About Us
About Indigiqueers
Community Builders
At Indigiqueers, our mission is driven by a dedicated team of community-builders. With the support of the Canada Council of the Arts, we come together to organize gatherings across these lands, providing a space for members of the 2-Spirit community to share experiences and collectively envision brighter futures.
The insights we gather from these events help shape our policy recommendations, guiding our work to address community needs and strengthen inclusion and representation within the Pride space.
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Liz Barron
Liz Barron is a founding member of the Harbour Collective (harbourcollective.ca). Working within the Indigenous media and visual arts, Harbour Collective engages in research activities, artistic programming and service delivery for Indigenous filmmakers, media artists and visual artists. Harbour Collective has hosted four LAB series and is currently working on Indigenous artist rights working in artificial intelligence, along with commissioning five Indigenous artists to create augmented reality stories based on their traditional moon stories that launched in Vienna in November 2024.
Barron has been in the arts for the last 30 years. She started her cultural career at Plug In ICA as their digital producer. During her time with Plug IN ICA, she met Louise Ogemah and Debra Prince who invited her to join them to create Urban Shaman, a contemporary Indigenous artist run centre, in Winnipeg.
Barron’s connection to place is the homeland of the Metis. Her mother is from St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba and her father is from St. Francois Xavier/ Pigeon Lake, Manitoba. Her maternal grandparents are from St. Charles, Manitoba (Peltier / Pelletier) and Harperville, Manitoba (Miller). Her paternal grandparents are from St. Francois Xavier (Barron / Chalifoux). The Chalifoux were identified as Cree on the Canadian Census and claimed scrip.
Barron is a member of the Manitoba Metis Federation and a member of the Catfish Local, Winnipeg.
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Jason Baerg
Raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Jason Baerg is now a registered member of the Métis Nations of Ontario. He serves his community as an Indigenous activist, curator, educator, and interdisciplinary artist. Baerg graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University. Baerg teaches as an Assistant Professor in Indigenous Practices in Contemporary Painting and Media Art at OCAD University.
Exemplifying their commitment to community, they co-founded The Shushkitew Collective and The Métis Artist Collective. Baerg has served as volunteer chair for organizations such as the Indigenous Curatorial Collective and the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition.
As a visual artist, they push digital interventions in drawing, painting, and new media installation. Select international solo exhibitions include Canada House in London, UK, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, and the Digital Dome at the Institute of the American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
They sat on numerous art juries and won awards through such facilitators as the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and The Toronto Arts Council.
For more information about their practice, please visit JasonBaerg.ca.
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Grace Blair
Grace Blair is a visual artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from OCAD University, a Project Manager at Indigiqueers, and an Ally to Indigenous and 2-Spirit communities. She has helped organize and facilitate gatherings across these lands, including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Timmins. Through her work, Grace supports the coordination and implementation of Indigiqueers’ projects, advancing the organization’s mission to support the best possible futures for the 2-Spirit community.
