Harmony Johnson-Harder
Feather Carrier

Harmony Johnson-Harder is a storyteller, artist, and creative visionary inspired by the land, her grandmother, her father, and Woodland culture.  Harmony’s work celebrates culture, connection, and shared humanity.

A multidisciplinary artist, her modern beadwork, mixed-media painting, and 3D art combine traditional Indigenous techniques with experimental materials. Her storytelling workshops inspire curiosity and connection, creating spaces where participants explore themes of land, symbolism, and ancestry.

Harmony participates as a mentee through CARFAC SK Art Writing Mentorship Program and also has written for Vacation Land News,  A local newsletter. She is a producer and writer for Stories of the North, which was nominated for an award at the Yorkton Film Festival in 2023 and 24. She is currently collaborating with the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine on research projects exploring House, Home, and mental health interventions in First Nations communities. Harmony has served as a traveling storyteller, and has led numerous arts and storytelling workshops in local and Northern communities. She was also a presenter at The Art of Visiting, an artist gathering in Kingston, Ontario.

Inspired by her father’s book The Power of Story by Harold Johnson, Harmony is passionate about the arts, culture, and sharing that passion to inspire others to transform their own stories. Through her work, she embodies the transformative power of creativity and connection, while continuing to grow and develop her own artistic practice.

Dr. Paul Chaput
Knowledge Holder

Dr. Paul Chaput is a Métis academic, actor, singer, composer, filmmaker, and poet. In November 2015 he completed his PhD in geography at Queen’s University. His dissertation, “Planting Stories, Feeding Communities: Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples, and Film,” used film as a research tool to bring academic findings back to Indigenous communities. Two CDs of his original compositions were nominated at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards for Best Male Vocalist and Best Folk Album. Paul is one of four founding members of the Métis Nation of Ontario and the conceptual architect of its long-term visionary Prime Purpose. Paul was a founder and the artistic director for the first three years of the Métis Arts Festival in Toronto. Paul has co-produced, hosted, and narrated — in French and English — 26 episodes of “Finding Our Talk: A Journey Through Aboriginal Languages” that aired on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).

Al Doxtator
Knowledge Holder

Te howis kwûnt (Allen Doxtator) originates from Oneida First Nation of the Thames near London, Ontario, and is a member of the Bear Clan. He brings more than 45 years of experience as a social worker and in related fields to his role at Queen’s.

Philip Jonah Logan Geller
Councillor

Philip Jonah Logan Geller (they/them) is Jewish (Ashkenazi) and Red River Michif (Métis) with Logan, Dupuis, Vandal ancestors, and roots to the historic Métis community of Rooster Town. Philip is currently based in Winnipeg/Wînipêk (Treaty 1). 

They are a theatre/performance artist, educator, and scholar who is focused on decolonizing their process by listening to and dialoguing with ancestral and cultural knowledge. Their practice includes trickster methodologies, land-based creation, circular storytelling, and destabilizing hierarchical power structures in the rehearsal process, with a focus on anti-oppressive/anti-racist modalities. They are a SSHRC funded Master of Fine Arts Directing graduate from York University, a top 30 under 30 York University Alumni, and a Ken McDougall Award recipient for promising emerging director. Philip is currently the Associate Producer for #ReconcileThis at the National Arts Centre and Co-Artistic Producer for Kiyanaan Indigenous Theatre Festival in Winnipeg, MB. They are creating new works in residency at The Theatre Centre and Theatre Passe Muraille. 

As a storyteller they have worked across Turtle Island as an actor, director, dramaturg, producer, clown, creator, and community worker with companies and festivals including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, Indigenous Arts Knowledge Exchange, Stratford Festival, Theatre YES, Gwaandak Theatre, Toronto Metropolitan University,  Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Made in Exile, Citadel Theatre, Nextfest, Play the Fool Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, and Paprika Theatre Festival. They are a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta. Although, more importantly, they learn from all the incredible relations – human and more than human – they have the fortune of visiting with.

