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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
Let sleeping dogs be.
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#huskies #huskiesofinstagram #petstagram
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@aroundthebound828
#prey
'What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew.'
New York Daily News, 9th June 2002
Pocket Bowie Wisdom: Inspirational words from a rock legend
#davidbowie #bookofwisdom #himself #inspiration #wordsofwisdom #curiosity
Looks like I'll need to add this to my library soon. Go check it out for yourself. 📚❤️💯✊🏾🔥
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This book took an ocean of courage. As I cut through parts of the past I’d rather put behind me, I was often sinking in my own trauma or learning how to hold it in kindness and love. But the strength it took the family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to trust me, to share their stories, and to travel intimately with their pain of losing a loved one (in many cases horrifically) was unmatched. It unearthed unimaginable suffering.
While in some ways this is a dark and harrowing read, in others it is beautiful and loving, filled with all the care and compassion Indigenous people live in and give. This book, amassed from years of difficult conversations, recognizes and explores the full, complex picture of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
In reading this work, you will visit the depths of long-lasting and intergenerational trauma that is the direct result of colonial violence and genocide.
In my search for justice and healing, this book touches on difficult themes like suicide, assault, violence, and childhood abuse. Mostly, though, I am searching to honour the hope and love that permeate the spirits of all our people.
In my news stories I provide trigger warnings on articles that could cause victims or readers trauma. For this book, in addition to this warning, I’m hoping to send an offering of love, kindness, and care to blanket and comfort you as you take this journey with me.
Ha’miiya to the families, thank you to those who will take the time to read, listen and hear their voices. And thank you Eden for this praise ❤️✊🏾
#indigenousbooks #bookstagram #books #mmiwg2s #mmiwg #mmiwgawareness #mmiwgfamilies #indigenouswomenrise
I must look into the works if this talent artist. Miigwetch @wendyredstar for sharing. ❤️💯✊🏾🔥
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A Kind of Prayer presents the first-ever survey dedicated to the late Cree artist Kimowan Metchewais and his singular body of work on Indigenous identity, community, and colonial memory.
You can purchase this stunning monograph through Aperture @aperturefnd
…. During my Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2018/19) researching the Apsáalooke materials in the National Museum of The American Indian (NMAI) collection, my ancestors kept emerging through the archives. I saw for the first time a photograph of my 2nd great grandmother Julia Bad Boy. Discovered the name of my 4th great grandfather Green Skin and held the boar tooth necklaces of my 2nd great grandfather Bear Tail.
The release of Kimowan’s monograph made me realize another ancestor appeared during my visit, Kimowan Metchewais a kindred artist. Going through binders of photographs I came across Kimowan’s boxes of neatly categorized polaroids. It was my first time seeing his work in person! I believe this was meant to be and I am honored to have a small part in sharing the work of this important artist. 💜
#kimowanmetchewais
For a lot of us this can be triggering. As a 60s Scoop Survivor we have lived similar lives.
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#LittleBirdSeries has its world premiere today at #SeriesMania and competes in the International Panorama section! A premium, six-part limited dramatic series, LITTLE BIRD is about an Indigenous woman on a journey to find her birth family and uncover the hidden truth of her past.
Bezhig Little Bird was adopted into a Jewish family at the age of five, being stripped of her identity and becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces. Her quest lands her in the Canadian prairies where she discovers that she was one of the generations of children forcibly apprehended by the Canadian government through a policy, later coined the #60sScoop.
This is a story with global importance that will capture hearts and minds of all people regardless of their race, religion, or culture—being told from the front lines of narrative activism, unearthing the truth behind a dark history and present reality for Indigenous children and families all over the world. Audiences will experience Indigenous love and joy in authentically uplifting us on an otherwise emotional journey about the loss of identity and culture.
Streaming on @cravecanada and @aptnlumi this spring, stay tuned for the official premiere date!
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If you or someone you love are in crisis, please ask for help.
