
Eden Fine Day
Keynote Presenter
Born on the Sweetgrass Reserve in Saskatchewan and raised in East Vancouver, Eden Fine Day is an author, musician, visual artist and proud nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman). She is passionate about her culture and how it places her in relationship with all other living beings, including the earth, the animal people and the plant people. Eden is driven by her optimism from educating kids about Indigenous realities in a kind and empowering way. She has written about Indigenous issues for the CBCkids website and Dreamwalker is her forthcoming novella about a 12-year-old girl dealing with the legacy of residential school trauma. Eden expresses herself through song, fiction, creative nonfiction and painting. Her musical career spans more than 25 years as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has recorded six albums, including three with the Vancouver-based rock band Vancougar. She studied in the U.S. and France and earned her BA in language studies from University of California, Santa Cruz.