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NYLA INNUKSUK

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

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 

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 McCue

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

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

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

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

Liam Colbourne is a free-lance production and events consultant specializing in Fashion and The Arts. With over 10 years experience…

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Lisa Myers

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

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

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

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

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 Cowan

Xina spent the first 29 years of her life in Montreal and now calls Yellowknife home. After studying Human Relations…

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Anne Mulaire

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

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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Dori Tunstall

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

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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Scott Wabano

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

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

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

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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ELECTRICMOOSE

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

Christine Tootoo is from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and currently works as a Youth Program Coordinator. She has worked on a…

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Cris Derksen

Juno nominated Cris Derksen is an Internationally respected Indigenous Cellist and Composer. Originally from Treaty 8 in Northern Alberta, she…

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Francis Laliberte

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

Israel Garcia hails from Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nation. With Ojibway and Mexican roots, and over 17 years in the…

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Jon Elliot

JONATHAN ELLIOTT is a Mohawk filmmaker from the Six Nations Reserve. He has worked as a director and cinematographer on…

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Mariana Medellin Canales

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 Ramsay

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 Fisher

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

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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Candace Scott-Moore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Karen Kramer

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 Nakehk’o

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Duncan McCue

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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Kelly Boutsalis

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 Itta

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

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

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 Deroy

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

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

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

Katie longboat is a Toronto based Indigenous bead artist, originally from Six Nations of the Grand River. Her beadwork style…

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RS Gustafson

Shannon Gustafson (Kiiwednong Kwe) is a full-time artist from Whitesand First Nation, now in Thunder Bay. Inspired by powwow culture,…

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Angel Aubichon

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

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

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

Olivia Whetung is anishinaabekwe and a member of Curve Lake First Nation. She completed her BFA with a minor in…

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Pacific Sisters

The Pacific Sisters is a collective of Pacific and Māori fashion designers, artists, performers, and musicians that electrified 1990s Auckland,…

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Chippewar

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

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

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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She Was A Free Spirit

Erica Donovan, an Inuvialuk artist from Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, expresses her connection to her Inuvialuit culture and the Arctic landscapes…

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Mad Aunty

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

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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LVH Jewellery

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

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

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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Iskwew Rising

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

Tracy Toulouse “The impact and legacy of our clothing is to identify us as a nation” Tracy Toulouse is from…

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Wabigonikwe Tenasco

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

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

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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Miss Chief Rocka

Miss Chief Rocka is a nēhiyaw accessory & apparel brand, established in 2012, by award winning Hip-hop and Powwow dancer…

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Ayimach ᐊᔨᒪ

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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Skawennati

Skawennati makes art that addresses history, the future, and change from her perspective as an urban Kanien’kehá:ka woman and as…

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Hand of Solomon

Louise Solomon is an Ojibwe multimedia artist and fashion activist from Toronto, Canada. Her Indigenous community is NEYAASHIINIGMIING and her…

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Warren Steven Scott

Starting out in the Canadian fashion industry working for designers Comrags and Jeremy Laing in 2014, Warren Steven Scott launched…

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Brenda Asp

HANDMADE. Hand HARVESTED. CUSTOM DESIGNED Brenda Lee Asp captures her First Nation family ways with foundational cultural teachings of traditional…

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Bruno Henry

Originally from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario and now living in Toronto. Bruno was a resident of…

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