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Saagaajiwe Film Screening - “Tkaronto” by Shane Belcourt

Date
November 07, 2025
Time
5:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Location
POD-250, 380 Victoria St, 2nd floor
Open To
Students, faculty, staff and community members
Contact
Saagajiwe saagajiwe@torontomu.ca
Register for Saagaajiwe Film Screening - “Tkaronto” by Shane Belcourt
Film: Tkaronto

What to expect

Join Saagajiwe for a film screening of Tkaronto by Shane Belcourt during Indigenous Education and Treaties Recognition Week. 

Tkaronto is a reflective and provoking exploration of two Aboriginal 30-somethings, Ray and Jolene, who make an unexpected connection at the pinnacle of a common struggle to stake claim to their urban Aboriginal identity.

About Shane Belcourt

Shane Belcourt is a two-time Canadian Screen Awards (CSA)-nominated Director, with award-winning narrative and documentary works in both film and TV. His debut feature film, Tkaronto, had a theatrical release, was sold to SuperChannel and Air Canada, and was showcased in both the TIFF Indigenous Cinema Retrospective and the UCLA Film & Television Archive traveling exhibition, “Through Indian Eyes: Native American Cinema”.  Shane also directed Chanie Wenjack which Walrus Magazine noted as “the Heritage Minute Canada needs to see”  His most recent feature film, Red Rover, premiered at the Whistler Film Festival, opened the Canadian Film Festival and was released in March 2020 to glowing reviews.

Shane Belcourt

This event is part of Treaties Recognition Week

​This event is being organized by Saagaajiwe a​nd is part of the third annual Treaties Recognition Week at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)​. Treaties Recognition Week honours the importance of treaties and aims to empower students, faculty and staff with a greater awareness and understanding of treaty rights, treaty relationships and their relevance today. In 2016, Ontario passed the first legislation (external link)  of its kind in Canada declaring the first full week of November as Treaties Recognition Week.

This event is wheelchair accessible

The university is committed to the accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities. If you require any additional accessibility accommodations to ensure your full participation, please email Saagajiwe at saagajiwe@torontomu.ca.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please email saagajiwe@torontomu.ca.