Ruby has retained much of the traditional religion and heritage of her people, all of which inform her writing. She uses her maiden name "Slipperjack" when she writes, in honour of her parents and ancestors for the cultural knowledge and teachings that inform her writing. Ruby is a member of the Eabametoong First Nation and speaks fluent Ojibway. In 2005 she completed a Doctoral program at the University of Western Ontario. (History) in 1988 a B.Ed in 1989 and a Master of Education in 1993. She went to residential school for several years and finished high school in Thunder Bay.Īfter graduating from high school Ruby successfully completed a B.A.
Her family later moved to a community along the railway mainline. She learned traditional stories and crafts from her family and has retained much of the traditional religion and heritage of her people. Ruby spent her formative years on her father's trap line on Whitewater Lake. Or Ruby Slipperjack-Farrell is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel.ĭrawing from her own experiences at residential school, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave, yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too important chapter in our nation’s history. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language the names of those she knew before and her traditional customs. She misses her Grandma she has run-ins with Cree girls at her “white” school, everyone just stares and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name-she is now just a number. Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. Acclaimed author Ruby Slipperjack delivers a haunting novel about a 12-year-old girl’s experience at a residential school in 1966.
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