Armand Garnet Ruffo
Councillor

Armand Garnet Ruffo (Anishinaabe) was born and raised in remote northern Ontario and is a member of the Chapleau Fox Lake Cree First Nation. A recipient of an Honourary Life Membership Award from the League of Canadian Poets, the Writers’ Trust of Canada Latner Poetry Prize, and the Mayor’s Arts Award (Creator) from the City of Kingston, he is recognized as a major contributor to both contemporary Indigenous literature and Indigenous literary scholarship in Canada. As a creative writer and scholar, Armand’s books include Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird (2014) and Treaty# (2019), both finalists for Governor General Literary Awards, as well as co-editing Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada (2016) and An Anthology of Indigenous Literature in English: Voices From Canada (2020). His latest book The Dialogues: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow (2024) is based on his libretto for the musical “Sounding Thunder.” Among other places, it has been performed in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Sault Ste. Marie at the 175 Anniversary Celebrations of the Robinson-Huron Treaty and in Ottawa for Remembrance Day. Armand continues to publish widely, and his work has been translated into Anishinaabemowin, French, German, and Chinese. Armand lives in Kingston and travels home to northern Ontario as much as possible. When in Kingston he enjoys playing the guitar to relax and participating in local guitar circles in the park. When in northern Ontario, he goes fishing.

Terri-Lynn Brennan
Executive Director

As an inter-cultural planner, Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan combines a 30-year professional career in the social sciences, from anthropology to public policy, with national to global experiences living and working on four continents and across 12 countries. With a lens rooted in social equity, Terri currently services clients as a consultant through her company, Inclusive Voices Incorporated, and holds the position of Executive Director for the Indigenous charitable not-for-profit LodgePole Arts Alliance, of which she is a founding member. Terri holds a national role as a sector trainer for the Cultural Human Resource Council of Canada in Maintaining Respectful Workplaces in the Arts, while continuing to support various cities and municipalities across Canada in their development of Cultural Plans, Public Art Plans and building Indigenous relationships based in reciprocity. Terri proudly identifies as mixed, Ohnkwehon:we/Kanien’kehá:ka/ Skaru:reʔ (Original Peoples/Mohawk/Tuscarora) and British, descent where her people come from Six Nations of the Grand River, Ireland and England. She currently lives on her ancestral land within the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Covenant Treaty on Wolfe Island in Ontario with her partner, ornithologist Mark Read and their Portuguese water dogs Higgs & Gauge Boson’s.

Danielle Marshall
Development and Outreach Coordinator, Acting Artistic Producer

Danielle Marshall (Treaty Partner) has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit and cultural heritage sectors, specializing in grant writing, strategic planning, and community engagement. She has successfully secured funding for initiatives ranging from multi-year strategic plans to inclusive programs and partnerships with diverse stakeholders. At the Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum, Danielle led a 5-year strategic planning process and obtained funding to support new projects and organizational growth.

In addition, Danielle has helped plan and manage the National Indigenous Presenters Gathering: The Art of Visiting over the past two years, contributing to program development, logistics, and stakeholder coordination. Her expertise also includes managing large-scale collection inventories, overseeing digitization projects, and leveraging grants to advance organizational goals. Danielle holds a BA (Honours) in Classical Studies and an MA in Museum Studies, and she is committed to using cultural heritage to connect communities and foster learning.

Sadie Babcock
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Sadie is a mid-career marketing and communications professional with extensive experience developing and managing branded content across both the private sector and the non-profit cultural landscape. She holds a diploma in Advertising and Marketing Communications from St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario, and later expanded her studies internationally, earning a Bachelor of Arts through SLC’s partner institution, the Institute of Technology Tallaght in Dublin, Ireland.

Sadie’s work is grounded in the belief that communication is a form of relationship-building. She specializes in creating meaningful, audience-focused content that not only informs, but engages and connects communities to the values and impact of the organizations she works with. Her professional background includes supporting brand development, coordinating outreach campaigns, and shaping storytelling that reflects organizational identity and purpose.