Dominic is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and arts administrator with over a decade of experience in theatre production, cultural programming, and community-centred arts leadership across Nigeria and Canada. His practice as an administrator spans various facets of the arts, focusing on strategic programming, producing, artists curation, and community engagement. Dominic is also the Artistic Director of Black Onyx Playhouse, a Calgary-based initiative amplifying Black African voices through theatre and performance. 

Dominic also serves on the Equity Action Advisory Committee for the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta and a board member of the African Music Academy, a non-profit advancing African music education in Edmonton. 

ProgrOutside of his professional life, Dominic enjoys a good game of volleyball, a good novel, road trips, and a good barbecue sesh.

Megan Samms (they/she) is L’nu and Nlha7kápmx, a visual and multidisciplinary artist,Indigenous agriculturalist, beekeeper, and community worker; their creative practice is integrated with territory/ies, agricultural and community work, and art inquiries and processes. Samms makes her life in her home community, in one of their two Ancestral land bases: Katalisk, Ktaqmkuk, Mi’kma’ki, Wabanaki Territory (colonially: Codroy Valley, newfoundland, canada).Samms was born and raised in Katalisk where her paternal, L’nu relations are from and continue to be. Samms’ maternal ancestry and relations are Nlha7kápmx and come from ltKumcheen (Lytton). Samms has spent significant time living across Turtle Island and continues to visit and travel. Samms is also a descendant of Italy, France, Wales, and Scandinavia without lived experience or cultural connection to Europe. Samms has been an occasional visitor to Scandinavian, North Atlantic territories where she is in relation through marine boreal bio-regionality. 

Drawing from varied practices, Samms works with various mediums and disciplines to articulate story, messages, and continual dialogue with(in) historic and contemporary placebased contexts. Samms is known for weaving and natural dye work, and uses performance interventions and photo to remember and triangulate entangled presence and relationship with place and time; through this, contributing to narratives, and re-narrativization/remembering, of her territory(ies). Samms is a frequent collaborator and an emerging Ancestral Skin Marker; her mentors are Dion Kaszas, Jerry Evans, and Keith Callihoo. Samms’ considers weaving and skin marking to be two of the most important acts of presencing in her practice. 

Samms shares work in non conventional or non institutional art spaces like abandoned buildings, Land, or community spaces; in solo and group exhibitions at Artist Run Centres, as well as larger institutions, regional galleries, and at various festivals. Samms is an incoming participating artist in La Biennale d’art contemporain autochone (BACA) in 02026; she was an Anchor Artist at Nocturne Festival in Kjipuktuk in 02025; and was a participating artist in the Bonavista Biennale in 02023 and 02025. In 02025 Samms administered the Second Wave Ancestral Marking Group Mentorship with mentor, Dion Kaszas; was a Leighton Independent Artist in Residence (Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity), a TC2 Weaver in Residence (Centre for Research and Innovation and in private studio); and was long listed for the Sobey Art Award (National Gallery). In 02024, Samms was honoured with the Theodore Prize from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, Wabanakik; in the same year was nominated for the Sobey Art Award (National Gallery), and for various awards from VANL-CARFAC and was shortlisted for the Craftsperson of the Year. Samms’ work has been shared in a variety of artful and peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Creative Cartography from the University of Arizona, Native Land Digital, Riddlefence Magazine, and Beside Magazine. Samms has received generous attention from media like Muskrat Magazine, CBC, Visual Arts News, and the Globe & Mail. Samms is the chair of the board of Union House Arts in Port Union, Ktaqmkuk and incoming faculty at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Indigenous Leadership: Calling Our Spirits Home. Her (forever continued) education is Land, peer-to-peer, and mentorship based.

Kluane Adamek – Aagé (she/her), is a proud citizen of Kluane First Nation and served as the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Yukon Regional Chief from 2018 -2025. She deeply appreciates and respects the Matriarchs who welcomed her into the Dakl’aweidi Clan. Her Grandmother, the late Ch’aalį um, always reminded her to be proud of who she is, and where she comes from; her Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, and non-Indigenous ancestry, postsecondary education, and her lived experiences. From a young age, her Grandfather taught her to be consistent, stay focused and to never compromise integrity. These teachings have given Kluane the unique ability to walk in what her Grandma described as ‘both worlds’, and to lead with humility and courage. 

Kluane has professional experience in the public, private, and non-government organizations. She is known as a facilitator and able to navigate complex issues with diplomacy, integrity, and compassion. She has served on various national and regional boards and committees including as a Trustee – Kluane First Nation Trust and recently appointed by the Prime Minister to the Indigenous Advisory Council, Major Projects Office. 

She is functionally bilingual in English and French and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University and a Master of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University. Most recently, she obtained a Certificate in Indigenous Governance from the University of Arizona and is completing her Institute of Corporate Directors certification. 

In 2020, she was named one of the Top 25 Canadian Women of Influence in recognition of her contributions to the next generation of women in leadership and climate action. She is passionate about supporting youth and led the founding of ‘Our Voices,’ a Northern Indigenous Emerging Leaders Collective. Leading from her values is incredibly important to her, and she is described as a driven, strategic, and diplomatic leader who builds strong relationships and cares about people. 

