Recorded for the Alberta Summer Literacy Institute the YouTube Version of this visit is available on the APLC YouTube channel. David Robertson shares several of his books, sharing his stories and lived experiences in picture books like On the Trapline and through historical fiction, the residential school experience in books like Sugar Falls and When We Were Alone. The award-winning author of the Misewa Saga series, David speaks in schools and is engaged in developing the first Indigenous-run Imprint with Penguin House of Canada. Through this work, David seeks to bring new Indigenous authors to support their writing and publishing. David speaks to the importance of better understanding each other as we share this great country and land.
Educators of all grades can draw resources and information from this conversation to support teaching and learning on residential schools, indigenous culture and lived experience. In the process, we learn the importance of listening, learning and telling stories and where David has woven those stories into his books.