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Sabrina Maher
Sabrina Maher is a writer, project manager and arts administrator who specializes in fundraising and strategic development for non-profit cultural…
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Christina is of European and Mi’kmaq ancestry and currently lives in Kettle & Stony Point First Nation. For the past…
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An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC. Cheekbone Beauty is a…
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Ken Montour (Bear Clan) is a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and is currently the…
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Savanna Chiblow is a 2Spirit Anishinaabe from Mississaugi First Nation with settler roots on her father’s side. She holds an…
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Daniel is a communications professional with more than 12 years’ experience in public relations management. A trained actor and a…
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Ryan MacKenzie is a brand & corporate partnerships professional based in Toronto, Ontario. From his sports background, Ryan continues to…
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Nicole is an experienced administrator, focused on operational efficiencies, strategy & project management fused with change management techniques to ensure…
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Amye Annett-Werner is a member of the Cayuga Nation, Wolf Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario.…
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Rhonda Doxtator is Turtle clan from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Her true name is Kawisahawi which means She Is Carrying…
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April Allen is the sole proprietor of her small business, Stitched by April. April is an Inuk, originally from Rigolet,…
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Sadie Red Wing (sadieredwing.com) is a Lakota graphic designer and advocate from the Spirit Lake Nation of Fort Totten, North…
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Melissa Attagutsiak was born in St. John’s, NL and raised in Iqaluit, NU. She is the artist behind Nuvuja9, creating…
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Te Ataraiti Waretini – Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wāhiao, Tainui, Te Rarawa Ataraiti of Maru Creations shares the beauty of Māori culture with…
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Skye Paul is a Toronto-based artist and a member of the English River First Nation. She is part of the…
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Theresa Burning is a 55-year-old Seneca/Ojibway person, a mother of two, and a grandmother of 2 based in Toronto. Theresa…
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Spence has been designing jewelry and custom leather works from a very young age. She was taught by her grandmother,…
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Rykelle “Ahlazua” Kemp (Choctaw, Mvskoke Creek-Euchee & Diné) Creates wearable art with a modern and traditional approach. Her work represents…
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Sabrina Schlup is an Anishinaabe woman originally from Ebb and Flow FN. She is the co-founder of Anpo Natural Tannery…
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MAWO is written in the Wichi language which means mountain fox and WICHILHENAY is the personal brand of all Wichi…
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Shawkay Ottmann is Anishinaabe and a member of Fishing Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, as well as having British, German,…
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Matriarch Movement is a podcast, and a non-profit organization focused on shifting the mainstream narrative around Indigenous women. MM focuses…
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Shayla Stonechild is Plains Cree from the Muskowpetung reserve. She is a social media influencer and the founder of the…
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Inuvialuk Artist, Designer & Content Creator, Taalrumiq shares Inuvialuit culture with the world, empowering others to take pride in Indigenous…
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Tashina Houle-Schlup is a 23-year-old Anishinaabe woman with roots in Ebb & Flow First Nation, Manitoba and is currently based…
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Tracy Toulouse is Anishnaabe and a proud member of Sagamok Anishnawbek on the north shores of Lake Huron. Tracy is…
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Trip Phoenix, lead designer and artisan at SunHeart Rises Designs, is an Indigenous artist living in downtown Toronto. Born and…
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Ursala Hudson is of German, Filipino and Alaska Native (Tlingit) descent. Her primary creative medium is woven Indigenous couture, crafted…
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Indigenous-owned textiles shop specializing in pow wow fabrics and hard-to-find materials.
