this Magazine: Turning the lens on Aboriginal urbanites with "Concrete Indians"

 

In case you haven't heard on Twitter, Facebook, or Email ... I have a profile in the November/December issue of this Magazine. The profile is on Nadya Kwandibens, owner of Redworks Studios, and outstanding Ojibwe photographer. The piece focuses on her 'Concrete Indians' portrait series which explores Indigenous collective identity.

This profile began out of me interviewing Nadya for a Red Cred profile for UNGS and turned into a piece for my feature writing class with Paul Mclaughlin at York University. He then submitted the article to the editor at this Magazine and I was selected to have my article printed.

This is not the first time I have been published but I am so honoured and thankful for this opportunity to be published in a political magazine that I have the utmost respect for. Editors-at-Large at this Magazine include Margaret Atwood, Linda McQuaig and Naomi Klein. Top notch female writers that I look up to for their hard work and their Canadian social criticism.

I am also overjoyed to introduce Nadya Kwandibens to a broader audience, her story is inspiring to people of all communities, cultures, and faiths as it is one of survival. Her hard work in the community and in her photography will prove to propel her further success in her career.

I want to say Sechanalya (thank you in Tsilhqot'in) to all of those who were involved in making this publishing a reality, because it means so much to me and to the Native community at large to have another place for our voice to be heard. The full article is available online here.