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Announcing the recipients of the 2025 Sankofa Square Indigenous Student Centre Digital Exhibition Career Launchers!

Digital screen at Sankofa Square.

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce Catherine Blackburn and Jordyn Hendricks as the recipients of the 2025 Sankofa Square Indigenous Student Centre Digital Exhibition Career Launchers! Their artworks will be displayed across the five digital screens at Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square) for the duration of April 2025. 

Headshot of Catherine Blackburn and Jordyn Hendricks.

Catherine Blackburn is a multidisciplinary artist and a member of the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan. Her work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine and is bound through the ancestral love that stitching suggests. Often prompted by personal narratives, she addresses Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, and representation through her work.
IG: @catherinebjewellery

Jordyn Hendricks (they/them) is a two-spirited Michif artist, with ties to the Red River region. They are currently living in Tkaronto, pursuing a BFA through OCAD University’s Indigenous Visual Cultures program, with minors in Drawing and Painting, Sculpture and Installation, and Art History. Their practice is multidisciplinary, engaging with themes of spirituality, the land-self relationship, and considering the full spectrum of human experience.

IG: @jordyn.hendricks

Learn more about our Career Launchers at: https://careerlaunchers.format.com

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