For our Season Finale we sit down with Leslie Rose Titze, a musician and a software and technical consultant from Dryden. Since feeling so welcomed and accepted at her very first Pride event, Leslie has made it her goal to create intentionally warm, welcoming spaces for folks new to Pride, inviting folks at all stages of their identity journey to celebrate and gather in safety and solidarity, much like she was first welcomed.

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In this episode, we sit down with Paul Pasanen, a researcher and health equity advocate from Sudbury, Ontario to talk about their experiences finding and building community in the North.

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In this episode, we sit down with Michel Dumont. Michel self-identifies as a queer, Métis, Two-Spirit, disabled artist and trauma survivor based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He studied Visual Arts and Psychology at Lakehead University, and his work specializes in breathing new life into discarded vintage tile in striking mosaic pieces. As a survivor of intergenerational trauma stemming from Indian Day School, Michel's work often explores emerging themes in anti-colonial urban indigenous and queer identities.

Dumont has exhibited widely in group and solo exhibitions in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba. In 2018 he was recognized as Visual Artist of the year by Thunder Bay Arts & Heritage. He has received two residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity, an artist fellowship at the Leslie-Lohman Museum, NYC, and was chosen as the 2022 Indigenous Artist in the Park, a residency at Allen Gardens, Toronto.

This podcast is presented by the Northern Ontario Pride Connection with support from Taking IT Global and the Sprout Ideas Fellowship Program. To learn more visit: northernontarioprideconnection.ca

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