Katrina Medalle
Multidisciplinary artist, writer, art director, creative producer, and communications manager
What the Nominator shared: She is community minded, an advocate that is considerate and easily approachable. Creating spaces that celebrate, support and elevate.
Photo by Sean DiamondI constantly think about safe and inclusive spaces that intersect different art forms in passion-purpose projects. My artistic mission as a first-generation Filipino Canadian artist, who serves in community advocacy and communications, is to elevate authentic expressions of the diasporic community, recognize and celebrate storytelling that breaks cycles of suppression and spearhead conversations of equity and diverse representation in the arts. Through reflection and collaboration, I aspire to establish innovative su
CanAsian Dance is situated in Tkaronto, a Mohawk word meaning “the place in the water where the trees are standing.” It is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and it continues to be the home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
This land is under the Dish with One Spoon covenant, an agreement between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This land is a dish to be shared and cared for and we all share one spoon; the spoon is to be used to take only what is needed and to leave enough for others, thus ensuring a viable and abundant future. We recognize the enduring resilience of Indigenous peoples and we acknowledge that we are accountable to these relationships and these agreements.
We carry these values of responsibility in sharing and caring in abundance with consideration of not only ourselves but of our communities that we share together.
