Castlemain Blog

  Celebrating Indigenous Youth Voices - N’we Jinan 19   April, 2018 N’we Jinan is a non-profit touring initiative that features the voices and perspectives of Indigenous youth through bringing music programs into community. The program gives youth the opportunity to...

  Indigenous Women in Business – Taking on the World of Beauty 4   April, 2018 The beauty and skincare business has long been dominated by high-end department store brands and drug store products. These Indigenous women entrepreneurs are taking on this...

Things We are Into This Week: March 29th to April 6th 29 March, 2018 Where to go: The Audain Art Museum will be honouring the late legendary Kwakwaka’wakw artist Beau Dick with an important art historical project until June 11th. Beau Dick: Revolutionary Spirit is an...

  Things We are Into This Week: March 15th - 23rd 15   March, 2018   WHERE TO GO: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is opening a new exhibition Culture at the Centre featuring Indigenous-run cultural centres and museums from Musqueam, Squamish, Lil’wat,...

  Celebrating Indigenous Artists Nominated for Juno Awards 05   March, 2018 The Juno Awards will be hosted in Vancouver this year on March 25, and Indigenous artists have been nominated across several categories. Here’s a quick look at some of the Indigenous nominated...

  Talking Stick Festival 2018 20   February, 2018 The 2018 Talking Stick Festival is on right now, until February 25, 2018 at various venues in Metro Vancouver. The Festival features traditional and contemporary Indigenous visual arts, films, theatre, dance and music....

Maia has a Bachelors of Commerce with a double major in Marketing and International Business from the University of Manitoba. She previously managed the Digital Marketing team at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where she worked with her team to...

Anna is a proud member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation with roots in the Scots Metis community in Saskatchewan. She grew up in Calgary, where she began her work as a university ambassador, traveling to various First Nations communities to speak to youth about her...

  Annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side 14   February, 2018 On Feb 14th, Castlemain Staff participated in the Annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES). First held in 1992 to commemorate the sense of hopelessness...