ABOUT
Sounds Like Land is a podcast diving into the deep relationships between Indigenous languages and ecological knowledge. Along this journey, we visit communities from the West Coast to the East Coast of the land currently known as Canada, listening to Indigenous artists, Knowledge Holders, Language Speakers, and attuning to the land, the swamps, and our non-human kin through stories of trans-generational wisdom, resistance, and regeneration.
Join us in learning how the care for languages and environments is intertwined, and how Indigenous communities are sustaining forms of cultural stewardship that assert their sovereignty on their lands.
This podcast is a knowledge mobilization initiative by Finding Flowers, an interdisciplinary project studying the intersections of art, ecology and education.
Join us in learning how the care for languages and environments is intertwined, and how Indigenous communities are sustaining forms of cultural stewardship that assert their sovereignty on their lands.
This podcast is a knowledge mobilization initiative by Finding Flowers, an interdisciplinary project studying the intersections of art, ecology and education.
OUR TEAM
Lisa Myers
lisarosemyers.com
Lisa is an independent curator, artist and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. She is the York University Research Chair in Indigenous Art and Curatorial practice and has curated exhibitions in public galleries and artist run centres across Canada. Lisa is a member of Chimnissing, Beausoleil First Nation.
Lisa’s research focuses on Contemporary Indigenous art and curatorial practice, Indigenous food systems and food sovereignty. Through socially engaged art, she creates gatherings that respond to place, sharing Indigenous foods and reflecting on underrepresented histories and collective forms of knowledge exchange.
Lisa is our podcast artistic director, co-host, co-producer and the regional host for the episode located around the Great Lakes. On top of leading this podcast and being a esteemed professor at York U, Lisa is continuously writing, making art, curating, playing music, cooking and sharing food, walking with her dog Juniper, and building radical work with many many others.
Tania Willard
taniawillard.ca
Tania is a mixed Secwépemc and settler artist whose research intersects with land-based art practices. Her practice activates connection to land, culture, and family, centering art as an Indigenous resurgent act, through collaborative projects such as BUSH Gallery and support of language revitalization in Secwépemc communities. Her artistic and curatorial work includes Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2012-2014) and Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe (ongoing). Willard’s work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Forge Project, Kamloops Art Gallery, and the Anchorage Museum, among others.
Tania is our podcast co-host with Lisa Myers and is the Regional Host of the episode developed on Secwépemc & Syilx Territories. When Tania is not podcasting, or teaching or making art or curating, you may find her mentoring young artists, planting garlic on her land, or swimming in a lake with her family and dogs.
Laura Grier
lauragrierart.ca
Laura is a Sahtu Délı̨nę First Nations artist and printmaker, born in Somba ké (Yellowknife), and based out of Alberta and Toronto. Responding to lived experiences of being an urban displaced Dene woman, Laura’s work is inspired by the dynamism of Indigenous art practices and uses printmaking as a tool for resistance, refusal, and inherent Bets’ı̨nę́. They hold a BFA from NSCADU (K’jipuktuk) and an MFA from OCAD University (Tkaronto) and is a PhD candidate at York University.
Laura is our podcast research assistant, Edmonton episode co-host, and they are developing an expansive research on Indigenous-led projects that study the relations between Indigenous languages and plant knowledge. When they are not podcasting, you can find Laura at printmaking studios, organizing with artists and creatives, cuddling with her dog, or planning a fabulous dinner.
Nigel Robinson
Nigel is a Dene organizer, radio host, and humorist/comedian, from Cold Lake First Nations.
As an Indian Day School survivor Nigel has first-hand experience with the challenges of being Indigenous in so called Canada. While studying writing in Toronto he bore witness to a speech in 2015 that made a lot of what Nigel faced make sense. While contemplating this Nigel started with organizing decolonial teach-ins during Canada 150. Beyond this he has organized feasts, round dances, tattoo gatherings, direct actions, workshops, and art builds. In this work he likes to carry the idea of the old protest chant “Nothing is impossible, another world is possible.”
Nigel is our podcast co-producer and supports the project through writing, editing, visioning, and a sharp sense of humor. When he is not podcasting, you can find Nigel doing standup, being a foodie, posting memes @nazoonigel , writing, working with Keepers of the Water, or teaching at nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills University.
Dana Prieto
danaprieto.com
Dana is an Argentine-Canadian artist, educator, and researcher based in Toronto. Her practice examines personal and collective relations with colonial structures through a careful attention to the ground.
She studied education, architecture and ceramics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has a Master of Visual Studies from University of Toronto. Her work has been presented in national and international galleries, public spaces, and informal cultural venues. She is a co-founder and educator at SHEEEPschool, an experimental creative and learning space in Toronto.
Dana is a research associate for Finding Flowers Project, and is the coordinator of their podcast Sounds Like Land. You can find Dana visiting libraries and trails with her kid, cooking and serving banquets for friends, or entrenched with clay and textiles inside her studio.
by Finding Flowers Project
Email: soundslikeland@gmail.com