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I intimately understand the design process. I have been afforded the opportunity to be involved in that creative process for over 30 years. As a passionate graphic designer who embraces my creative instincts and intuition, I have a burning desire to cultivate flawless outcomes in branding, photography, and web design. The process of the idea, from its first beginnings, to its concrete creation and conclusion, excites and inspires me. This affords me the capability to walk alongside my client in understanding what they wish to convey. I then ensure that their message is visually created with a most powerful and pleasing end product.
What I'm Doing
I am currently Senior Creative at Outcrop Communications. I get to work with a team of very talented individuals who work across the arctic. The Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Outcrop is the oldest agency in the north – 50 years young. I continue to work with many Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations helping Indigenous communities. I’ve helped design websites for The Grizzlies, the movie, BC Museums Association‘s Indigenous Resources subdomain and Indian Horse, the film. I’ve also created branding and visual identities for Cohen Quash aka Mesdizih Eskiye (Owl Boy), Turtle Island Institute, EntrepreNorth and many others. Other long-standing clients include Shot in the Dark Productions, Bean North, Gunta Business, Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, and the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office.
My Portfolio
My Skills
I am both a team player and an independent, self-motivated worker. I am a quick learner, enthusiastic, focused, reliable, organized and responsible. I have strong communication and interpersonal skills, is friendly and is always open-minded.
DESIGN
PHOTOGRAPHY
WEB DESIGN
I have worked with several agencies, in Ottawa, Toronto, Burlington and most recently in Whitehorse, Yukon. I have worked with Fortune 500 companies like Royal Bank, Xerox, Bell Mobility, Apotex Pharmaceuticals, Canadian Health & Lifestyle Magazine and most recently with Yukon Energy, Yukon Tourism, Yukon Wild and the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. In addition to my private and public sector design experience, I am one of the few designers with deep roots and deep experience designing for Canada’s First Nations Communities. I have worked closely with the Chiefs of Ontario, the Assembly of First Nations, the Blue Feather Music Festival, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.
Education And Career
OUTCROP COMMUNICATIONS
ANIMIKII INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN PROFESSIONALS OF CANADA - NATIONAL PRESIDENT
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
OUTSIDE THE CUBE
GRANTED CDP ACCREDITATION
AASMAN BRAND COMMUNICATIONS
MAXIMUM 60 DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS
HANGAR 13 ART & DESIGN
GRANTED RGD CERTIFICATION
DESIGN ARTS DIPLOMA
Sacred fire planned for today.
For the last month, many people and organizations from around the Yukon have been asking for more sacred fires for loss, hardship and prayers to be heard and given.
Because of this need, Tsalazra and BGC Yukon has partnered to bring together a fire for the community.
We will be behind the KDCC in downtown Whitehorse with a wall tent with a wood stove available for elders and anybody in need.
We have a dinner planned for anybody in attendance at 5pm, followed by a community prayer circle for anybody who would like to express and pray at 6pm.
Opening of the fire will be at 12 noon and closing at 9pm.
Please share for anybody in need of ceremony, support or just to be around a fire, medicines and elders who will be present. Come have a coffee or hot chocolate and warm up ♥️.
Big Mahsi from Tsalazra and BGC Yukon, we’re doing this for the community ourselves. In future we hope to partner with more organizations to continue this need for the community. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to support further ceremony for the community as a whole.
Big thanks to Mark Rutledge for helping with the flyer, Mahsi brother.
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#firekeeper #sacredfire #medicines #community #family #indigenous #firstnations #metis #inuit #allmyrelations
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Repost from @jamesvukelich
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How do you say The Little Spirit Moon, December in Ojibwe?
Good morning everyone! A little ditty to start your day. ❤️💯🔥✊🏾
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Repost from @joyannreid
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A little something to break up the monotony and
✨✨BRIGHTEN UP✨✨ your feed today♥️
#positivevibes #highervibrations #positiveblackimages #sing #dance #talentedkids #gifted #isntshelovely #changethenarrative
Repost from @sustainableseasnz
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🔊 Listen: John Reid describes his relationship with the moana.
“Kaitiakitanga is an interesting term because it often gets translated poorly into English as stewardship or guardianship. As if you were the one in control of the relationship. Whereas I think kaitiakitanga, how I understand it, it's a mutually enhancing relationship. You care for it, and it cares for you.”
📖 Read John’s story via the link in our bio.
Designer life!
@designershumor
I recall a few times when I've had to deal with individuals that were like "bears". What I didn't know until watching this was that I was instinctively doing the right thing. My approach was on point. Let them have their say without interference.
