Artistic Prowess
I watched Patch Adams the other day and it was an acting masterclass on the art of the offer. Moment after moment, Robin Williams gave so...
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Kim Senklip Harvey
- Mar 6, 2020
Break Horizons: Draft 1
SHEEEEEE LIIIIIIVVVVVEEEESSSSS!!!! Oh snap! This morning we’re reading Break in class and it will be the first time I hear her! 😝😝😝...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Mar 6, 2020
The Courage A Playwright Needs
I said I wasn't allowed to blog or podcast until I got my first draft of Break Horizons done and guess what?! I GOT IT DONE! I will post...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Feb 1, 2020
No Glory Labour
I do not spend enough time with BPOC's (I got the Indigenous part covered) and I need to do a better job of gathering with them....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jan 27, 2020
No Saviour Stories: Not Even Indigenous Ones
There has been a long history of problematic films, depicting white folks "saving" BIPOC peoples,: Dances With Wolves Greenbook Dangerous...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jan 25, 2020
The Odyssey
We called Skyborn the big beautiful beast. That's the thing about Transformers, when you invite them into the story they will push you,...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jan 14, 2020
a hot dog poem
wáy slaxts, I'm in the thick of it at the moment, in an exciting way. I've started my second semester in my MFA program and got a dope...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Dec 26, 2019
Sovereign Stories
Writing can be healing but centering healing can elicit great writing. Centering being a spiritually spherical consciousness, that allows...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Dec 22, 2019
My Parents Indigenous Love Story.
When I decided to go back to school, I told Kevin Kerr that my priorities are self care, family and then school. That I have family...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Dec 20, 2019
Fire Creators Notes: Skyborn
I was asked to write ”Directors Notes” for Skyborn and this is what came out. —-————————————————— Hy’cyp’ca, Wáy, This is an artistic...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Dec 16, 2019
White Lawrence
The following is a piece of writing I did for one of my MFA creative writing courses with Shane Book - who is rad. The ignition of the...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Nov 25, 2019
Defining Success
In my LE_NONET graduate studies class we were asked in a Guided Reflection: How do you define success? This is what I wrote. -If it's...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Nov 15, 2019
The New Relationship
Below is my keynote for the Coquitlam Cultural Summitt. It's an amalgamation of 2 previous keynotes as well as some new ideas weaved in....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 30, 2019
The Dramatic Leadership We Need
Wáy, Hunilht’ih, Sechanalyagh - Association of British Columbia Drama Educators. Limelet - Coast Salish Peoples. I’m incredibly grateful...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 23, 2019
"Real" Indians and Others
In Bonita Lawrence’s Real Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood, she examines how the canadian...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 16, 2019
The Brand of canadian Racism.
In the past few months we have seen some incredibly violent and racist behaviours by the leader of canada PM Justin Trudeau. The fact...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 3, 2019
Bearing Witness to Indigenous Love
For me, a big part of creating stories of Indigenous love is asserting our birthright to share the experience of our love in all ways and...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 30, 2019
A Short Essay
I am in an extremely privileged position going to UVIC getting my masters. It is a lot of work especially since I'm still working full...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 14, 2019
The Indigenous Cultural Evolutionist Podcast Launch
Wáy Slaxts, I've got some exciting news - I've launched a new podcast!!! It's called the Indigenous Cultural Evolutionist and you can...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 8, 2019
Translations
Holeh. I want to share just how difficult it can be for displaced Indigenous peoples to access our languages. When I was writing Kamloopa...