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“My granny, my aunties and my mom were all sewers. My mom always had a sewing machine and as a…
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Melanie Squire has been operating Mohawk Mocs since 2013, a home-based business in Six Nations of the Grand River. Along…
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Melrene Saloy is from the Blood Tribe of Southern Alberta, Canada, residing in Calgary, Alberta. She is also the proud…
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Niio Perkins (Haudenosaunee) is an award-winning fashion designer and business owner, whose work has been purchased by and exhibited at…
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Lisa.beading is handmade one-of-a-kind beadwork made in small batches by mixed Indigenous Haisla/British artist Lisa Walker. Lisa operates from her…
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Livia Manywounds, also known by her traditional name “Blackfoot Woman,” hails from the Tsuut’ina (Dene), Siksika (Blackfoot) and Stoney Nakoda…
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Muskwa mostos kesigok iskew is Lynette La Fontaine’s spirit name. Their late dad was Métis, and their mom is a…
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Mandee McDonald (Maskîkow) is a hide tanner, workshop facilitator, and a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Native Studies at…
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House of Eeyou is the beadwork of Cree Nation EEYOU artist Mandy Gull. She creates beadwork designs that showcase the…
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Margaret Jacobs, Akwesasne Mohawk, is a metalsmith known for her steel sculpture and powder-coated jewelry. Her jewelry explores the tension…
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Marta Orellana was born in the highlands of Petén Guatemala during an outbreak of the civil war, which was recognized…
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Megan Lewis is a young, queer, mixed Kanien’kehá:ka woman and member of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Launched in early 2020, Pine…
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Meghan Weeks is a Woodland Cree/English artist living and working on the unceded traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and…
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Michel Dumont is a queer Ojibway French two-spirited disabled artist and survivor of intergenerational trauma stemming from Indian Day School.…
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Mishelle Lavoie is a Shutoatine Dene Metis artist born and raised in Inuvik, NT and is currently living in Yellowknife…
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Native Arts Society (NAS) is inspired by the “art days” from May 2020 at an encampment on a street corner…
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PACHA Indigenous Art Collection is a Kichwa family-owned business based in Toronto, working through the story of the condor and…
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Rey Rose Hope works with dentalium shells, beads, textiles and other natural mediums from the land. Having not grown up…
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Riley Kucheran is an Indigenous fashion researcher who supports a global community of Indigenous makers who are leading design resurgence.…
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From Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Robyn McLeod is of Dene, Métis, and Scottish descent and a member of the Deh…
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Justin Louis (Nehiyaw) is a fashion designer, graphic designer, photographer and co-founder of Vancouver-based SECTION 35. A member of the…
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Lesley Hampton is an Anishinaabe Artist and Fashion Designer focused on mental wellness, body neutrality, and authentic representation in fashion…
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The Sister Bears’ family includes Valerie (eldest sister bear), Kathleen (the sister who maintains the middle balance), and Malinda (youngest…
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Jaymie Campbell is Anishnaabe from Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario and currently resides in British Columbia. Jaymie is the…
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Anemki Art Collective supports Indigenous makers from Northern Ontario. For the IFA marketplace, the collective will represent about 20 makers…
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Raised in the Southeast Alaska town of Yakutat, nature and traditional ways of life encircled Jennifer. Jennifer is Tlingit of…
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Representing a delegation of Indigenous Arts from NWT, NWT Arts works with Indigenous art and craft creators from across the…
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Kairyn Potts (he/him) is a proud Two-Spirit winkte man from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Originally from amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) he…
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Kanina Terry is an Anishnaabe-kwe with an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) mother and a white father. She was born and lives on…
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Karennotakies Barnes is a 27 years old mother of 2. Her family avidly hunts, tans hides, gardens and goes on…
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The Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association (YFNCT) is a non-profit organization that is committed to growing and promoting…
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Keitha Keeshig-Tobias Biizindam (She who listens and learns and uses what she hears) is a versatile modern artist based in…
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Kent Monkman (b. 1965) is an interdisciplinary Cree visual artist. A member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5…
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Kerry Swanson is Co-Executive Director of the Indigenous Screen Office, Canada’s largest Indigenous-led funding organization for Indigenous screen-based content. A…
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Kiki Twin faced a tragedy in 2020 that forced her to find other ways to care for herself and her…
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EMME Studio is a New York-based clothing and accessory brand founded by Korina Emmerich. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, her…
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Krysta Furioso is an Anishinaabekwe from Fort William First Nation and living in Coast Salish territories for over 25 years.…
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Originally from the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and currently based in Vancouver, Curtis Oland is a Lil’Wat-Canadian garment designer…
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Evan Ducharme is Metis with ancestral ties to the Cree, Ojibwe, and Saulteaux Peoples from the historic community of St.…
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Dorathy Wright is an Indigenous artist and designer from the Gwitchin nation, a group of First Nations people who live…
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Born In The North is owned and operated by twin brothers Chris & Greg Mitchell. Their work is created through…
