ILSA 2024 Gathering,
May 15-18, 2024
taking place at:
Nestawaya (also known as The Forks), Wînipêk (Winnipeg), Manitowapow (Manitoba), Kanata (Canada) – located on Treaty One and the homeland of the Red River Métis.
For its tenth annual gathering, the Indigenous Literary Studies Association invites scholars, thinkers, artists and community members to gather at the meeting place of Anishinaabe, Ininiwok/Nêhiyawak, Anishininiwag (Oji-Cree), Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Dené, and Inuit Peoples and the homeland and birthplace of the Red River Métis. In one of the critical and creative centres of Indigenous life on Turtle Island (with the highest proportion of Indigenous peoples in Canada), conference attendees will collaborate and work alongside Indigenous writers, knowledge keepers, and artists at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers – a place called Nestawaya by the Cree (Three Points) and now known as The Forks – where they will be invited to “cross genres and cross borders” while creating and holding conversations on the potential of engaging in future relations across both Indigenous and settler communities.
For information on this year’s theme, see our 2024 Call for Proposals.
Venue, Travel, Accommodation:
Our gathering will be held at the Inn at the Forks in the heart of downtown Winnipeg. Conference sessions will take place on site at the hotel. We have reserved a block of guest rooms for attendees for the nights of Wednesday May 15th to Friday May 18th, 2024. To reserve a room within this date range, attendees may use this reservation link.
If attendees need to arrive earlier than the 15th and/or stay later than the 18th, please phone the hotel's front desk toll-free at 1-877-377-4100 and request the group rate by name (Indigenous Literary Studies Association) or by group reservation number (#598242).
Room Rates:
Superior King and Standard Two Queen Guestrooms:
$219 plus taxes and incidentals / night
Deluxe King guestrooms:
$229 plus taxes and incidentals / night
Rates are based on double occupancy. Additional person charge of $20 per person applies. Rates are non-commissionable and are subject to 7% PST (Provincial Sales Tax), 5% GST (Goods and Services Tax) and 5% Civic Accommodation Tax (GST applies). Taxes are subject to change. Rates include complimentary Wi-Fi access. Overnight parking is available at a rate of $21 per night for Self-Parking. Parking rate plus GST is payable to the Front Desk at Inn at the Forks.
