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In this special episode featuring GTA artists from the Asian Diaspora, Patrick de Belen shines his light.  A Filipino-Canadian storyteller, arts educator, spoken word poet, writer, and director, Patrick is most known for his collaborations with the Toronto Raptors, the NFL, CBC. He has released 3 spoken word EPs and multiple cine-poems, written and directed by himself. He was the youngest poet to win a national poetry slam championship, awarded both the national poet of honour and youth poet of honour title, and a few more storytelling accolades throughout his career.  When he is not writing or sharing, he is an educator and youth mentor, partnering with many institutions like addiction centres, mental health focused organizations, libraries, schools, jails and more - advocating for storytelling opportunities in as many spaces as possible.

You can find more of Patrick's work at PatrickdeBelen.com, or follow him on Instagram @patrickdebelen, and he's also on Spotify!

Jenny is a Nehiyaw and Finnish-Canadian artist, musician, community advocate, 

student, producer and radio co-host, and Auntie. In this podcast, she will be 

telling you more about her work and passions, such as art, Indigenous advocacy

and community building, and more. We explore how Jenny builds a community

of Indigenous students at UofT, how art is folded into her life, how being an

Auntie in a restorative justice framework works and more. Join Sheila and I as we get to know a real UofT hero.

Jenny is a Student Life Coordinator at Indigenous Student Services at U of T @firstnationshouse

Ciimaan/Kahuwe’yá/Qajaq Indigenous Language Initiative at U of T (CKQ)

Some of the cool topics we talked about on this episode:

Learn more about Cree Code Talkers here

Here you can find out more about the Jingle Dress

Indian Residential School Survivors Society 

Save the Evidence Campaign

Jenny promoted and recommended other very talented Indigenous artists. Be sure to check them out!  

Erica Violet Lee https://twitter.com/ericavioletlee?s=20

Thirza Cuthand https://www.thirzacuthand.com/

Ruth Cuthand https://www.ruthcuthand.ca/

Keitha Keeshig-Tobias https://www.instagram.com/keithakeeshigtobias/?hl=en

Theresa Burning https://ifwtoronto.com/artists/theresa-burning/

Graham Paradis https://www.instagram.com/mkwaboogit/?hl=en

Native Women In the Arts http://www.nwia.ca/

This is Jenny’s own radio show on CIUT, if you enjoyed her here, which we’re sure you did, go support her on her show, Indigenous Waves Radio Show 

If you’re like Jenny and Jerico who take comfort in otter videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEjC7Ropp_Y