INSTITUTE FOR CHANGE LEADERS
2021 Land Acknowledgement, Layton Legacy Event
ASSOCIATION FOR NATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
2020 Poetry recital
COLLINGWOOD SUMMER FESTIVAL
2021 Poetry recital
ENOCH TURNER SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION
2021 Panel Participant and Land Acknowledgment, Speakers Corner David Crombie
LES CLEFS D'OR
2020 Land Acknowledgement
ONTARIO NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
2020 Poetry recital
THE DOWNIE WENJACK FUND
2021 Land Acknowledgement
THE CITY OF TORONTO
2019 Land Acknowledgement for Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
TD BANK
2021 Land Acknowledgement
KWSS 93.9 INDEPENDANT RADIO
2021 Land Acknowledgement
LEESIDE COLLIGIATE
2021 Land Acknowledgement
NATIONAL MURAL SYMPOSIUM
2021 Land Acknowledgement, Mural Routes
2019 Land Acknowledgement
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF NIAGARA
2021 Webinar
CITY OF PICKERING
2021 Keynote, Indigenous Relationship Building Circle
RED SKY PERFORMANCE
2021 Keynote - A Covenant for the Future
REGENT PART FILM FESTIVAL
2019 Land Acknowledgement
ROTARY CLUB
2020 Land Acknowledgement
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
2021 Poetry recital
SCHOLASTIC
2019 Land Acknowledgement for Elder Voices Event
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION
2021 Speaker for National Indigenous People’s Day
WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL
2016 Poetry recital
2 RIVERS REMIX
2021 Keynote - 2021 2RMX Elder Series
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business 2015 - Ongoing
2015 Consultant, Elder & Advisor
DANIELS CORPORATION
2018 Queen’s Quay Project Proposal
NUIT BLANCHE
2022 Featured Guest, Nathan Phillips Square TeePee of Light
2020 Featured guest, Nuit Blanche Podcast
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
2022 Couch Monster Unveiling, Brian Jungen
2021 Keynote Speech, AABAAKWAD
2021 Writing published in Robert Houle Retrospective Catalog
2020 Professional Development - Staff Lecture
2019 Opening Address, Elegua Glissant -From Glissant Unfixed and Unbounded
2019 Opening Address, T.M. Glass, The Audible Language of Flowers Exhibit
2017 Old Woman Published in Toronto: Tributes and Tributaries catalogue
2017 Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health
ARTSCAPE
2020 Commissioned to write a poem for a permanent art installation at Lakeview Village.
2018 Storytelling for Cultural Leader Event
MIT CREATIVE LABS
2022 Opening of Is ‘It Wise Lab’ at MIT Creative Lab
2020 Keynote Speech - ‘Is It Wise?’
BANFF CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CREATIVITY
Elder and Advisor
2022 Cohort
2021 Cohort
2020 Cohort
2019 Cohort
2018 Cohort
2017 Cohort
Toronto Raptors
Professional Development, Indigenous Education
2022 Staff Training
2021 Staff Training
BROOK MCILROY
2019 Consultant for the George Street Indigenous Public Realm Project
2019 Consultant for Indigenous Center for Innovation Excellence Project
2018 Elder/Advisor for Sidewalk Labs Indigenous Design Workshop
2018 Elder/Advisor overseeing concept, development and design of Awen’ Gathering Place
2016 Elder/Advisor for Ontara Vision, an Indigenous initiative and Ontario Place Renewal Project
TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL
Elder and Advisor to the organization
2022 Cohort
2021 Cohort
2020 Cohort
2019 Cohort
2018 Cohort
2017 Cohort
2016 Cohort
2015 Presenter and Elder for Emergence Symposium
CANADIAN BROADCAST CORPORATION
2017 Speaker, National Aboriginal Day, Metro Morning
2019 Interviewee, Here and Now for Wigwam Chi-Chemung
2021 Live Broadcast Land Acknowledgement at the JUNOS Reclaimed Sessions
2021 Interviewee, The Secret Life of Canada Podcast, Buffy Ste Marie
MYSEUM TORONTO
Elder and Advisor
2021 Programming: Duke Redbird In Conversation with Tanya Senk
2020 Programming: Duke Redbird In Conversation with David Crombie
2020 Keynote - Myseum Connects
2020 Ask an Elder Series
2020 WigWam Chi-Chemung for summer festival
2019 WigWam Chi-Chemung for summer festival
2019 Commissioned for Canada Day Talk
2018 Keynote - Myseum Connects
OCAD UNIVERSITY
Advisor and Elder
2016 Development of Indigenous Visual Culture Degree Program
2017 Opening Address, Onsite Gallery
2017 Opening Address, George Reid House
2018 Panel Member, New Generation Photography Award Panel Talk
2021 Opening Address, GradEx
FUTURE CITIES CANADA
2019 Keynote - Tale of Two Cities
ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION
2021 Poetry Recital - Inaugural National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
2019 Speaker, Culture Days at Trillium Park
2018 Guest Speaking engagement for staff meeting
TORONTO BIENNIAL OF ART
Elder, Advisor, & Educator
2021 Poetry Recital for Festival
2020 Poetry Recital for Festival
2019 Keynote Speaker at Festival
2019 Poetry Recital for Festival
YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE
2019 Keynote - We Are All Treaty People
2019 Speaker, Eagle Drum Girl
2018 Speaker, INDIGINizeUS
2017 Educator, Professional Development Series for Staff
2017 Speaker, INDIGINizeUS
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
2022 Appointed Fellow at St. Michaels College
2021 Keynote Speech - Alan Toff Art Lecture Series
2017 Land Acknowledgement for Waakebiness-Bryce Institute
2021 Keynote - Google Earth Day
LUMINATO FESTIVAL TORONTO
2021 Commissioned to act and recite poetry in Director X’s film New Monuments
2021 Keynote and Land Acknowledgment
2019 Remarks and Land Acknowledgement for Gala Event
2018 Opening and Closing Land Acknowledgment
2017 Opening and Closing Land Acknowledgment
2016 Opening and Closing Land Acknowledgment
SUMMERWORKS FESTIVAL
2021 Elder/Advisor to the organization and offer teachings at SummerWorks Festival
2020 Elder/Advisor to the organization and offer teachings at SummerWorks Festival
2019 Elder/Advisor to the organization and offer teachings at SummerWorks Festival
BANK OF MONTREAL
2020 Land Acknowledgment, Sharing Circle
GROW - BRITISH COUNCIL R&D
2022 Keynote Speech
IMAGINATIVE FILM FESTIVAL
2021 Commissioned to write essay for Fall Camp
2021 Land Acknowledgement
JAYU
2021 Land Acknowlegement and Remarks to Graduates
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
2022 Keynote Speech
MINISTRY OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
2021 Keynote Speech - Red, Right and True
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
2021 Land Acknowledgement, Gathering of Appreciation
2021 Commissioned to write poem & offer Land Acknowledgement at the RBC Annual Gala
ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
2021 Land Acknowledgement, Alanis Obomsawin Lifetime Achievement Award
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2019 Land Acknowledgement, Canadian Academy Directors Program
T.O. LIVE
2022 Commissioned to write a poem, Onaabani-Giizis Snow Crust Moon
2019 Land Acknowledgement at Bangarra Dance Theater production.
THE CANADIAN STAGE COMPANY
2020 Speaker for the Festival of Ideas and Creation
YORK UNIVERSITY
2019 Keynote Speech, Wüléelham Gathering