Author Talk: Edgy Women, Bringing Stories of Resistance and Resilience to Life

Trent University Library and Archives will host Edgy Women: Bringing Stories of Resistance and Resilience to Life, a dynamic author talk exploring narratives shaped by identity, defiance, and transformation. This event brings together four writers whose work centres women navigating, and challenging, social, cultural, and historical constraints. Featured Speakers Patty Krawec Author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future and Bad Indians Book Club, and co-founder of the Nii'kinaaganaa Foundation. Patty Krawec is a Anishinaabe/Ukrainian writer, activist and speaker belonging to Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory and residing in Niagara Falls. Meeta Kaur Lead Creator and Executive Editor of Kaurs Reimagine. Kaurs Reimagine: Sikh Women Blaze New Trails is a short story anthology that centers Sikh women’s truth-based narratives as a literary space for acceptance, healing, and transformation. Meeta Kaur is a seasoned author, researcher, community educator, and speaker. Symphorosa Gabriel Author of Hair Happiness, a children’s book celebrating Black hair while nurturing self-love, confidence, and pride from an early age. Symphorosa Gabriel is a Tanzanian-born writer and graduate of Environmental Science and Policy from Trent University, Amarpreet Kaur (Moderator) A contributing author to Kaurs Reimagine. Amarpreet is a mother of four children and a Nurse Practitioner with the Peterborough 360 clinic. She was born in Punjab, India, but has lived in Canada for most of her life. Event Details Date & Time: March 27, 2026 Time: 1:00-3:30pm Location: Bata Library, Room 206, 1700 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON This event is free and open to students, staff, faculty, and community members. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from the authors, engage in conversation, and explore themes of resilience, creativity, and experience.