Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future

with Drew Hayden Taylor, Norma Dunning and Darrel J. McLeod

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Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future

Darrel J. McLeod · Photo by Ilja Herb Dr. Norma Dunning · Photo by Carina Gartner Lamarche, Details Studio Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor is one of those dangerous writers who knows the potential of humour, and how far it can reach into society, how deep it can cut, how quickly it can heal

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Editor, author, and playwright Drew Haden Taylor hosts a conversation on this groundbreaking anthology with contributors Norma Dunning and Darrel J. MacLeod. Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future features First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada and around the world.

Me Tomorrow covers everything from language renewal to sci-fi. It is a powerful and important expression of imagination rooted in social critique, cultural experience, traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island.

For readers who want to imagine the future, and to cultivate a better one, Me Tomorrow is a journey through the visions generously offered by a diverse group of Indigenous thinkers.

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The Authors

Darrel J. McLeod

Darrel J. McLeod is Cree from treaty eight territory in Northern Alberta. Before pursuing writing in his retirement McLeod was a chief negotiator of land claims for the federal government and executive director of education and international affairs with the Assembly of First Nations. He holds degrees in French Literature and Education from the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Norma Dunning

Norma Dunning (PhD) is a Padlei Inuk writer, professor and grandmother. Tainna (The Unseen Ones) received the Governor General’s Award for Literary Fiction in 2021, and Kinauvit? (What’s Your Name?) was shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing in 2023. Her debut, Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (2017), received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and multiple other awards. She has also published two collections of poetry to acclaim. All her books have been translated into French. Dunning teaches at First Nations University of Canada and lives in Regina, SK. Her latest novel is Naoyak.

Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor is an award-winning playwright, novelist, scriptwriter and journalist. He was born and raised on the Curve Lake First Nation in Central Ontario. Taylor has authored nearly thirty books, including The Night Wander: A Native Gothic Novel (Annick, 2007) about an Anishinaabe vampire. He also edited Me Funny, Me Sexy and Me Artsy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2006, 2008 and 2015), and has been nominated for two Governor General's Awards. He lives in Toronto.