‘Bizzy Barflies’ paddle for good at Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival  

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

Every year the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival attracts thousands of visitors from across Canada and beyond. This year was no different.

Roughly 200 teams competed in the nation’s capital over the weekend to row their hearts out and raise funds for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation (ODBF), which to date has supported over 65 community-based non-profits, including Cornerstone Housing for Women, Shelter Movers Ottawa and Ottawa Anglican Day Programs.

This year, 21 brave Algonquin College employees took to the waters to compete for the first time in the Education Challenge Cup, alongside other teams whose members attend or work for educational institutions, administration, or associated parent advisory associations.

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Indigenous models and creatives walk the runway at AC’s Nawapon

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

Saturday’s ‘Community Unity’ Indigenous fashion, music and arts show was a huge success! The event took place in Algonquin College’s Indigenous Learning Commons, Nawapon, and was presented by Anangosh Model and Talent Management — a non-profit Indigenous model management and talent agency developed by activist, educator and model, Kyrstin Dumont.

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‘Community Unity’, a fashion, arts and music event June 25

Posted on Friday, June 24th, 2022

Walking down a runway wearing one-of-a-kind Indigenous designs was the first time that Kyrstin Dumont felt she could fully embody her beauty as an Indigenous woman.

Now, she uses her modelling experience to uplift and amplify other Indigenous youth who are struggling to navigate the Western beauty standards set upon them.

“Diving into the modelling and fashion world in my community in 2018 really uplifted and amplified me in a time that I needed it the most — it put me on a pedestal, which is something I had never experienced before in my lifetime,” says Dumont, who has been modelling for about four years now.

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