Kajola Morewood is the Aboriginal Programs Manager at Emily Carr University. Her role focuses on creating a supportive and welcoming environment for Indigenous students at the Aboriginal Gathering Place.
Read MoreThe Agguaq Collective is a group of Inuit women from across Nunavut and Nunavik who visit museum collections to study Inuit clothing and piqutiit (belongings). By studying ancestral clothing patterns, the Collective compares and recreates these patterns to what Inuit seamstresses and artists make today.
Read MoreFor the past year, Inuit Futures alum Napatsi Folger has been working for the Inuit Art Foundation (IAF) in the Tauttunnguaqti role, which means “one who envisions” in Inuktitut.
Read MoreAedan’s work at the SAW gallery has motivated their personal art practice and they now feel more confident in their skills and what they can achieve. They are in the process of creating a website to sell their work and create work on commission.
Read MoreAfter high school, Isabelle worked as an administrator for the Kativik School Board in Nunavik for nearly seven years, but after taking a career test, Isabelle realized that a career in museums would be perfect for her because she could combine her hands-on, practical skills and passion for her culture.
Read MoreTo say that the last couple of years have been busy for Inuit Futures Ilinniaqtuk Benjamin McGregor would be a huge understatement. Born in Inuvik and raised in Sǫ̀mbak'è (Yellowknife, NWT), Benjamin is a director, screenwriter, and graduate of Capilano University’s Motion Picture Arts Program in North Vancouver, BC
Read MoreLeanne Inuarak-Dall is originally from Belleville and Ottawa, Ontario, and she has familial ties to Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Nunavut. Currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, British Columbia), Leanne is entering her third year of a Fine Arts program at Langara College, developing her artistic practice through the program’s various studio-based courses.
Read MoreBorn in Yellowknife, Aghalingiak (Zoe Ohokannoak) is an artist, creative consultant and student at NSCAD University, working towards their Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Read MoreTiffany Raddi was born in Inuvik, NWT in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region where her family is from. Now living in Ottawa, ON Tiffany is in her fourth year of a double major in English and Indigenous Studies at Carleton University
Read MoreNicole Luke has had a busy year working as the Lead Exhibition Designer for INUA, Qaumajuq’s inaugural exhibition, and starting a position as a Research Assistant for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, all while continuing completing her Masters in Architecture at the University of Manitoba. We caught up with Nicole to find out how she has been balancing all of these exciting projects.
Read MoreSince graduating with a BFA from NSCAD University in 2019, Megan Kyak-Monteith’s art career has taken off, including a sold-out solo exhibition at the Marion Scott Gallery, two magazine covers, and several large-scale commissions.
Read MoreOver the winter holidays, we caught up with Inuit Futures Alumni Darcie Bernhardt, to learn more about what she has been up to since graduating from NSCAD University in 2019.
Read MoreLast week we caught up with Inuit Futures Alumni, Jessica Winters, to hear about what she has been up to since graduating from Memorial University in 2019. Jessica is a scientist, artist, and curator from Nunatsiavut, currently residing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, which is located on the northern coast of Labrador.
Read MoreRecently, we had the chance to catch up with one of our alumni, Emily Henderson, who has spent the past ten months in her new role as Profiles Editor at the Inuit Art Foundation. Emily’s relationship with the IAF goes back to January 2019 when she joined the Inuit Futures Project as an Ilinniaqtuk.
Read MoreBorn and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, where they currently reside, Simeonie Kisa-Knickelbein is an emerging filmmaker and performer with Red Marrow Media, with special interests in directorial work, acting and storytelling.
Read More“For the past two or three years, I’ve been mostly focusing on my own history growing up in Nunavut and recalling different memories I can put down on canvas or paper, often just for my own interest,” she says. “I find the memories that stand out the most usually have to do with food, hunting or watching people bring in traditional food together. Food for us really is a community effort.”
Read MoreRaised in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Emily Henderson is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia with a BA in Anthropology
Read MoreOriginally from Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet) and now calling Rankin Inlet, NU, home, Krista Ulujuk Zawadski is a PhD student in Cultural Mediations at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.
Read MoreGrowing up with a love of both art and science, Nicole decided to pursue what she describes as “the best of both worlds” by studying Environmental Design at the University of Manitoba.
Read MoreHailing from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Nakasuk Alariaq grew up surrounded by artists - including her great-aunt Kenojuak Ashevak – and has always considered Inuit art to be of great importance in her life. Nakasuk speaks proudly of her heritage and of her deep connection to her relatives
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