Tracking Treaty: When Worlds Collide - Author Talk with Armand Ruffo

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

Library and Archives Canada - Public Archives and National Library Building | Ottawa

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Tracking Treaty: When Worlds Collide - Author Talk with Armand Ruffo
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Author talk with Armand Garnet Ruffo to discuss Treaty for Treaties Recognition Week
About this Event

Tracking Treaty: When Worlds Collide
An author talk in honour of Treaties Recognition Week

Join us for an evening with Anishinaabe writer and poet Armand Garnet Ruffo, writer of Treaty # (shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award), The Dialogues: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow (winner of VMI/Betsy Warland “Between Genre Award”), and his newest work, “The Upper World”. He will provide an overview of the treaty process between Indigenous peoples and the colonial Canada, shaped by changing political and social landscapes and differing understandings of land ownership and relationships.

A book signing will follow the program. Our friends from Perfect Books will be on hand to sell books.

Simultaneous translation to French is available for this program. Please let staff know if you would like simultaneous translation.

This event is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA). Provided in partnership with Library and Archives Canada.


Accessibility

Ottawa Public Library is committed to ensuring that all programs are accessible to everyone. If you need assistance registering for this program or require specific accommodations to participate, please contact us.



Author Biography

Armand Garnet Ruffo (Anishinaabe) was born and raised in remote northern Ontario and is a band member of the CHapleau Fox Lake Cree First Nation. A recipient of an Honourary Life Membership Award from the League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers' Trust of Canada Latner Poetry Prize for his body of work, he is recognized as a major contributor to both contemporary Indigenous literature and Indigenous literary scholarship in Canada. As a creative writer and scholar, Ruffo's books include Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird (2014) and Treaty# (2019), both finalists for Governor General Literary Awards, and An Anthology of Indigenous Literature in English (2020). He continues to publish widely, and his work has been translated into French, German, and Chinese. He is a professor Emeritus from Queen's University.

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Library and Archives Canada - Public Archives and National Library Building, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Canada

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