Dr. Julie Nagam (Métis/German/Syrian) is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media and is an Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Winnipeg.  She is the inaugural Artistic Director for 2020/21 for Nuit Blanche Toronto, the largest public exhibition in North America. Dr. Nagam’s SSHRC research includes digital makerspaces + incubators, mentorship, digital media + design, international collaborations and place-based knowledge. As a scholar and artist she is interested in revealing the ontology of land, which contains memory, knowledge and living histories. Nagam’s scholarship, curatorial and artistic practice has been featured nationally and internationally.  Dr. Nagam is the Director of Aabijijiwan New Media Lab and Co-Director of Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre in Winnipeg, Canada.

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Photo by Kali Spitzer.