Keynote

Christine McRae

Executive Director, Native Land Digital (Native-Land.ca)

(She/Her)

Christine McRae (Luckasavitch) is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (a woman of the Madawaska River Algonquin people) and belongs to the Crane Clan. She is currently studying for her Masters of Arts in Indigenous Studies at Trent University.

Christine is the Owner/Executive Consultant of Waaseyaa Consulting and Waaseyaa Cultural Tours (@waaseyaaconsulting or https://waaseyaaconsulting.ca), two small businesses dedicated to dedicated to reviving and celebrating Indigenous traditional knowledge and culture-based practices through educational opportunities.

In addition to her own companies, Christine is the Executive Director of Native Land Digital (https://native-land.ca), an Indigenous-led not-for-profit dedicated to providing educating about Indigenous peoples, territories and knowledge systems across the world.

Victor Temprano

Founder, Native Land Digital (Native-Land.ca)

(He)

Victor Temprano is a web developer from the west coast of Canada. He is the founder of Native Land and runs Mapster Technology, a web development company focused around online interactive mapping. Victor works in many different areas, from tech to admin, and helps run the daily operations of Native Land and plan for new directions. He loves to work with people who care about what they do and is always inspired by new initiatives.