Global Friday Presents
Co-sponsored by the UNBC Office of Research, Dean of CASHS, Department of English & Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU)

Ivan Coyote
UNBC Writer in Residence

Ivan Coyote is a writer, storyteller, musician, and educator. Ivan is the author of twelve books, the creator of three albums, four short films, and a renowned live performer. Ivan has been the writer in residence at Simon Fraser (Burnaby), Carleton (Ottawa), Western (London ON), the University of Winnipeg, and the Vancouver Public Library, and has lectured at universities and colleges internationally. Their books include Loose End, Boys Like Her, Missed Her, Gender Failure, and Tomboy Survival Guide. In 2017 Ivan was given an Honorary Doctor of Laws from SFU for their writing and activism. Their new book, ReBent Sinner, will be released by Arsenal Pulp Press in the fall of 2019.

Ivan often grapples with the complex and intensely personal issues of gender identity in their work, as well as topics such as family, class, social justice, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart, a quick wit, and the nuanced and finely-honed timing of a gifted storyteller. Ivan's stories remind of us of our own fallible and imperfect humanity while at the same time inspiring us to change the world.

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