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Repost from @conflictish
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One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when navigating conflict is attempting to negotiate or communicate with people who are behaving like B.E.A.R.s:
✅ Belligerent
✅ Emotional
✅ Aggressive
✅ Angry
✅ Revenge Focused
Whenever you recognize that you’re wrestling with a bear, shift your focus to creating Space, Time, and Opportunity for deescalation before Proceeding (S.T.O.P.) into a conflict conversation.
#conflictresolution #conflictmanagement #conflictcoaching #hostagenegotiator #communicationskills #communicationtips #communicationcoach #deescalation #leadershipdevelopment #selfawareness #executivepresence #workplaceconflict #workplacewellness
Throwback Thursday. A little write up on yours truly in Seneca College RED Magazine. It's tough to see myself as a "Creative Indigenous trailblazer" but i'll accept those kind words with grace and humility. 🙂
GO BEYOND!
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I am blessed and honoured to be in Seneca RED magazine. I am humbled to be featured in the 2020 Vision piece along side 9 other outstanding leaders.
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“Being able to clearly imagine your future - doing work that is interesting and rewarding - is a big part of getting to where you want to go. It’s called vision. And those with vision set goals and work toward them. Achieving those goals is one thing. Going beyond them is another. These are the people who have 2020 vision.”
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Miigwetch Seneca College Alumni for the write-up.
#throwbackthursday #redmagazine #indigenous #graphicdesigner
Long standing client Gúnta Business Consulting approached me to design and print their business cards. They needed to make an impression and required a premium finish. But before any of the work could begin they needed their artwork vectored. Working with the team and the Tlingit artists Heather Callahan (Eagle Clan) and Benjamin Schleifman (Frog Clan) we created the necessary artwork to begin to build their brand assets.
The Tinná (pronounced tin-nah) - The most valued of all Tlingit copper pieces was the shield-shaped object known as Tinná, which represented wealth beyond its intrinsic value as copper. In other words, it can be viewed as one of North America's first currencies. The logo was designed by Tlingit artists following cultural protocol, lead artist Heather Callahan from the Eagle clan, with Benjamin Schleifman from the Frog clan finalizing the logo and creating the physical Tinná.
Once the Tinná artwork was digitized, I began the design and layout of the brand assets. For the printing, I worked with the Michael Nunweiler from Porchlight Press. I've seen the letterpress work they've done for other clients and immediately knew they were the ones to work with.
Working with Micheal we selected the paper and print specifications. Matching the stock colour with their branded green colour was key. We matched the print on the reverse side so that it appeared unified. Being an environmentally conscious company, both Porchlight Press and Gúnta Business wanted to select paper stocks that were respectful of Mother Earth. Moonrock and Lockwood Green were selected.
• FSC Certified: ensuring papers meet the mark of responsible forestry.
• Green-e Certified: makes with 100% renewable electricity.
• "Green Seal" Certified: made with a minimum of 30% post consumer fibre and that mill processes.
• Carbon Neutral Plus: ensuring a reduction in carbon emissions plus a commitment to conserve the environment.
• All 100% post consumer colours are Processed Chlorine Free (PCF).
The business cards are beautifully printed, finished and makes and truly makes an impact.
https://markrutledge.ca/portfo.../gunta-business-consulting/
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Repost from @anishinaboy
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Hockey.
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Repost from @aotearoaliberationleague
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I’m sorry for believing those racist lies. But I will not continue this toxic cycle. 🧚🏽
#racism #whitesupremacy #decolonize #aotearoa #iraq #landback #nzpol #decolonisation #māori #pasifika #unlearningracism #unlearning #newzealand #arab
TRIGGER WARNING
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Repost from @sugarwolf101
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The indigenous were once deemed a ENEMY of the United States government an queen of England.
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"The devil didn't exist in the Americas until 1492"
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Government policy with the christian church to forcibly "Kill the Indian an save the man" in Canada an America. Thousands of unmarked graves of native children have been found in shallow graves around various church's Canada.
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My existence is the resistance, I practice my traditional old ways , ways the church an government deemed illegal until 1978.
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A leaf on a tree cannot exist without its roots.
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Great film on this by Clint Eastwood is "Indian horse"
How many have seen it? If u have hit me with sum thoughts!
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Who are you?
You don't know?
Don't tell me negro
That's nothing
What were you before the white man named you a negro
What was your name?
It couldn't have been Smith or Jones or Bush or Powell
That wasn't your name
They don't have those kind of names where you and I came from
No what was your name?
And why don't you now know what your name was then
Where's your history?
How did a man wipe out your history? ~Killer Mike
#killtheindiansavetheman #erase #culture #genocide
#indianboardingschools