Over the past few months, I have journeyed to the Yukon in partnership with illuminating worldviews.

Illuminating worldviews serves as a space to examine the worldviews amidst which we find ourselves

and see how they

actively shape the material realities of our lives. This project, rooted and colored by the land of

the Yukon, makes space for questioning, examination, and a future visioning, centered in indigenous

ideology, and the sentiment of journeying.

In person and on the land, I've had the chance to speak with incredible thought leaders with

deep connections to the Yukon, all with a live audience in the beautiful city of Whitehorse,

except for the last event, which was in Dawson City. Though this series

is deeply local, it has broad implications for our culture as a whole, and I'm so excited to share it

with you. This series was produced thanks to the generous support of the team at Illuminating

World Views held by the River Collective and the Northern Council

for Global Cooperation. We are so grateful to the organizers, speakers, and audience members

who made this series possible. And also a very big thank you to the land of the Yukon,

the Boreal Forest, the rivers, the lakes. I am honored to have been asked to be part of this.

In this episode, I'm joined by Abin O'Grady and Jackie Olsen to discuss art, creativity, and work that transforms our relationship to place through creation.

Dr. Abin O'Grady is the program director of the Yukon School of Visual Arts in Trondack-Hetwin Territory, Dawson City, Yukon.

Aubin's research creation practice is concerned with artist-led schools, the ethics of site-specific and land-based artworks and artist engagements with rural places.

Jackie Olson was born and raised in Dawson City and is a citizen of the Trondack Hatchewan First Nation.

Trained as a painter, Jackie received a BFA from the Alberta College of Art in 1992 and has been creating and learning new art forms since.

Jackie's work has been featured in exhibitions across Canada, including the

Walter Phillips Gallery, Harcourt House, and a process, even to the weaving with the process.

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