Portage College Museum of Aboriginal Peoples' Art & Artifacts

Speaking to the Delegation of the European Union of Canada. 🍁 what an amazing experience!

Absolutely honoured to be here tonight with to receive the Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.

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Today on day two of our Ottawa journey we spent the afternoon with . Speaking about the group and his time curating their art.

Had the privilege of hearing speak about these pieces today at . He found out today his name was even listed on a write up about the group for the Jackson Beardy piece on display.

Joseph Sanchez the last living member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc aka The Indian Group of Seven telling us stories of how Alex painted Morning Star.. We are in Ottawa this week hoping to secure funding for a permanent home for the works of this important group.

Have you seen the news!? Our future designs are the winner of the 2025 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence. Thank you to the Architect team Philip Vandermey (MRAIC), Jessie Andjelic, Jordan Livermore, Teegan Heinricks, Veronique Ulrich and to the University of Calgary School of Architecture Planning and Landscape Work Integrated Learning Design Research studio students.

MOAPAA (Museum of Aboriginal Peoples’ Art and Artifacts) "The MOAPAA is conceived holistically as a space for dialogue and reconciliation."

It’s artist of the month how could we not feature Daphne Odjig also often seen as the mother of the