021 by Chapters-Indigo, Apple Books and The Globe and Mail. Jesse recently won the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize in Non-Fiction.

Jesse Wente est un mari et un père, ainsi qu'un écrivain, un diffuseur, un conférencier et un administrateur des arts. Né et élevé à Toronto, sa famille est originaire de Chicago et Genaabaajing Anishinaabek et il est membre hors-réserve de la Première Nation de Serpent River. Jesse est surtout connu pour plus de deux décennies passées en tant que chroniqueur pour l'émission Metro Morning de CBC Radio. En 2018, Jesse a été nommé directeur fondateur de l'Indigenous Screen Office et à l'été 2020, il a été nommé président du Conseil des Arts du Canada. Jesse a reçu le prix Arbor de l'Université de Toronto en 2021 pour ses contributions bénévoles et a récemment été nommé ''Senior Fellow du Massey College''. Son premier livre "Unreconciled : Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance" est un best-seller national et a été choisi comme l'un des meilleurs livres de 2021 par Chapters-Indigo, Apple Books et The Globe and Mail. Jesse a également été récemment nominé pour le Kobo Emerging Writers Prize in Non-Fiction.
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Businessman, entrepreneur, former Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office, Government of Greenland Svend Hardenberg
Businessman, entrepreneur, former Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office, Government of Greenland Svend Hardenberg

Svend Hardenberg is a popular Greenlandic politician, senior government official, and businessman, who entered unexpected Netflix stardom as a leading role in Borgen, a highly successful Danish TV series that deals with themes of climate crisis. Hardenberg previously served as Chief of Staff under Greenland Prime Minister Ms. Aleqa Hammond.

Svend Hardenberg est un politicien groenlandais populaire, haut fonctionnaire et homme d'affaires, qui est entré dans la célébrité inattendue de Netflix en tant que rôle principal dans Borgen, une série télévisée danoise à succès qui traite des thèmes de la crise climatique. Hardenberg a précédemment été chef de cabinet sous le Premier ministre du Groenland, Mme Aleqa Hammond.
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Host Kevin Loring
Host Kevin Loring

Kevin Loring is an accomplished Canadian playwright, actor and director and was the winner of the Governor General’s Award for English Language Drama for his outstanding play, Where the Blood Mixes in 2009. The play explores the intergenerational effects of the residential school system. It toured nationally and was presented at the National Arts Centre in 2010, when Loring was serving as the NAC’s Playwright in Residence.

A Nlaka’pamux from the Lytton First Nation in British Columbia, Loring created the Songs of the Land project in 2012 in partnership with five separate organizations in his home community. The project explores 100-year-old audio recordings of songs and stories of the N’lakap’amux People. Loring has written two new plays based on his work with the community including Battle of the Birds, about domestic violence and power abuse, and The Boy Who Was Abandoned, about youth and elder neglect.

A versatile artist and leader Loring has served as the co-curator of the Talking Stick Festival, as Artist in Residence at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, as Artistic Director of the Savage Society in Vancouver, as a Documentary Producer of Canyon War: The Untold Story, and as the Project Leader/Creator, and Director of the Songs of the Land project in his home community of Lytton First Nation.

Dramaturge, acteur et professeur canadien accompli, M. Loring a remporté le Prix du Gouverneur général pour la dramaturgie de langue anglaise, en 2009, pour sa pièce remarquable intitulée Where the Blood Mixes. L’œuvre se penche sur les effets intergénérationnels du régime des pensionnats autochtones. La pièce a été présentée en tournée dans tout le pays, et notamment au Centre national des Arts en 2010 alors que M. Loring y était l’auteur dramatique en résidence.

Nlaka’pamux de la Première Nation Lytton en Colombie-Britannique, M. Loring a créé le projet Songs of the Land en 2012, en partenariat avec cinq organisations distinctes de sa collectivité natale. Cette initiative puise dans 100 ans d’enregistrements sonores des chants et récits du peuple N’lakap’amux. M. Loring a écrit deux nouvelles pièces basées sur ce travail avec la collectivité : Battle of the Birds, sur la violence familiale et l’abus de pouvoir, et The Boy Who Was Abandoned, sur la négligence à l’égard des jeunes et des aînés.

Artiste et leader polyvalent, Kevin Loring a œuvré comme coorganisateur du Talking Stick Festival, artiste résident au Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, directeur artistique de la Savage Society à Vancouver, producteur du documentaire Canyon War: The Untold Story, et fer de lance, créateur et directeur du projet Songs of the Land dans sa collectivité natale de la Première Nation Lytton.
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SPHERE is presented as part of Nordic Bridges, a year-long cultural initiative led by Harbourfront Centre in Toronto and supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Visit NordicBridges.ca to learn more.