Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations - ICMI

09/16/2026

07/09/2026

🌲 Forest Teachings with Albert Dumont 🌲

Experience a unique community gathering featuring a film screening and art-making workshop led by respected Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont.

Explore Indigenous teachings, creativity, and connection through stories inspired by the land. Everyone is welcome.

📅 Upcoming Dates
• July 11 – St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church (1:00–4:00 PM)
• July 14 – Diane Deans Greenboro Community Centre (1:00–4:00 PM)
• July 26 – Trend Arlington Community Centre (1:00–4:00 PM)
• July 28 – St. Joseph's Church (6:30–9:30 PM)
• August 29 – St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (12:00–3:00 PM)
• September 12 – Riverside United Church (2:00–5:00 PM)

🎟️ Register today: tinyurl.com/45rn8whe

We look forward to sharing this meaningful experience with you.

12/15/2025

What does the future look like when history is reimagined?

In this episode of InDigital Insights, Mel Izanami explores speculative art, alternate histories, and the use of augmented reality to challenge colonial narratives. Drawing from their project Portals to Pasts to Come, Mel reflects on identity, language, technology, and how artists can reclaim digital tools to imagine non-hegemonic futures.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp-dcY4Eeq8

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Mel Izanami was born and raised in Mexico, where he became aware of deep contradictions in his identity—contradictions that, over time, shaped not only his a...

12/12/2025

Jules Koostachin – InDigital Insights Season 4, Episode 11

Jules Koostachin speaks candidly about storytelling as responsibility, not content. Drawing from her lived experience as a Cree filmmaker, scholar, and mother, she reflects on Indigenous protocols, consent, and accountability in filmmaking, research, and cultural work. Jules explores how stories carry obligations to community, Elders, and future generations, emphasizing reciprocity, care, and the long-term impact of media when stories leave their original context. Her reflections challenge extractive practices and reaffirm Indigenous storytelling as relational, ethical, and grounded in lived responsibility.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHqBqlbB2H4

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12/08/2025

✨ New InDigital Insights Episode! ✨
This week, we sit down with filmmaker, writer, mom, and scholar Dr. Jules Koostachin for an honest and heartfelt conversation about storytelling protocols, community accountability, gender teachings, language revitalization, and navigating the worlds of film and academia.

Jules shares powerful reflections on how stories are carried, who has the right to share them, and why reciprocity and respect must guide all creative work. She also speaks about humour, healing, and stepping into “auntie energy” as we challenge harmful norms and reclaim our teachings.

🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHqBqlbB2H4

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Dr. Jules Koostachin is an award-winning producer & director who has created numerous documentaries and original narrative films. In this episode, she chats ...

12/05/2025

Liz Barron – InDigital Insights Season 4, Episode 10
Liz Barron reflects on decades of art-based cultural work, diving into Indigenous protocols, identity affirmation, and the responsibilities that come with curating and creating within community. She speaks about the labour behind policy, the importance of “do no harm” when supporting Elders, and the ongoing challenges Indigenous arts administrators face from burnout to navigating institutional expectations. Through stories of mentorship, sector growth, and the evolution of Indigenous arts spaces, she shares a powerful look at how relationships, accountability, and community care shape the arts landscape today.

Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wq748E8YPw

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12/04/2025

Clayton Windatt – InDigital Insights Season 4, Episode 9
Clayton Windatt shares his journey through art-making, advocacy, and community leadership — reflecting on burnout, rediscovering balance, and how an unexpected turn into professional wrestling reshaped his sense of joy, performance, and connection. He speaks openly about holding space in the arts, raising a family while traveling for national work, and finding renewed energy through creative expression in all its forms.

Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj1E62D06M

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12/01/2025

Arts leader Liz Barron discusses Indigenous arts protocols, identity, and community care. The conversation explores the protocols that guide the use of culturally significant designs, how to support elders without creating financial barriers, and what compassionate leadership can look like within Indigenous arts organizations. Learn how policy, funding, and daily decisions shape the Indigenous arts ecosystem.

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Liz Barron joins Monique to discuss issues faced by Indigenous artists relating to the creation of their art and the protocols around art-making. Liz is a P...

11/24/2025

Artist, arts administrator, and pro wrestler Clayton Windatt joins host Monique Manatch to reflect on a life lived in the arts—from saving an artist-run centre from closure and leading national Indigenous arts advocacy, to navigating burnout, funding politics, and discovering unexpected joy performing as Rusty Blackwell in the wrestling ring.

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Clayton Windatt is a curator, multi-arts performer and filmmaker living and working in Ontario. As the former Executive Director of the White Water Gallery, ...