STUDIO

Nathan Mudge is an Indigenous producer and cultural strategist, and Director of Toi Factory Ltd from Aotearoa New Zealand. He is Māori Kūki ʻĀirani of Ngāti Tamakeu (Rarotonga), and works across the Pacific and North America supporting Indigenous-led projects in public, institutional, and community contexts. Nathan specialises in Indigenous governance, engagement design, and project delivery, translating Indigenous knowledge systems into clear, accountable frameworks aligned with public-sector requirements. His practice centres ethical engagement with Knowledge Holders, protection of Indigenous intellectual property, and supporting Indigenous designers and communities to lead both process and outcomes. Within this project team, Nathan provides Indigenous-led strategic oversight and delivery coordination to ensure the design process is culturally grounded, transparent, and fit for purpose.

"Van Gwinzii shilak khut, neenjitdagoonju shilak naii, Tanner Coyne shojree iihlii."

(Good day relatives and welcomed guests, my name is Tanner Coyne) 

Tanner Coyne is a Two-Spirit Indigenous Community Engagement Strategist, Consultant and Entrepreneur specializing in incorporating Northern Indigenous systems of understanding into projects that distinctly honour the sovereignty, identity and cultural understandings of Host Nations.

Tanner is of  Vuntut Gwitch’in and Settler ancestry. He comes from the Abel-Chitzee family whose territory spans much of the North throughout and beyond the Yukon.

Tanner's career and skillset traverse multiple sectors creating a large network that emphasizes Indigenous methodologies of communications, planning and equitability practice; to create low barrier, human-focused and innovative engagements that exemplify the cultural values of the people who inherit the lands.

Krystal Paraboo is an award-winning independent Curator, Public Art Planner, Consultant and Writer based on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples. She is of Afro-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, and Portuguese descent. Krystal takes on Public Art Consulting and Independent Curation projects through Paraboo Projects, and is currently a Public Art Planner with the City of Vancouver.

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Krystal has over a decade experience working in public and private arts institutions with a diverse set of artists at various stages of their practice. She has extensive experience managing large-scale civic and private public art commissions, including developing comprehensive public art plans, policy, and programs. Bringing strong expertise in cultural planning, she centres contemporary arts practices centered in marginalized histories within the public realm, and frequently collaborates with local Indigenous Nations and artists to deliver equitable, reconciliation-centered cultural initiatives. Her current, on-going research in public art centres commissioning approaches that restore and enhance public sites, land use, and communities through placemaking. 

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Krystal was the recipient of the 2022 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Arts, Culture & Design, and the co-recipient of the 2021 Heritage B.C. Award in Education, Awareness and Communication for her curatorial mural project Hope Through Ashes: A Requiem for Hogan’s Alley.

K̓ alhwá7al̓ap, Tansi

(Hello, how are you?)

Shayla Chalifoux (muskwasis) proudly carries her St̓át̓imc, Nêhiyaw, and mixed European heritage into her work with native plants on Salish lands. She respects Indigenous and Western knowledge systems and brings a two-eyed seeing approach to plant stewardship.

Shayla holds a bachelor's degree in horticultural science and a horticulture diploma in sustainable crop production. She is committed to lifelong learning, which includes her current journey to reconnect with and revitalize one of her ancestral languages, Sťáťimcets.

Her passion lies in sharing the beauty and significance of native plants while Indigenizing plant spaces to support biodiversity, cultural continuity, and stronger relationships with ta tmícwa (the land). Shayla invites others to grow in relationship with ta tmícwa múta7  tákem i snek̓wnúk̓wa7lhkalha 

(the land and All Our Relations).