APPLY TO HOST MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY (IN PERSON)
BIOGRAPHY
Mangeshig is a multi-disciplinary Anishinaabe artist from Barrie, Ontario and a member of Wasauksing First Nation. He currently resides in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsliel-Waututh people (Vancouver, BC). He is an award-winning children’s book illustrator and author whose work explores themes of language revitalization, ancestral knowledge sharing, and memory.
Home Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Creator Type: Author-illustrator
Genres: Picture books
Website: mangeshig.com
Tour Region: Ontario (Toronto + Barrie)
Target Audience: Grades 2 - 8
Cost: For one 60-minute presentation: $300 plus 13% HST
NOTE: The fee of $300 (plus tax) will be paid to The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) upon receipt of an invoice from the CCBC. After Book Week, the CCBC will pay the author their presentation fee of $250 (plus taxes, if applicable).
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS
Intro to Woodland Art
Learning about the Anishinaabe woodland art style
Target Audience: Grades 2 - 6
Preferred group size: 12 - 25 students
Maximum group size: 30 students
Mangeshig will teach students the fundamentals of Anishinaabe Woodland art. We’ll discuss the origin of woodland art, the artists, and the elements behind the style. Art samples from Norval Morrisseau and the Indigenous group of seven, and modern woodland artists.
At the end of the presentation, Mangeshig will reference his picture book BOOZHOO!/HELLO! and guide students on a step-by-step drawing exercise on how to draw an animal in the woodland art style.
Required equipment: LCD projector, whiteboard or screen
Required materials: paper, pencils, eraser, markers, sharpies
Aki Gidibendaagozimin - We Belong to The Land
Read through and discussion of CANADA by Richard Wagamese
Target Audience: Grades 5 - 8
Preferred group size: 12 - 25 students
Maximum group size: 45 students
Mangeshig will do a read through of his latest illustrated book CANADA, written by Richard Wagamese (Spring 2026)
Presentation and discussion about what it means to be a Canadian citizen, or a First Nations, Inuit, Métis person of the land that is so-called Canada, Indigenous sovereignty, and being respectful of the land we live on and who we share the land with.
Required equipment: LCD projector, whiteboard or screen
Required materials: none
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written and illustrated:
Wiisindaa / Let's Eat! Groundwood Books (Winter 2027)
Mooz / Moose. Groundwood Books (Fall 2026)
The Trickster Shadow. Little Brown and Co., 2025
Boozhoo! / Hello! Groundwood Books, 2024
Illustrated:
Indians Do Cry. Swift Water books/Tundra books (Fall 2027)
Gathering The Light. Penguin Random House (Winter 2026)
Canada. Swift Water books/ Tundra books (Spring 2026)
Wampanoag / Seasons. Tradewind Books, 2025
Stitches of Tradition. Heartdrum / HarperCollins, 2024
Mnoomin Maangowing / The gift of Mnoomin. Groundwood Books, 2024
Amik’s Big Day. Owlkids, 2023
The Great Ball Game. Storey Publishing, 2023
Thunder & the Noise Storms. Annick Press, 2022
Sharice’s Big Voice. Heartdrum/ HarperCollins, 2021
Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaan / This is How I Know. Groundwood Books, 2021