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Inuk was born, raised and continues to live in the Northwest Territories (NT), Canada. Since childhood, Inuk wanted to be…
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Helen Pelletier is an Anishinabe kwe from Fort William First Nation. Helen has worked with Wigwas for 20 years and…
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D’Arcy Moses is an Indigenous Dene originally from the Pehdzeh Ki First Nation; a small community located in the Mackenzie…
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Destiny Seymour, B.A., M.I.D., LEED AP, is an Anishinaabe interior designer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a member of…
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Devyani Saltzman is a Canadian writer, curator and arts leader with a practice based on multidisciplinary programming at the intersection…
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Dusty LeGrand is a vessel, a story teller, an artist, a family member, and entirely focused on shifting perspectives within…
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Edie and Jacquelyn Assinewe are twin sisters who were born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. They are members of Sagamok…
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16-year-old Émilie McKinney is from Swan Lake First Nation, Manitoba and is a bilingual student (French and English) at École…
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Heather Kiskihkoman is a multidisciplinary Indigenous artist living & working in Nipisihkopahk, Maskwacîs, Alberta. From the Rez, Heather interpreters beauty…
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Janelle Wawia is a self-taught artist from Opwaaganasiniing (Red Rock Indian Band). Her multidisciplinary work interprets her visions and dreams…
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Jason Ryle is a producer, curator, story editor, and independent arts consultant based in Toronto. He is Anishinaabe from Lake…
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jayde micah is an Anishinaabe artist from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and currently resides on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the…
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Celeste Pedri-Spade is an Anishinabekwe (Ojibwe) research-based artist from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation. She identifies as a “mark…
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Brit Ellis aka Blu Hummingbird is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in beadwork and tattooing, with a background in community work…
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Catherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak, Saskatchewan, of Dene and European ancestry and is a member of the English River…
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Cedar Eve is Anishinaabe (Ojibway) from Saugeen First Nation And Wikwemikoong Unceded Territory. Cedar was born and raised in Toronto.…
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Cory Hunlin is a Tsilhqot’in artist from Tsideldel (Redstone, BC), raised in Vancouver and now living in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, QC).…
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Adeline Bird is an Afro-Anishnabe author, filmmaker, and producer. She grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but is a proud…
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Amy Malbeuf is an award-winning Métis visual artist. Amy is from Rich Lake, Alberta, Treaty 6 territory and she lives…
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Andrea Johns is a Haudenosaunee (Mohawk/Turtle Clan) woman living in Toronto, Canada. She started beading about three years ago and…
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Beth-Ann McIvor (she/her) is Métis/Hungarian/Irish from Treaty 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Raised Catholic in the city, she still found a deep…
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Born in Nuuk in 1983 and raised all over Greenland, Bibi Chemnitz is Greenlandic Inuit. Her eponymous brand launched in…
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Bobby Brower is an Inupiaq fashion artist and furrier born and raised in Utqiagvik, Alaska. She is now the designer…
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Bronwyn Butterfield (she/her) is a self-taught artist focusing on beadwork. She is fourth-generation beadwork in her family. She creates various…
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Carola Jones (Seminole & Gullah/Geechee) is an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper and Kokum. A knowledge keeper of historical traditional textile practices…
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Cheryl Suggashie is Ojibway from Pikangikum First Nation, an isolated community in Northern Ontario. She holds an MA in Social…
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Christina Breen is an Anishinaabe maker with rural and urban roots and a Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation member.…
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waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy is makwa odoodem (Bear Clan) from obiishkikaang Lac Seul First Nation and Island Lake, both in Ontario.…
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Qaulluq believes in the importance of living by Iñupiat Iḷitqusiat (traditional values that make us who we are) and the…
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Jessica Lea Fleming is a Métis / Scottish-settler cisgender woman originally from Penetanguishene, Ontario. She is a multi-award-winning artist and…
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Pesch Nepoose is a Cree multidisciplinary artist from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. In May 2019, she…
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Tracee Smith is Founder, CEO and Producer of Outside Looking In (OLI), and is Oji-Cree from Missanabie Cree First Nation in northern…
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Emma Petahtegoose is Anishinaabe, Onyota’a:ka and Lenape. Emma also goes by her Anishinaabe name, Niigaanii (pronounced nee-gon-nee). Emma was raised…
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Michelle is a lighting designer who works with dance, theatre, and opera companies across Canada. Selected designs include: Indigenous Fashion…
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Brandon is a set and costume designer based in Toronto with work appearing on stages across Canada. He was nominated…
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Lesley is both Anishinaabe and Inninew from the Missipawistic Cree Nation. She is based in Treaty One Territory Winnipeg Manitoba.…
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Jennifer is honoured to be working with IFA and their remarkable team of designers and creative visionaries. Jennifer is a…
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Cliff Cardinal is a writer and performer. His solo play HUFF was shortlisted for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award.…
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Eva Thomas is a member of the Walpole Island First Nation. As a creator and storyteller, she is passionate about…
