'Our Collective Look-Book/Magazine'

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Representation within our institutions is achieved when visibility is no longer an exception, but when all spaces are Indigenous spaces.

Featuring Wesley

Morningstar

Courtnee

Sage

Hartmann

Connor

Emma

Page

Osawabine

Lafortune

Pennell

Chartrand

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Wesley Morningstar.......................2 Courtnee Osawabine.....................3 Sage Hartmann................................4 Connor Lafortune............................5 Emma Pennell...................................6 Page Chartrand................................7 Emily DuBois Brooks.......................8 Vision.....................................................10 Special Thanks...................................11

Wesley You can follow Wesley on Instagram: @morningstarwesley Wesley is currently studying at Trent University, Peterborough, as he works towards completing his Undergraduate in Indigenous Studies. He will then further his education by getting his Bachelor of Indigenous Education. He is of First Nations decent from Mississauga First Nation by Blind River, and he continues to look forward to learning more of his culture. He is looking forward to taking these teachings and applying them in his life and future classrooms!

"Creation", A 16" x 20"Acryllic Painting

"Journey", A 16" x 20" Acryllic Painting

His style of art is taking the traditional concepts and mixing modern sensibilities to create something original.

With his continuous learning of traditional stories, Wesley feels that he can depict new visual sensibilities, to bridge the cultural gap, to mix the tribal with the modern and to spotlight what has been ignored through his own visual journey. This need for self re-discovery serves as his greatest sense of inspiration, to create and understand his personal sense of identity.

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Sage Those with questions or inquiry about commissions can contact me through my personal Instagram, @sagehartmann_

Sage Hartmann (she/her) is Manitoba Métis from the Red River Métis Nation. She is currently in her fifth-year at McMaster University, pursing a major in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour with an interdisciplinary minor in Community Engagement and Indigenous Studies.

Pieces from left to right: “la prayrii”,“l’ivayr” &“amiha”

Sage uses painting as an outlet for her creative energy, through which she connects with her culture and explores her emotions freely. art journey has been a personal one, but she is always looking for inspiration and opportunities for collaboration.

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Courtnee You can find more of her art on Instagram @Gizaagin

Courtnee Osawabine is an Aanishabe Kwe from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. She specializes in Painting, Traditional crafts, Digital art, Murals.. and much more. She currently works as an arts animator intern at Debajehmujig Theatre group.

She was also shortlisted for the 6th Annual Barbara Laronde Emerging artist Award.

"Demin Makwa Debindan" (Bear and his strawberry) 2021

"Anishnabe Kwe" 2021

Courtnee enjoys practicing all forms of art, and expressing her Indigenous identity through her work. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her grandparents, and learning the history and culture of her community Wiikwemkoong.

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Connor You can find Connor on Instagram @myminingtee and @nimkii_shkode and on Facebook @myminingtee.

Nimkiins ndizhinikaaz bineshiinh ndondem Okikendawt ndonjiibaa Anishinaabe nini ndow. Connor “Thunder Spirit” Lafortune is from Dokis First Nation. He is entering his third year at Nipissing University in the Indigenous Studies program with a double minor in Gender Equality and Social Justice as well as Criminal Justice.

Starting as a young writer, Connor has spent most of his life putting his thoughts on paper and turning them into songs, poems, essays, and short stories. He has since been a part of various bands as a pianist, a bass player, a composer, and a singer. In 2019, Connor composed the music for a local production in Sudbury Ontario and has been writing for a Tremplin Theater in Ottawa. He also loves to create visual art, whether that be beadwork, sewing, or painting. Connor has been creating since a very young age — recently, he has started a t-shirt business with his father, promoting the pride found in the mining and trades industry.

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Emma

@qalipu_barbie on Instagram & @qalipu_barbie on TikTok

Emma Pennell is a 2 Spirit Mi’kmaw classical musician from South River, Ontario. They are a student in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University.

Emma is a soprano, who has studied privately with names such as Susan Urquart Pandalfo, Pamela Teed and most recently Torin Chile’s. They obtained an advanced diploma in vocal performance from the Cambrian College School of Music.

Emma competed in the Sudbury Kiwanis festival in 2017, 2018, 2019 and placed second in the diploma category.

