Billy-Ray Belcourt

Billy-Ray Belcourt was the first Indigenous Rhodes Scholar from Canada at Oxford. He has written about his mixed experience of living in Britain and attending the historic (colonial) institution. Follow the link below to hear him talk about his experience.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/are-we-in-the-midst-of-a-new-native-renaissance-1.4831702/racist-experiences-prompted-billy-ray-belcourt-to-write-poetry-then-he-won-the-griffin-poetry-prize-1.4832342

Billy-Ray’s website: https://billy-raybelcourt.com/