Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Mi'kmaq artist uses Art as vehicle for change

"Art is a very powerful way to send a message"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/alan-syliboy-mikmaq-artist-st-francis-xavier-university-1.3601875


"Alan Syliboy has been appointed as the 2016 Coady Chair of Social Justice at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.He plans to use his art to address environmental issues, missing and murdered Indigenous women and First Nations' housing issues. The Coady Chair of Social Justice was founded five years ago and looks to foster ways of solving local and global problems through different disciplines."

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