WHO WE ARE
History
The Indigenous Arts Knowledge Exchange (IAKE, formerly known as the Indigenous Trainers Caucus) was created in 2019-2020, with the objective to enhance the Canada Arts Training Fund’s responsiveness in relation to the needs of Indigenous arts training organizations and to examine and determine the measures best suited to increase the application, retention and graduation rates of Indigenous training programs in Canada.
Council Members
Meet the Indigenous Knowledge Exchange (IAKE) Council members
Meet the IAKE Team
Sadie Babcock (she/her)
Communications Coordinator
Sadie is a mid-career marketing and communications professional with extensive experience in managing and creating branded content for both the private business and non-profit sectors. She completed her diploma in Advertising and Marketing Communications at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario and expanded this qualification into a Bachelor of Arts with SLC’s partner institution – the Institute of Technology Tallaght in Dublin (Republic of Ireland). Creating unique content that resonates with different audiences for different purposes in creative and productive ways is one of the many challenges that she enjoys in her job. Sadie is a reconnecting Anishinaabe from Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation with Irish and Scottish heritage. She loves to travel and has interests in photography, gardening, and film.