by Gillian Batten Director, Communications Mount Saint Vincent University

Halifax, NS – November 23, 2021 – In the summer of 2017, 45 Indigenous youth aged 15 to 24 from across Canada set sail on a transatlantic voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Le Havre, France aboard the tall ship Gulden Leeuw.

Launched at a celebration held on campus today (November 23, 2021), The Collected Stories of the Warriors of the Red Road at Sea is a compilation of first voice reflections on this journey. The collection was co-edited by Mount Saint Vincent University faculty members Dr. Sarah Reddington and Dr. Shane Theunissen of the Child & Youth Study Department.

“This book gives uninterrupted space for the Warriors to share their stories, poetry, art and reflections or their journey at sea,” said Dr. Shane Theunissen of MSVU. “Their stories and reflections in this book are a celebration of the wisdom of the Indigenous youth, and their respective worldviews.

Brennan Googoo of Millbrook First Nation represented the Warriors at the book launch event.

“What really made the trip was the other warriors and the facilitators, and the community that everybody was able to build,” said Brennan. “If you were ever looking for a definition of a warrior, you can just go down that list [of youth who participated], and if you followed their journey from birth to the ship, and then from the ship to now, you’d find some really remarkable stories and some really remarkable journeys.”

Before they set sail, Shane and ...

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