Keith Barker (writer) explained

Keith Barker is a Canadian playwright and theatre director.^[1] The former artistic director of the Native Earth Performing Arts theatre company,^{[2] [3]} he is most noted for his plays The Hours That Remain, an exploration of missing and murdered Indigenous women,^[4] and This Is How We Got Here, a play about youth suicide which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.^[5]

Keith is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, he grew up in Northwestern Ontario,^[1] Barker is a graduate of the theatre program at George Brown College.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.straight.com/arts/589266/talking-stick-festivals-hours-remain-remembers-forgotten "Talking Stick Festival's The Hours That Remain remembers the forgotten"
2. https://torontoist.com/2017/04/talk-diversity-in-canadian-theatre/ "Talk Diversity in Canadian Theatre"
3. Web site: Playwright Keith Barker to lead new play development in Stratford . 2023-04-16 . stratfordbeaconherald . en-CA.
4. https://www.thewhig.com/2016/03/09/play-examines-plight-of-indigenous-women/wcm/6374a561-c5d3-82a5-34ae-ea331f32b00e "Play examines plight of indigenous women"
5. https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-drama-1.4840585 "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama"
6. Web site: Home . 2024-06-13 . Ontario Métis Facts . en.