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TAGLINE Welcome to our world. (Just watch your back.)

LOGLINE is a half hour dramatic comedy about four young women figuring out how to be Mohawk in the21st century.

SYNOPSIS - SHORT What does mean to be a modern day Mohawk woman? Mohawk Girls is a half hour dramatic comedy about four young women trying to figure out the answer. But with their parents, friends, community, and even their garbage man having an opinion, it’s an impossible task.

SYNOPSIS - LONG Mohawk Girls centers around four twenty-something Mohawk women trying to find their place in the world, and of course, trying to find love. But in a small world where you or your friends have dated everyone on the rez, or the hot new guy turns out to be your cousin, it ain’t that simple. Torn between family pressure, tradition, obligation and the intoxicating freedom of the “outside world,” this fabulous foursome is on a mission to find happiness… and to find themselves.

Bailey, 29, wants to be the “perfect” Mohawk. Everyone in her life seems to have a strong idea of what that means and she tries to live by their rules and meet their expectations. Unfortunately her heart starts taking her in very different directions and she finds herself having to constantly choose between her own happiness and everyone else’s.

Caitlin, 27, is a full-figured sex-bomb who flaunts what god gave her and flirts with all the boys, even when she shouldn’t. Deeply protective of all her friends, her insecurity and lack of self-esteem make her incapable of protecting herself and she ends up settling for men who don’t treat her with respect and don’t give her the one thing she craves the most – love.

Zoe, 28, is a type-A personality driven by the need to succeed and to be respected in her community. Obsessed by what people think of her, she is more focused on her image than on really living. But once she starts to let loose, she finds it hard to stop… even if it might jeopardize everything she’s worked for.

Anna, 24, has a Mohawk father and a white mother. A newcomer to the rez, she is a free spirit whom the other girls envy and yet scold for not following the rules. Anna constantly struggles between her desire to fit in - to prove that she really is a Mohawk – and her desire to just be herself. She goes too far to both extremes and gets into trouble every step of the way.

Mohawk Girls is light-hearted, sexy and fun. But it’s also honest, real, and poignant. It’s Sex and the City – Mohawk style.

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EPISODES

Episode 101 - Welcome to Our World

When Bailey’s ideal Mohawk man turns out to be less than ideal, she has to start her search all over again. Perfect Zoe finds a way to have secret fun that no one will know about. Caitlin hooks up with mean girl Vicky’s ex-boyfriend Butterhead and suffers the consequences. Free spirit Anna moves back to the strange world of the rez.

Episode 102 - One Big Teepee

Anna gets a crash course in the rules of the rez when she invites her non-Native city friends to a rez party. Bailey searches for love and finds it in an unlikely place. Zoe calls her online dating stranger for a little sex chat to take the edge off. Caitlin pursues Butterhead to no avail… ‘til he needs a place to crash.

Episode 103 - Hanky Spanky

Deciding she can have a little fun, Zoe lets loose at the local bar but she lets way too loose. Caitlin goes into sexy girlfriend overdrive to keep her flirtatious boyfriend from misbehaving. Bailey takes her cougar auntie’s advice and goes for a young pup. Quirky Anna undergoes a makeover to try to fit in but fails miserably.

Episode 104 - Where’s My Warrior?

Caitlin visits her family in to escape thoughts of her breakup with the cheating Butterhead. Zoe balks when her online dating stranger wants to meet in person. Taking a Mohawk language class, Anna tries to ignore how cute the teacher is - because he’s Bailey’s ex Thunder. Bailey goes to a nearby rez to expand her man horizons.

Episode 105 - Lobster Club

Bailey forces herself to date Mr. Mediocre but has more fun with new friend Jack. If only he wasn’t white. When Anna and Thunder are seen together, rumour spreads that they’re a couple. Zoe’s secret lover asks about her bedroom fantasies but she has no idea what they are. Caitlin takes Butterhead back and is on cloud nine.

Episode 106 - Tube Steak

Zoe pushes the boundaries in the bedroom but when she pushes too far, she freaks herself out. Alienated from the girls, Anna finds friendship in an unlikely place - with mean girl Vicky and her posse. Caitlin’s joy at being back together with Butterhead starts to wear off. Bailey is happy dating white guy Jack… ‘til her friends find out.

Episode 107 - Beast

Anna tries to implement her newfound “rez balls”. Bailey has to choose between what her community wants for her and what she wants. Turning into a doormat with Butterhead, Caitlin gets news that could change everything. When her pressure-cooker of a life becomes too much, Zoe takes her need for sexual adventure to the next level.

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Episode 108 - Building the Nation

Caitlin breaks her big news to Butterhead and is surprised by his reaction. Anna is thrilled she mustered her courage and went for Thunder but she’s petrified of Vicky’s retribution. Energized by her dirty little secret, Zoe goes into role model overdrive. Bailey’s exciting new relationship with white guy Jack takes a surprising turn.

Episode 109 - Freaksville

When her family intervenes in her love life again, Bailey makes a radical decision. Caitlin’s living arrangements become too close for comfort. When the girls find out about Zoe’s secret escape, they decide to check it out for themselves. Anna and Thunder have very different ideas about the right time to consummate their new relationship.

Episode 110 - What’s Your Number?

Anna finds out about the importance of blood quantum on the rez and worries about what her own number may be. Butterhead’s mom teaches Caitlin a few tricks on how to keep her man happy. Bailey begins her quest to find a great guy in the city. Jonesing for another sexual escape, Zoe searches high and low for a satisfying partner.

Episode 111 - Dating Mohawk Style

Worried about her lack of a sex life with Butterhead, Caitlin hatches a plan to keep him satisfied. Anna struggles with her Mohawk status and what it could mean for her and Thunder. Having a hard time finding Mr. Right in the city, Bailey finds a way to speed up the process. Zoe takes a tentative first step in her quest for .

