Project Coordination
Photo courtesy of Laura Hodgins
Laura Hodgins
Laura Hodgins is a white-settler from Sǫ̀mbak'è on Chief Drygeese Territory in Treaty 8 (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.) Laura holds a MA in Art History from Concordia University and a BFA in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria. Her master’s thesis titled “A Concise and Critical Art History of the Northwest Territories” was completed in 2023. As a Northerner, Laura is passionate about fostering and promoting the arts north of the 60th parallel. Laura worked to organize the Arctic Arts Summit in June 2022 and happily continues to work for Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Project as a project coordinator.
Photo courtesy of Margaret Lapp
Margaret Lapp
Margaret Lapp is a second-year graduate student in the MA in Art History program at Concordia University, and a current research assistant for Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project.
Margaret is a settler raised in Lekwungen territories, now based in Tiohtiá:ke with gratitude to the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation. She holds a BA in History and Psychology from Dalhousie University, and studied art history at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, University of Victoria and Concordia. Margaret’s research focuses on the work of women performance artists creating work in city spaces, with an interest in interdisciplinary methodologies, archival methods, urban interventions and movement practices.
Photo courtesy of Melanie Mathieu
Stephanie is a PhD student in the Humanities Interdisciplinary Program at Concordia University. She holds a Master of Architectural Studies in history and theory, a professional Master of Architecture degree and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her creative practice centres on site specific mixed media installations that negotiate the space between site and body. After finishing her degree in Fine Arts, she moved to Whitehorse, Yukon, where she worked for LuMel Studios, and two architecture firms: Northern Front Studio and Kobayashi + Zedda Architects. Her current research interests are grounded in representations of site that generate identity and spatial narratives.