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Nana

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Amy Danica Thomas Donna Ines Ora

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Donna spotless questioning he looks in

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Clinton

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good evening everybody I just introduced

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myself to Zoila kintopathixa and those

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names coming to the territories of the

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song he’s in the opposite I laid that as

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Frank Sam my mother Talina Sam and she

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comes from the Webster family in the

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house it my children are Amy Danica and

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Thomas and my granddaughters Aura my

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husband is Thomas Paul from Charlotte

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and it’s really good to see you all here

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tonight I acknowledge the elders I

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acknowledge my family some of my family

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that I see her tonight and I’d also like

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to acknowledge Jamie Isaac and Nancy

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novel of the gallery and then

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um just sharing with you that

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out of the pandemic one of the things

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that came out of that was that our

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community

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Through Zoom we were playing language

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Bingo

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who knew

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but our biggest Flex at that point Our

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Generations playing language Bingo and I

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just think of how lucky we were to be

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able to revive our language and

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keep working on it and

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it took me a long time to talk about or

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even incorporate the main law which is

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like my late dad because that was part

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of the Great process and I talked about

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the language of I take the language from

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my dad because he couldn’t

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I take the language for my children and

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my granddaughter

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but more importantly I take the language

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for me and who I am and where I stand in

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this land in this territory but also

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acknowledging my ancestors in the

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biggest way that I possibly can

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and I heard a quote once that

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speak is martial as little of your

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language if you can because your

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ancestors will be with you every step of

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the way

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I will leave that thought with you and

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it’s really good to see everybody and

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thank you for allowing me to open up

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your work in a good way tonight

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[Applause]

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it’s really great to be able to host

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this show and to host the artists that I

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think most of them were able to come

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tonight and a special Welcome to our

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partners from the Canada Council who are

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able to join us this evening and it’s

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really just a great honor to have you

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all here and I know I’m so pleased that

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the artists can make it to the West

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Coast to celebrate with us and to share

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your exceptional work it’s a big

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congratulations to all the winners and

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it’s about it’s been a bit of a delay so

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it’s about time it happened anyway the

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governor General’s award in Visual and

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media arts marks a lifetime of the

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achievement and the artist practice and

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that is clearly evident in the works

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that you’re going to see tonight

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these exceptional artists exemplify the

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diversity of arts practice across the

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country particularly indigenous artists

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The agtv Remains committed to supporting

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the work of many artists through

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Equitable Community Driven programming

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exhibitions and through our collecting

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practices so please for those of you who

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are able bring your friends and family

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back to see the show and to experience

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an exceptional group of works for the

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best visual and media artists in Canada

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enjoy the evening

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[Applause]

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that is your best welcoming oh my gosh

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such amazing people here to Maine

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hi everyone hi

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thank you again for giving us a

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welcoming

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I am Jamie Isaac Chief Creator here at

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the art gallery of creative return for

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now about a year and

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it’s really great to be here when the

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Canada Council for the Arts approached

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us

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um to host the governor general Awards

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with Visual and media arts of the 2021

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recipients and we did not hesitate to

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say yes

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so as a curator I feel so deeply honored

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and fortunate to work with and learn

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from these amazing artists

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the work has been collaboratively

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selected primarily through the process

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of conversation to present a trajectory

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of their work a scan of their work

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through the many years of art production

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within one show we will see a masterful

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carving sculpture installation

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performance and photography media art

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drawing animation music and

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participatory artworks offering us our

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Dynamic variation in discipline

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these artists leadership uh have paved

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the way in their disciplines

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and pursuit of knowledge and excellence

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and we can celebrate that today and

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within the exhibition

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I would say Trailblazers their work is

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collectively and

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really does offer new possibilities and

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perspectives ongoing resonance

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transformational experiences

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that enrich our worlds with knowledge

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and understanding

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the appreciation of many forms of beauty

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by bridging connecting with and for

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community

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through participatory actions

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some playful

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and curious evoking and thought

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provoking

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thank you so much to the nominators for

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upholding these artists

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[Applause]

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and also for the Canada Council for

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having this amazing uh award

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um for upholding artists in in Canada

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good evening thank you very much Jamie

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for these beautiful words

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it is such an honor to be here tonight

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to represent Council and to celebrate

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the artists with you all thank you for

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coming

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I want to begin by thanking from the

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bottom of my heart director Nancy Noble

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curator Jamie Isaac it has been we feel

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so welcome it is absolutely wonderful

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and your entire team at the art gallery

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of Greater Victoria the council is

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thrilled to count the gallery as a

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partner

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this Year’s celebration

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is most special for two years the

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pandemic offended our lives and so I’m

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delighted that we can gather in person

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for these celebrations especially

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considering that the 2021 winners have

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waited in the next few years for this

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thank you for your patience

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tonight we honor not only the work of

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these great artists it’s also their

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Priceless contribution to the Canadian

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and international artistic scenes

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these artists have Innovative taken

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risks have challenged our relationship

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with technology and our experiences of

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the world and in so doing contributed to

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the development of Canadian Society the

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count of the council for the Arts had

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administered these prizes since they

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were created in 1999.

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each winner receives a 25 000 check from

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the council and a medallion created in

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collaborations

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and the Canadian Museum of History which

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is the teacher Arts partner purchases a

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work of art by the artist who receives

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exciting from an award

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I want to say again thank you to the

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gallery thank you and congratulations to

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the winners we have spent the day with

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you it has been absolutely wonderful and

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I will never repeat it enough such an

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honor to meet you all

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