In this combined presentation and workshop, Justine Woods will discuss garment-making as research-creation with particular focus on the role garments play in resisting settler colonial displacement of Indigenous ontologies and bodies to place. Informed by her PhD dissertation research, Justine will expand upon the concept of ‘re-stitching’ as both a theoretical framework and embodied practice in exploring how the act of garment-making done by the Indigenous body can regenerate Indigenous ontology and re-stitch new worlds and futurities.

To support the workshop component of the talk, attendees are encouraged to bring an article of clothing that they do not mind making permanent changes and or adjustments to.

More About the Presenter:

Justine Woods (she/her) is a garment artist, creative scholar, and educator with a focus in Indigenous fashion and material culture, Indigenous arts-based methodologies, performance and embodiment, and research-creation. She is a Doctoral Candidate in the Media and Design Innovation practice-based PhD program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Justine is a registered citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario whose familial ties span the Red River, Northern Michigan, and Southern Georgian Bay in Ontario. Her Métis family names are Vasseur, St. Onge, Lafrenière, and Berger-Beaudoin.