丁香园AV

Chepximiya Siyam鈥� Hereditary Chief Janice George

S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw

Chief Janice George is an accomplished weaver, author, museum curator, leader and educator. She holds the ancestral chieftainship of Sen虛谩岣祑. She has co founded L鈥檋en Awtxw Weaving House to share the teachings and practice of traditional Coast Salish wool weaving and the M虛i tel'nexw Leadership Society to teach decolonial training rooted in Squamish values.

Auntie Orene Askew

Advocate for Change, DJ, S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw

Orene is a Squamish Nation mixed Afro-Indigenous 2-Spirit woman, DJ and changemaker. Orene can be spotted with her DJ setup and trusty megaphone at most events advocating for Queer, Black and Indigenous solidarity.

Matriarch Debra Sparrow

Master Weaver, Public Artist, x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m

Acclaimed Musqueam weaver, artist and knowledge keeper Debra Sparrow is a leading figure in the revival of Musqueam Coast Salish weaving. She once said she wouldn鈥檛 stop until she saw the city of Vancouver swathed in Coast Salish patterns and she鈥檚 well on her way to achieving that goal.

Ocean Hyland

Artist, Ethnobotanist & Language Speaker, s蓹l虛ilw蓹ta蓙涩

Ocean Hyland is a s蓹l虛ilw蓹ta蓙涩 (Tsleil-Waututh), S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw (Squamish Nation), and Xwch铆y貌:m (Cheam) activist, ethnobotanist and S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh Sn铆chim language speaker.

Salia Joseph

BA, Language Teacher, Executive Director and Consultant, S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw

Salia Joseph is from the S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh and Snuneymuxw First Nations. She has her BA in First Nations and Indigenous studies from UBC and is a S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh Sn铆chim language teacher with a diploma from 丁香园AV. Salia is the executive director of Kwi Awt Stelmexw a S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh and she co-owns Host Consulting Inc., focusing on language revitalization, education and community.

Cyler Point Sparrow

Public Artist, x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m

Cyler Point Sparrow is an up-and-coming Coast Salish youth artist from Musqueam who has his foot in the door for becoming an established artist. His role models are his grandmother Debra Sparrow and late uncle Beau Dick, who have inspired Cyler to carry on their work and voice. Expect to see great things from this exceptional young man in the near future.

Sierra Tasi Baker

MSc, BEnvD, Indigenous Urban Design Consultant, S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw

Sierra (she/them) is from the S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw (Squamish Nation) and is also x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m  (Musqueam), Kwakwaka鈥檞akw/Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, T色ingit, and Magyar. Sierra focuses on decolonization through design. She has her MSc in Sustainable Urbanism from UCL and her BEnvD in Environmental Design from UBC. She is the lead Indigenous urban design consultant at her family practice Sky Spirit Studio + Consulting.