Jason attended the Native Education Centre, in Vancouver, with an education in Criminology. He has had quite an extensive working career having worked in various job markets ranging from hospitality, trades, and human service work to business owner.

Jason works as the Indigenous Education Supervisor in the Office of Indigenous Education at Thompson Rivers University. Prior to filling the role as IE Supervisor, he worked as a Learning strategist in Indigenous Student Services at Cplul’kw’ten. Mr. Mike has been with TRU for a total of 10 years and spent that time working with students face to face.

Jason is a voracious consumer of cinematic adventure as well as music. He enjoys playing guitar and hockey. In his spare time, he pursues artistic aspirations though photography, film making writing and drawing.

She is a Thompson Rivers University alumni, with a Bachelor of Arts, with a Major in Theatre and a Minor in Sociology. Her personal work in the community is focused around community-engaged arts, including currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Kamloops Film Society and a former Board Member of the Kamloops Arts Council. Her most recent work When Did I Lose You? A piece about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and girls was originally broadcast as part of Western Canada Theatre’s -A Broad’s way Cabaret – for International Women’s Day. Echoes of the Homesick Heart, her full length Multigenerational Language Verbatim Theatre project premiered with Western Canada Theatre in 2022. This was achieved as a community effort with Western Canada Theatre, TRU CURA ( Thompson Rivers University – Community University Research Alliance), Canada Council for the Arts, and First Peoples Cultural Council.

Shay is the founder and Project Director of the Indigenous Resurgence Project, which is a grassroots art collective that works towards showcasing and supporting Indigenous artists in the region. As an active artist in the community, she advocates for artists and works to strengthen pre-existing foundations within the art community through collaborating with artists and organizations across the Southern Interior.

Shay enjoys all types of artwork, including film, and also sits as a committee member for the Thursday Film Series. Shay’s personal art theme leans towards surreal fantasy, macabre beasts, and dark ink drawings. You can often find her set up at Misfit Night Markets, peddling her wares to the other misfits around town. Her film taste and interest leans into tragedies and edge-of-your seat thrillers. Some of Shay’s top films she discovered so far this year are The Beasts (2022), Sinners (2025), Dahomey (2024), and Incandescence (2024).