IMAGINATE informs, entertains and motivates,
stimulating positive thought and action around
challenges we face as a society.
Our annual evening of short talks, music and storytelling
expands this year to include a one-day conference,
featuring a lineup of powerful voices and presentations.
IMAGINATE culminates in an “Evening of Possibility” in the historic Concert Hall.
Earlybird passes available until February 16.
One Day Conference
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
A variety of plenary sessions as well as morning
and afternoon workshop options are offered.
Refreshments and lunch included.
Conference highlights:
• Jesse Thistle, Metis-Cree PhD Scholar, opens the day
with his story of trauma and transformation.
• Performance by Birds of Chicago, playing a spine-tingling mix
of music with deep roots
• Truth and Re-imagination, First Nations voices,
including Drew Hayden Taylor, on visioning a path forward
through story, art and Indigenous ways of knowing.
For the full program, click here:
A variety of plenary sessions as well as morning
and afternoon workshop options are offered.
Refreshments and lunch included.
Conference highlights:
• Jesse Thistle, Metis-Cree PhD Scholar, opens the day
with his story of trauma and transformation.
• Performance by Birds of Chicago, playing a spine-tingling mix
of music with deep roots
• Truth and Re-imagination, First Nations voices,
including Drew Hayden Taylor, on visioning a path forward
through story, art and Indigenous ways of knowing.
For the full program, click here:
Evening of Possibility
7:00 - 9:00 pm
• Drew Hayden Taylor: Author, Playwright
• Birds of Chicago: Americana Musicians
• Mique Michelle: Graffiti Artist
• Arlene Howells: Change Communicator
• Jesse Thistle: Scholar and Survivor
• Christian Harvey: Social Justice Leader
• Megan Murphy: Filmmaker
• Ted Staunton: Children’s Author
• David Newland: Host, Adventurer, Musician
Reception by Cultivate Festival of Food & Drink
• Drew Hayden Taylor: Author, Playwright
• Birds of Chicago: Americana Musicians
• Mique Michelle: Graffiti Artist
• Arlene Howells: Change Communicator
• Jesse Thistle: Scholar and Survivor
• Christian Harvey: Social Justice Leader
• Megan Murphy: Filmmaker
• Ted Staunton: Children’s Author
• David Newland: Host, Adventurer, Musician
Reception by Cultivate Festival of Food & Drink
A Green Wood EventGreen Wood Coalition is a street-level, charitable organization that uses a community model of caring to walk alongside people who are hungry, homeless and hurting, from a base in Port Hope, Ontario.
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InquiriesGreen Wood Coalition
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