Between 2018-2025, while serving as Regional Chief, Kluane Adamek and the AFN Yukon team hosted over 20 Chiefs Summits, in addition to quarterly AFN Yukon Executive Meetings. Together, with Yukon First Nations, (YFN) she has increased the accountability, regional engagement, modernization, and relevance of the Yukon region nationally and internationally. 

With nearly eight years serving in political office, Kluane Adamek has proven to be a consistent and strong voice for Yukon First Nations priorities and solutions regionally, nationally, and internationally

Sylvia Ann Fox, Ii’sts’pan’sts’aa’kee (Singing Alone from Above) has been the Traditional Wellness Coordinator at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge for the past eight years. She is the mother of three beautiful children and four grandchildren.

Sylvia Ann studied Arts and Sciences at the University of Lethbridge and completed the Kainai Studies program with many beloved elders at Red Crow College. She has attended various other post-secondary institutions and became an addictions counselor. She worked for Blood Tribe Health and at the Kainai Healing Lodge. 

Sylvia Ann is dedicated to her community work, supporting countless groups in developing cultural competencies and participating in sacred ceremonies. She was bestowed and carries the Mii’staa’kii (Mountain) pipe bundle through a transfer ceremony, honoring her 20 years of working for her people. 

She was the first Indigenous woman to receive the City of Lethbridge Leadership award in 2023 from Reconciliation Lethbridge. She also received the Teams Award for Innovation in 2023 for her work on the Indigenous Cancer Rounds for the Department of Oncology at the University of Calgary. Sylvia Ann was a recipient of the Health Quality Council of Alberta Patient Experience Award in 2024 for her role in the Medicine Within program for outstanding achievements. Sylvia Ann completed the First Thunder Land-based Yoga Teacher Training Certificate and co facilitates Blackfoot Informed yoga throughout the community. Sylvia Ann Fox encourages the people she mentors to walk together as they recognize and honor the Blackfoot ancestors, the parents, and grandparents.

Basia Bulat is a Montreal based singer songwriter whose work bridges gospel, soul, and classic folk, carried by a distinctive voice and a deeply expressive, multi-instrumental approach. A three time Polaris Music Prize finalist and JUNO Award nominee, Bulat has built an international reputation through a rich and evolving catalogue, from her early analogue folk recordings to more expansive, collaborative works. Her music has been celebrated on global stages and platforms from NPR’s Tiny Desk and Later... with Jools Holland to major tribute concerts honouring artists like Leonard Cohen and The Band and she has toured alongside artists including Sufjan Stevens, The National, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 

In 2025, Bulat released Basia’s Palace her most sonically expansive album to date, featuring lush arrangements, synthesizers, and layered melodies, earning widespread acclaim across North America and Europe. In 2026, she returns to a more intimate setting, presenting a solo tour that reimagines songs from Basia’s Palace alongside highlights from her extensive catalogue. Performing on guitar, piano, and autoharp, these stripped down concerts foreground the emotional core of her songwriting, allowing each piece to unfold with clarity and depth. The result is a powerful and personal live experience one that highlights Bulat’s singular artistry and enduring place within the contemporary folk tradition.

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Reid Anderson is a composer and bass player best known for his work in the genre-defying instrumental group The Bad Plus. Since its inception in 2001, the band has amassed widespread acclaim and created an uncompromising body of work that spans 15 studio albums and countless live performances. The Bad Plus are widely considered to be one of the most significant groups of their time and Anderson’s prolific work as a composer has defined their sound throughout the years.

Born in Minneapolis in 1970, Anderson began playing the acoustic bass at the age of 18. He was accepted into Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music one year after picking up the instrument and graduated in 1993. He moved to New York to pursue a career in jazz and has since performed and recorded with some of the most prominent musicians of his generation, including: Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Mark Turner, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Anderson began to focus heavily on composition in New York
and released three critically acclaimed albums of original music for the Spanish label, Fresh Sound New Talent, between 1997 and 2000. Two of these albums were on the New York Times’ Top 10 List for their respective years.

Anderson’s career has amassed a number of standout moments, including a 2011 commission from Duke University and Lincoln Center for The Bad Plus to arrange and perform Stravinski’s, "The Rite of Spring." They have also composed for dance - writing and performing “Violet Cavern” for the Mark Morris Dance Group. In 2013 Anderson premiered his first evening length composition, "The Rough Mixes." This work for 2 violins, cello, drum set, electronics, and video was performed as part of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Liquid Music series. In 2020 he composed the music for the New York Times Podcast, “Nice White Parents.”

Along with his work in The Bad Plus, Anderson is a member of the ensemble Broken Shadows - which explores the music of Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill, Dewey Redman, and Charlie Haden - and the instrumental synth band, Golden Valley Is Now. Both of these groups released albums in 2019. 

Reid Anderson will spend the remainder of 2022 touring with The Bad Plus in support of their fifteenth studio release and focusing on a new electronic music group with Gregg Belisle-Chi on guitar and Tina Priceman on violin.