Three years ago, when Tobique First Nation musician Jeremy Dutcher accepted the Polaris Music Prize, an award recognizing the best Canadian album of the year, he declared: “Canada, you are in the midst of an Indigenous renaissance.”
The proof was all over the music scene. Dutcher’s win marked the fourth time in five years that a musician with Indigenous heritage including Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and folk veteran Buffy Sainte-Marie had won the Polaris prize. Indigenous hip-hop outfits like A Tribe Called Red and Snotty Nose Rez Kids were stealing the show at music festivals across the country.
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Last Modified: 8:34 AM CST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 | Updates
A new CEO will take over the Winnipeg Foundation when it celebrates the start of its second century of operation on April 27, 2021.
A new CEO will take over the Winnipeg Foundation when it celebrates the start of its second century of operation on April 27, 2021.
Sky Bridges will become the sixth CEO, replacing Rick Frost, who will retire after leading the foundation for 23 years.
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Sky Bridges After a widespread and thorough search process, the board vote was unanimous in favour of Sky’s selection, said Doneta Brotchie, board chairwoman. Rick Frost has been an exceptional and exemplary CEO, and we are confident that our choice of Sky Bridges will prove to be the right one for the future of the Winnipeg Foundation.