RENELTTA ARLUK
Area of Expertise: Theatre
"What you have to do as allies and as supporters, is you need to step up and fill the gap where funding has been lost. So program us into your seasons, hire us as directors, hire us as playwrights and give us those positions where we become part of your landscape on a longer basis than just Canada 150."
Reneltta Arluk is of Inuvialuit, Dene, and Cree descent from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. She has been widely influential in driving Indigenous Theatre throughout Canada and the world and is the first Inuit and Indigenous woman director at the Stratford Festival. She is now the Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.