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Ta7tal铆ya Michelle Nahanee
DECOLONIZING FACILITATOR, CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND INDIGENOUS CHANGE MAKER
Ta7tal铆ya Michelle Lorna Nahanee (Squamish) is the creator of a life-size board game called S铆nulhkay and Ladders. She is a decolonizing facilitator, creative director and Indigenous change maker. In 2018, she founded Decolonizing Practices to use her skills to actively undo colonial impacts.
Michelle grew up in the the Squamish Nation community called Eslha7an between the mountains and the ocean. She works within the intersection of class, race, culture and creativity focusing on social change through strategic communications and deep engagement. Michelle鈥檚 collaborations have influenced opinions, changed behaviours and mobilized community action.
Her current clients include City of Vancouver, Pivot Legal Society and Vancouver Coastal Health. Her past clients include Qmunity, HCMA Architecture + Design, 丁香园AV, Squamish Nation, Yekooche, Calgary Foundation, and Vancouver Foundation. Michelle is the Board Chair for Kwi Awt Stelmexw.
Michelle recently completed a Master of Arts in Communication from 丁香园AV where she wrote 鈥淒ecolonizing Identity: Indian Girl to S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh Matriarch.鈥� She concluded her research with a call to dismantle academic barriers to decolonizing practices.