In 2018, welcomed our second Indigenous Knowledge Holder: the renowned Ryan McMahon. Ryan is an Anishinaabe comedian, writer, media maker & community activator based out of Treaty #1 territory (Winnipeg, MB). He has recorded a number of national comedy specials with CBC, appeared at Just For Laughs and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. He recently finished the cross-country tour of his comedy show Wreck-On Silly Nation. When not doing comedy, Ryan is works on his podcasts (Red Man Laughing, Stories From The Land), building Indian & Cowboy, or setting the ground work for the Makoons Media Group.
Ryan spent a week at McGill from March 19th until March 24th. Ryan gave a workshop on podcasting to students at the First People's House, spent a day in Kahnawake at the Survival School giving workshops with students, he gave a keynote entitled "Centering Indigenous Stories: Pathway to 2167", participated in a screening of the film Colonization Road, and did a Night of Comedy (with Tatyana Olal and Sehar Manji).
