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Episode 36: Blanketing the City in Arts and Culture — with Kamala Todd
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In Vancouver, discussions surrounding arts and culture are imperative, especially in relation to continued efforts towards decolonization.
Indigenous Arts and Culture Planner for the City of Vancouver Kamala Todd tackles this topic with her work, including her contributions to the new cultural plan: Culture | Shift: Blanketing the City in Arts and Culture. Kamala previously worked as the Aboriginal Social Planner with the City of Vancouver, and continues her work as a cultural advisor and filmmaker. In this episode, Kamala shares what steps the city has taken, and what more needs to be done, to combat the ever-present consequences of colonization.
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About Our Guest
Kamala Todd
Kamala Todd is a Metis-Cree mother, community planner, filmmaker, curator, and educator born and raised in the beautiful lands of the h蓹n虛q虛蓹min虛蓹m虛 and Skwxw煤7mesh-speaking people, AKA Vancouver.
She has a Masters degree in Geography (UBC) and is the City of Vancouver鈥檚 first Indigenous Arts and Culture Planner. Kamala鈥檚 film credits include Indigenous Plant Diva, Cedar and Bamboo, RELAW: Living Indigenous Laws, and Sharing our Stories: the Vancouver Dialogues Project. She is the author of 鈥淭his Many-storied Land鈥�, in In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation (2016), and Truth-Telling: Indigenous perspectives on working with Municipal Governments (2017) for Vancouver Park Board.
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