Indigenous Artist

Nicole Joy-Fraser (She/They-Tsa’tinée, Nehiyaw, Métis, Settler) is an award-winning, Indigi-queer, performing artist with bloodlines from Horse Lake First Nation, AB. For over 20 years she has been storytelling for stage and screen, across Turtle Island and beyond, and has worked with many celebrated companies such as The Stratford Festival, The Shaw, Mirvish, Soulpepper, Theatre Aquarius, CBC, CBS, BBC and Telefilm. As a proud Bear clan matriarch, 60’s scoop witness and 2Spirit Helper, supporting each other through healing and the Indigenous arts continues to be a passion of theirs. They have only recently been developing their own original storytelling in the Onguiaahra region where they reside and are also an emerging director and dramaturge. They are developing their own play with support from Punctuate Theatre’s Pemmican Collective, and are a part-time Teaching Assistant in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University. Nicole is also a regular facilitator of Community Arts, invited Cultural Carrier and Helper to the Elder. Kinânaskomitin to those who’ve guided and continue to guide my path of reclamation.

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

First Nations

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Nehiyaw, Tsa’tinée , Métis