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Tiffany Creyke, whose traditional name is Kastē’t, is a member of the Tahltan Nation. Creyke’s interests in reclaiming space to…
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Nyla Innuksuk is a producer of film and virtual reality content. She is the Founder of Mixtape VR, which produces…
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Jodi Lynn Maracle is a Kanien’keha:ka mother, artist, craftswoman, and scholar-activist based in Buffalo, NY. She centers her work on…
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Dehmin Cleland is an Objibwe and Odawa artist. Originally from Wikwemikong, she now resides in Toronto as she completes her…
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Leslie Kachena McCue is a member of the Mississaugas of Curve Lake First Nation, who has fought for Indigenous rights…
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Faye Millen is of Cree & European ancestry currently living in Toronto, Ontario. Her fashion industry experience over the past…
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Myranda Spence is Oji-Cree; her maternal ancestral Cree roots are from northern Ontario James Bay and her paternal Ojibwe roots…
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Kristy Inglese is Moose Cree from Moose Factory First Nation. She has worked with Indigenous Fashion Arts (IFWTO at the…
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Liam Colbourne is a free-lance production and events consultant specializing in Fashion and The Arts. With many years of experience…
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Lisa Myers is an independent curator and artist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary collaboration. Myers has a Master of…
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Nadya Kwandibens is Anishinaabe from Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She is an award winning portrait…
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Sarah Jay is a fashion director, producer, content creator, filmmaker and activist based in Toronto. For over 18 years she…
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Melanie Egan is the Director of Craft & Design at Harbourfront Centre with over 30 years of experience in the…
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Rhéanne Chartrand is the Curator of Indigenous Art at McMaster Museum of Art. She holds a master’s degree in Museum…
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Xina spent the first 29 years of her life in Montreal and now calls Yellowknife home. After studying Human Relations…
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Richly inspired by her Anishinaabe/French Métis heritage, Anne Mulaire is the sustainable brand of fashion designer Andréanne (Anne) Mulaire Dandeneau.…
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Ben Barry (he/him) is a fashion educator, scholar and academic leader who is committed to liberation in fashion education and…
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Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall is a design anthropologist, public intellectual, and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory,…
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Justine Woods (she/her) is a garment artist, designer, creative scholar and educator based in Tkaronto (Toronto, Ontario). She is a…
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2Spirit Eeyou, Scott Wabano grew up amongst the isolated Indigenous communities along the coast of James Bay, with little exposure…
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Adam Phipps is a filmmaker, musician, and installation artist. His core values of ecological responsibility, inclusive community, and equity are…
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Kinnie Starr is a multidisciplinary artist and Canadian icon. A self taught musician born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Starr…
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Andayah Laramee is an interdisciplinary artist who approaches their craft through their Cree and Ghanaian heritage. Andayah’s first contact with…
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Multi-award nominated, winner and loser, creator Brian Solomon is of mixed Anishinaabe and Irish heritage, born in Shebahonaning on the…
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Christine Tootoo is from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and currently works as a Youth Program Coordinator. She has worked on a…
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Juno nominated Cris Derksen is an Internationally respected Indigenous Cellist and Composer. In a world where almost everything — people,…
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F. Laliberte is a Toronto-based Indigenous media artist. Telling stories through the visual medium of film has been a lifelong…
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Israel Garcia hails from Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nation. With Ojibway and Mexican roots, and over 17 years in the…
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JONATHAN ELLIOTT is a Mohawk filmmaker from the Six Nations Reserve. He has worked as a director and cinematographer on…
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She is a Mestizo artist of Mexican descent. Her main studies in the arts are in classical ballet and contemporary…
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Michelle is a Toronto based multi-award winning lighting designer who works with dance, theatre and opera companies across Canada and…
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Robin is thrilled to return as Marketing Coordinator for Indigenous Fashion Arts after fulfilling the role for the 2022 Festival.…
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Shane Belcourt is Tony Belcourt’s son. Or Christi Belcourt’s brother. Or Claire’s Dad. He is also an award-winning Métis director,…
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A Rez Kat from Walpole Island First Nations Bkejwanong Territory. Summer is an artist of many trades. Specializing in Professional…
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Candace Scott-Moore (Wilde) [Anishinaabe – Ojibwe Potawatomi] is a graduate from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and The Banff Centre…
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Damien Nelson is press agent with 15 years of experience in marketing and communications in the arts sector. As a…
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Katie Mooney is a Metis woman from the traditional homeland of the Metis in Treaty 6 territory. Katie finds the…
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Sage Paul is an urban Denesuliné woman based in Toronto and a member of English River First Nation. Her ethos…
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Heather Haynes has a long history of producing innovative, politically focused projects in visual and performance arts, film/documentary and theatre.…
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Garvia Bailey is a storyteller, broadcaster, host, producer, and co-founder of the on-line radio station, JAZZCAST (jazzcast.ca). She has been…
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Amber Sandy is Anishinaabe and a member of Neyaashiinigmiing, Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She is an artist with a…
