Presented in partnership with the Faculty of Education Alumni Engagement Office
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- Based on author Sara Florence Davidson’s childhood memories, this illustrated story captures the joy and adventure of a Haida fish camp.
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- In this tender picture book, Sara Florence Davidson transports readers to the excitement of a potlatch in Hydaburg, Alaska—her last memory of dancing with her late brother.
Author: Dr. Sara Florence Davidson, DipEd’05, MA’08, PhD’16
New Books: Dancing With Our Ancestors & Returning to the Yakoun River
Both co-written with her father, Robert Davidson
Publisher: HighWater Press
Meet Sara Davidson
Sara Florence Davidson (she/her) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K-12 system in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.
Sara completed her PhD in Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, and her research focuses on Indigenous pedagogies, literacies, and stories. When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dogs, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.
With special thanks to HighWater Press.