keynote speaking
Elder Redbird is an Indigenous Polymath, an expert on all topics related to Indigenous peoples and settler relations in Canada. He is a respected Elder and wisdom keeper in the Indigenous community. As a living connection to the past, Elder Dr. Duke serves as a teacher, advisor, and counsellor offering Indigenous wisdom, teachings and related academic research throughout his uniquely positioned keynote speeches.
ELDER REDBIRD TAKES A BROAD APPROACH TO HIS TEACHINGS WHICH ARE FRAMED IN INDIGNEOUS CULTURE, POLITICS, AND HISTORY ACROSS CANADA, SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLEX RELATIONS BETWEEN THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND SETTLER COMMUNITIES. SPIRITUALITY AND TRADITION HAS SHAPED ELDER REDBIRD’S LIFE, AS WELL AS A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY FROM AN INDIGENOUS LENS, THE CYBERNETIC FUTURE, AND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND TEACHINGS WILL PLAY IN BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AN EXCELLENT STORYTELLER, ELDER REDBIRD HAS THE ABILITY TO SPELLBOUND AN AUDIENCE. HE ALWAYS DELIVERS ON THE TWO CRITICAL TAKE-AWAYS FROM EXCELLENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER EXPERIENCES: HE LEAVES HIS AUDIENCE WITH A PLETHORA OF NEW IDEAS, QUESTIONS, AND TEACHINGS THAT CAN CHANGE THEIR LIVES; AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT MANY HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
ELDER DR. REDBIRD GIVES WORLD-CLASS TALKS WHETHER TO LIVE AUDIENCES OR VIA VIRTUAL PRESENTATION. USING A MIX OF HIS POETRY, STORYTELLING, FACTUAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY, AND TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS, HE IS A ONE OF A KIND SPEAKER THAT CAN BE RELIED UPON TO OPEN OR CLOSE A CONFERENCE, SALES MEETING, OR KICK OFF AN EVENT IN A GOOD WAY.
“Dear Elder Redbird, Your body of work is PROLIFIC. You have poetry, art, films, and stories spanning so long and this allows for so many entry points into the conversations about relationships that have underlined your life’s work. Throughout your talk yesterday, your moments of giving wisdom, your personal history, your weaving creative ways to help us educators navigate learning new cultural norms with humility are so richly packed with the stuff that is important to do good work. You are able to pull so many of your pieces into relevance and understandings that make sense today. Moreover, your stories always relate to a current event happening today, making your talks so relevant to today’s promise of resources to First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples. A warm thank you for your continued good work and time with us.”
RECENT keynotes have INCLUDEd: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT, Downey Wenjack Foundation, Art Gallery of Ontario - AABAAKWAD event, RedSky Performance, OCAD University