Emma participated in the Opera Gala; Opera for a Cause in Sudbury in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Gala’s bursary program. Emma also won the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra’s Young Performers Competition in 2019.

Over the past two years, Emma has served the community at Western University as an advocate for Indigenous activism, decolonization, and as a student leader. Emma is continually involved in Indigenous sovereignty, inclusion and education within the Don Wright Faculty of Music.

Emma plans to continue their education in Classical Music and Indigenous Studies at Western University.

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Page You can support Page through her online store through the following link: https://www.redbubble.com/people/pa gechartrand/shop?asc=u To follow her beadwork/sewing Instagram: nimkii_shkode Her personal/painting Instagram: pagechartrand_ Page Chartrand (she/her) is a Anishnaabekwe from Sudbury, ON. Her anishnaabe nooswin is Nandawab-i-kwe, or She-whoseeks. Page is going into her 3rd year of Indigenous Studies.

A collection of her beadwork.

Okaadenigaade dibaajimowinan – She braids stories

She brings with her a bundle of knowledge from both academic and traditional sources. Page engages in multiple artistic mediums, including beadwork, sewing, quillwork, birch bark, paint and pencil.

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Emily You can find her on Instagram: @xemgallery You can contact her via email at artbyemdubois@gmail.com for inquiries about purchasing art & for fine art lessons.

Emily is an upper year Sociology and Philosophy student at Laurier, an artist, and mom to her beautiful son. As a young girl, she always had hopes of becoming an artist, and as she grew to begin teaching art to students and as she continued to create, she understood that to be an artist is an act of being- by embracing your gifts to share important messages- rather than a matter of having to become.

'Get Away'- Acrylic on canvas

'Coming Together'Sketching Pencils & Watercolor

Emily's favourite mediums are acrylic paint and sketch pencils.

Being an artist has reinforced to her how being both a teacher and a student at every age & stage is is a great blessing.

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Vision

The beginning idea for this project began in early Summer, 2021 and stemmed from my vision to transform my university’s hallways into a gallery dedicated to celebrating Indigenous student art. With help and inspiration from OUSA’s Home Office team, the idea transformed into creating this digital and print Look-book/Magazine- something that could be easily accessible for anyone to support. It is my honour to be able to highlight these wonderful Indigenous student artists (and one recent graduate!) in this project, where we can support each person’s unique creativity, enjoy coming together on a project from all across Ontario, and to share in our Indigeneity.

Within our institutions, the academic and social culture does not make room for Indigenous Peoples, nor does it come close to adequate representation for Indigenous students. Through putting this project together, it has been an absolute pleasure to feel unified, to enjoy and learn from each featured artist’s creativity, and to celebrate our intersectionality and uniqueness, while coming together to celebrate.

Through this project, I hope to inspire and apply pressure to our institutions across Ontario (and hopefully, across Canada) to immediately support the representation of Indigenous students and faculty, their art, experiences, history, and understanding, as a continuous commitment.

Representation is the daily, ongoing commitment of honouring symbolism, academic practices, and campus culture that recognizes, celebrates, and respects Indigenous Peoples, land, and culture.

This is a goal that generations of Indigenous Peoples have been fighting for, and it is a goal that I have learned to highlight and fight for in my work.

- Emily DuBois Brooks

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Special Thanks Wesley Morningstar, Courtnee Osawabine, Sage Hartmann, Connor Lafortune, Emma Pennell, and Page Chartrand for being featured artists in this special project.

Chi miigwech to Eddy, Britney, Chisanga, Ashyana, Irum, and Malika, for being such supportive team members in every process of the project, from brainstorming through to printing.

To each Steering Committee member who expressed their unwavering support and special interest.

To my fellow authors, to those involved in Circle Work meetings, and those participating in/working on creating the Indigenous Students Policy Paper, as well as other inspiring academics who I have learned from through my research, for inspiring and sharing in my drive to fight for representation.

Chi miigwech to Mitch Akerman, my Anishinaabemowin teacher, for helping me learn and brainstorm, and for supporting this Look-book/Magazine.

To my partner, Jalen, and our beautiful son, Sampson, for lighting up my days and supporting my endeavours.

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Chi Miigwech