Chanelle Lajoie
Chanelle Lajoie is a Queer Métis multi-disciplinary artist from Treaty 1 Territory, and a current guest studying at McGill Law on Tiohti:áke Territory. With their degree, they aim to protect the intellectual property of Indigi-queer creators. With their medium, they seek to honor and engage within the communities to which they belong through storytelling in the form of moving-image. Their ties to community are best witnessed in recent projects Métis Femme Bodies (2019) and Lavender Menace (2020) which explore Indigi-queer identity. Chanelle has participated in MAWA’s Foundation Mentorship Program (2020-21) which prepared them for moving- image projects: Grand Mother Tongue, with Toronto Queer Film Festival’s DIY Lab Mentorship Program (2020-21) and Bison Hunt, with ImagineNATIVE’s Doc Salon Fellowship as part of the European Film Market (2021). They recently attended Harbour Collective’s Meech Lake Residency (2021), completing moving-image project Land (Ab)Use.
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Métis Femmes Bodies
_Métis Femme Bodies_ is an exploration into the experiences of what has become a repressed identity in both Indigenous and femme forms. _Métis Femme Bodies_ aims to offer visibility and voice to those who have been denied such luxury in order to accurately represent themselves and correct misleading narratives imposed by greater power structures.
Métis Femmes Bodies
_Métis Femme Bodies_ is an exploration into the experiences of what has become a repressed identity in both Indigenous and femme forms. _Métis Femme Bodies_ aims to offer visibility and voice to those who have been denied such luxury in order to accurately represent themselves and correct misleading narratives imposed by greater power structures.
