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From canvas to clothes: how a renowned Cree artist is making her art and designs prêt-à-porter

From canvas to clothes: how a renowned Cree artist is making her art and designs prêt-à-porter

Whapmagoostui’s Natasia Mukash is known as a talented painter and visual artist. Now she is taking her traditionally inspired work in a new direction. She’s making her artwork wearable by designing textiles and printing her designs onto premade garments. “I […]

Business Exchange Day allows Cree businesses to speed date with others

Business Exchange Day allows Cree businesses to speed date with others

Organized by the Secretariat to the Cree Nation Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance, the Business Exchange Day is an event at which entrepreneurs schedule matchmaking meetings with other businesses. This year’s exchange was held in Val-d’Or November 29. “The event places a […]

Montreal conference discusses business in the new era of Aboriginal title

Montreal conference discusses business in the new era of Aboriginal title

The Conference on Business Partnerships with Aboriginal Communities, held in Montreal February 10 and 11, wasn’t the usual grip-and-grin networking event. Instead, it was a direct response to the last summer’s historic Supreme Court Tsilhqot’in judgment. The immediate response to […]