Guest Speaker: Manitoba Access Awareness Week

Join Cree Filmmaker & Storyteller Julianna Maggrah as she shares stories of growing up on Kitsaki Reserve near La Ronge, Saskatchewan — often feeling isolated and like an outsider looking in, due to the intense way she experienced the world around her. It wasn’t until Julianna was diagnosed with autism in her late twenties and began connecting with her Indigenous culture, that she started to understand herself better.

Learning about Indigenous perspectives of autism including pîtoteyihtam – a Cree word meaning “those who think differently” and Māori teachings that honour the strengths and unique ways people with autism move through the world “in their own time and space”, opened the door for Julianna to accept and embrace the parts of who she is that she long felt the need to suppress.

All are invited to attend!

While registration to attend is not required, it is helpful for us to know approximately how many people may be in attendance. If you are planning to attend, please take a moment to let us know by completing this form. MAAW 2026 – Event Form