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Foxall Studio is a London-based creative practice focused on the future of image-making. Their work often divides technology and the…
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Kramer’s longstanding commitment to innovative approaches to Indigenous art and culture, and her broad experiences working with Native artists, scholars,…
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Melaw Nakehko is Dehcho and Denesuline Dene, and was born in Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Nakehk’o is…
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Barbara Teller Ornelas is best known for her Navajo tapestry weavings and is a Master Navajo weaver, (120 – 126 weft…
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Nathalie Atkinson is a Toronto-based arts journalist and film critic, and a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. Her…
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Christian Allaire is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) writer from Nipissing First Nation. He is currently based in New York City, where…
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Patti Derbyshire is the co-founder of Otahpiaaki and an Associate Professor in Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Social Innovation at Mount Royal…
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Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions and the knowledge…
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jaye simpson is a Oji-Cree non binary trans woman writer whose roots hail from Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Treaty 4. they…
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Harlan Pruden (nēhiyo/First Nations Cree Nation), works with and for the Two-Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally. Currently, Harlan is…
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Award-winning journalist Duncan McCue is the Rogers Journalist-in-Residence at the Ryerson School of Journalism. He is currently a Southam Fellow…
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A writer and journalist based in Toronto, previously from the Six Nations reserve. Kelly’s work has appeared in Elle Canada,…
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Bobby Qalutaksraq Itta is an Inupiaq fashion artist, and furrier. She was born and raised in Utqiagvik, Alaska. She is…
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Adrienne J. Keene is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University. Her research areas include…
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Cher Chapman is from Fort William First Nation, Ontario. She is an exquisite beadworker that has a very unique sense…
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Audrey is from Anizaatikoong (Lac Des Mille Lacs) First Nation and currently resides in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is an…
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Reena Larabee is Anishnaabekwe. She grew up in Hymers, a small village just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Her family…
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Melissa Twance is a beadwork artist who lives and works in Thunder Bay, ON. Originally from Pic Mobert First Nation,…
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Katie longboat is a Toronto based Indigenous bead artist, originally from Six Nations of the Grand River. Her beadwork style…
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Shannon Gustafson (Ojibwe) is a member of Whitesand First Nation and a long term resident of Thunder Bay Ontario, She…
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Angel Aubichon is a Cree-Metis Designer and Co-founder of Indi City. She was born and raised in Northern Saskatchewan and…
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Caroline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais who lives and works in Montreal. She studied in Sociology and Communication…
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Leanna Marshall is of Anishinaabe and English descent. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario where she continues to live.…
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Olivia Whetung is anishinaabekwe and a member of Curve Lake First Nation. She completed her BFA with a minor in…
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The Pacific Sisters is a collective of Pacific and Māori fashion designers, artists, performers, and musicians that electrified 1990s Auckland,…
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Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR is an Indigenous Artist from the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (Deshkaan Ziibing Anishinaabeg) located…
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Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O’Brien) is a weaver descended from the Haida and Kwakwaka’wakw tribes of coastal British Columbia. Her innovative…
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Jean Marshall is of Anishinaabe/English descent, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a band member of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation.…
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Erica Donovan is an Inuvialuit artist from Tuktoyaktuk, NT. #SheWasAFreeSpirit is Erica’s brand that comes from a pure place of…
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Mad Aunty was established in 2017 as the creative outlet for visual artist Joi T. Arcand. Using brightly coloured laser-cut…
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Urban Inuk salvages throw-away materials to turn into beautiful new things. The eco-friendly art and tools created come from the…
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Lavinia Van Heuvelen studied Jewellery and Metalwork at Nunavut Arctic College. After graduating, she launched LVH Jewellery. Lavinia makes most…
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Mary Jacobs is an artist who travels to various art markets around the USA. Mary Jacobs creations are designed from…
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Tania Larsson designs contemporary, northern Indigenous adornment based on Gwich’in culture and created with land-based materials. Tania makes these adornments…
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Theresa Stevenson is a Plains and Swampy Cree from Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba and George Gordon First Nation, Saskatchewan,…
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Tracy Toulouse “The impact and legacy of our clothing is to identify us as a nation” Tracy Toulouse is from…
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Single mom of two, and aspiring fashion designer. Wabigonikwe Tenasco is influenced by her Algonquin and Mohawk cultural heritage. She…
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Marlene Kwandibens is an Ojibway from Whitesand First Nation on the northern shores of Lake Nipigon. Currently living in Sault…
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Sheila Demerah is an Anishinaabekwe from Fort William First Nation, Ontario. She works full-time as an administrative support to the…
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Jason Baerg is an Indigenous curator, educator, and visual artist. Recent curatorial projects include exhibitions with Toronto’s Nuit Blanche and…
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