My practice-based research revolves around storytelling. I am a visual communication designer, working in urban intercultural contexts, and on Tłı̨chǫ Dene lands (in the Northwest Territories of Canada, where I am honoured to be part of an ongoing creative collaboration involving the visualization of oral history through animation as well as ongoing educational work).

I explore issues of time, and the dynamic interplay between past and present through design research. Informed by indigenous philosophy and cultural memory, I work closely with community members in designing tools through which to evoke knowledge from the past—while considering how lived experiences, oral history, and ancestral knowledge may shed new light on present-day circumstances. I also organize workshops that facilitate, among other things, cultural continuity and relationship building through creative activities.

My community-based work often combines image-making, time-based media, knowledge of human ecology, and participatory action research. In the north, key teachings have emerged through indigenous research methods.

I am based in Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton), where I am Associate Professor of Design and Storytelling at MacEwan University.