CAN: Hope For Wellness
1-855-242-3310
@60sscoopnetwork
sixtiesscoopnetwork.org
US: text native to 741741 -or- dial 988
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"The most profound truth in the universe is this; that we are all one drum and we need each other." ~ Richard Wagamese, One Drum
I left 2 copies of this book from one of my favourite authors. Richard Wagamese's book "One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a planet."
There is a copy for you, Kelly and one for Amy.
Lucky for me, they fit under the door.
#indigenous #firstnations #ojibway #anishinaabe #author #richardwagamese #ceremony #harmony #onedrum #allmyrelations #books #knowledge #reconciliation
💯 agree with you! Ethics matter! ✊🏾❤️🔥
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More goods over at @intentspurposes ✌️🖤 Creatives have the capacity for massive impact. That’s why #ethicsmatter. Wanna learn more? Intentspurposes.co/book
#consciouscreativebook #authorsofinstagram #creativedirector #designethics #creativeeconomy #graphicdesign #marketing #kellysmall @kellysmall #motivationalquoteoftheday #contentcreator
Chi-Miigwetch for the S/O and acknowledgement.
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We are honoured to have @markhrutledge design our logo for the @ihhgathering. Mark is an Ojibway/Anishinaabe artist and speaker from Little Grand Rapids First Nation and Lac Seul First Nation. For over 30 years, Mark has created designs for numerous First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities. This circular logo celebrates the connections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who come together to work for a better future. The teal, purple, and red colours draw their inspiration from the northern lights, a beautiful phenomenon that can be seen across the land.
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#indigenous #culture #heritage #history #firstnations #gathering #community
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It’s an amazing thing to see that our work with @protopiafutures is finally able to reach broader audiences through the coverage of such institutional media platform as @nytimes (go read the entire article on their site tho I will also post it in full in my stories for those who cannot access it due to the paywall). Of course, the article had to be quite concise & stand somewhere in the middle ground so I’m adding an additional commentary in the further slides.
Also do check out my recent conversation with @bronwynwilliams, available across most steaming & podcast platforms that expands on some of the issues in the article & beyond.
Bottom line, it’s an overdue time for a new generation of foresight, future studies & futurism & voices representing the previously marginalized perspectives. Techno-solutionist approach has brought us to the civilizational brink & more tech won’t solve the issues that we’re always cultural/social/political in nature.
😍 wish I had these booklets in my collection.
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Spacing, the fourth booklet for The E. B. Eddy Paper Company by Carl Dair, 1954.
The fourth booklet in the the E. B. Eddy series on type and paper by Carl Dair. It had been six years since the last booklet ‘Type Talks’ had been published. During that time Dair had moved to Toronto and built a new house with a detached studio just north of the city. He was now doing a great deal of work for the prestigious Toronto typesetting firm Cooper & Beatty and his first edition of ‘Design with Type’ had recently been published. This booklet is an expansion of ‘it happens in space’ one of the chapters in that book.
The cover illustrates the area, or space, each character occupies. In metal that space could be ‘opened up’ by inserting thin metal strips of lead between the letters. The same principal applies equally to photo and digital type. The opening spread illustrates how spacing affects the meaning of words. Dair demonstrates that letters cannot exist without the space around them. He also shows that space is as important to the shaping of the letters as are stems and strokes. Space not only helps us to create those letters, it is also how we combine those letters into meaningful patterns that can then be read by others.
We will be posting many other pieces by Carl Dair. If you have any work, or insights into his life that you would be willing to share we would like to hear from you. Please contact: [email protected]
Category
Publications
Title
Spacing, the fourth booklet for The E. B. Eddy Paper Company by Carl Dair, 1954.
Date
1954
Client
The E. B. Eddy Paper Company
Credits
Author/Designer: Carl Dair
Principal Typefaces
Cover: Caslon Italic
Text: 20th Century (Futura), Caslon, Times New Roman
Description
Two-colour booklet, 16 pp
Size: 5.75 × 8.75 inches
Region
Ontario
Finally have the complete collection of Thomas King's - A Dreadful Water Mystery series. The Red Power Murders and A Matter of Malice.
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#indigenous #firstnations #thomasking #author #books #ilovebigbooksandicannotlie #fiction #bookstagram