Episode 112- Bridesmaidzilla

Maid of honour Zoe is going to make sure everything is perfect at her cousin’s wedding, even if it kills her… and everyone else. Caitlin realizes how much her dad and Butterhead have in common. Bailey jumps between city life and rez life, trying to figure out where she belongs. Anna is pressured to up her game in order to keep Thunder.

Episode 113 - Rez Balls

Bailey meets a guy who seems too good to be true. Is he? Zoe gets swept away in her secret escape and shirks her responsibilities at home. Caitlin struggles to make a choice about her future. When Anna’s secret is revealed, she has to find a way to salvage her relationship with Thunder and her position in the community.

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CREATIVE TEAM Creator / Director / Executive Producer

Award-winning Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer has multiple credits to her name as producer, writer and director in both documentary and fiction.

Beginning her career in documentary, Tracey teamed up with for feature documentaries One More River: The Deal that Split the , Mohawk Girls, and , as well as the documentary series Working it Out Together, seasons I & II. This collaboration has continued into fiction television withMohawk Girls, the series, which she created, is directing and executive producing. Her work has been honored with two and has earned acclaim from multiple film festivals, including Hot Docs and DOXA. She has worked with the CBC, the NFB, and numerous independent production companies throughout . In 2008, Playback Magazine declared her one of the 25 rising stars in the Canadian Entertainment Industry.

A graduate of Dartmouth College’s Film Studies program, Tracey formed her own production company, Mohawk Princess Pictures, in 2006, which is currently producing Sex, Spirit, Strength, a feature-length documentary about reclaiming healthy sexuality in Aboriginal communities, and Dream Big, a 13-part youth empowerment documentary series for APTN.

Tracey has multiple projects in development, including her first fiction feature film with writing partner Cynthia Knight. Having dreamed of this career since she was twelve years old, Tracey is ecstatic at being a visual storyteller – and hopes that her work has a positive impact on the world.

“Tracey represents the next wave of Native filmmaking,” says Adam Symansky, NFB producer ofMohawk Girls and Club Native, “It isn’t based on the past so much as on Native communities taking responsibility and control of their future. That is the challenge she is putting out in her films.”

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Cynthia Knight Writer / Executive Producer

A graduate of the prestigious Canadian Film Center’s TV Writers’ Program, Cynthia Knight is a writer, story editor and executive producer with experience in both feature film and television.

On the TV side, Cynthia has written several MOWs, has worked on series such as the comedy Sophie for CBC, and is the principal writer as well as showrunner on Mohawk Girls.

Cynthia is also working on two features, both supported by Telefilm Canada – the romantic comedy Vacationship in development with

Peripheria Prouctions, and the bittersweet comedy Beans in development with EMA Films.

When not writing, Cynthia works as a Development Executive of English projects at the award-winning production company Attraction Images.

Cynthia also has a track record in factual programming, has extensive production experience, and is both a romantic and a cynic who can’t decide which side dominates.

Jérémie Wookey Director/D.O.P of Digital Media Content

Jérémie Wookey is a Franco-Métis filmmaker from , . Jérémie studied broadcasting at Red River College in Winnipeg, and also graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in English. After graduating, Jérémie worked as a shooter and as a production editor for CBC/Radio-Canada. In 2008, he and his sister’s filmMémére Métisse premiered on opening night of the ImagineNATIVE Film Festival.

Since then, Jérémie and his sister Janelle have launched a production company, Wookey Films, and have worked on a variety of projects, including CBC’s 8th Fire series. They are currently co-producing a one- hour documentary on the evacuees of the 2011 Manitoba flood, which will be airing on APTN.

He believes that his passion for filmmaking and storytelling stems from a bloodline laced thick with the richness and resilience of the Franco-Metis, whose artistic expression has secured their continued survival as a people. Jérémie is thrilled to have had the opportunity to work on Mohawk Girls and be part of such a fresh, fun and groundbreaking project.

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Carl Freed Editor

Carl Freed has emerged as a respected film editor, writer, and filmmaker. He is an award-winning creative artist whose work stretches from documentaries and features to television series and specials for networks in Canada and the .

Carl is a trusted partner to leading Canadian filmmakers and is at home on projects ranging from soulful to slapstick. He was on the team winning two Gemini Awards from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for the documentary Club Native. His work has been selected by film festivals including Hot Docs, the World Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, and by the Smithsonian Institution.

Carl is frequently sought out as a show doctor to help turn the proverbial shoe box of assorted elements into a well crafted production. Carl is the co-writer and film editor on The Lady in Number 6, winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary.

Mario Sevigny Composer

Mario Sevigny is a multi-instrument-vocalist and composer who’s scored films and television for over 15 years.

After cutting his teeth on Edward for , Mario worked on over sixty movie trailers for Christal Films, Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, TVA Films, and Equinoxe Films. He then scored the series Tripping the Rift, a US/ Canada co-production with NBC Universal and Cinégroupe that aired in over 58 countries.

Mario’s work for the market includes such prestigious and popular films asÀ vos marques... Party!, Noémie: Le secret, Lance et Compte, Miss Météo, Bienvenue aux dames, Sur le Rythme, and the 8th season of the series version of Lance et Compte.

Mario also has an extensive track record on English series and features such as Pinnoccio, 3000, Human Trafficking, the Sharky and George as well as Golfers Anonymous for NBC Universal, the web series Coming Out, and the game show Pop Quiz for E! Canada.

Contact Leisa Lee: [email protected] | 514-946-2010 www.mohawkgirls.com Rezolution Pictures International is an award-winning film, television and interactive media production company, working with many of Canada’s best new and established talents to create unique comedy, drama, non-fiction and video game programming. Their credits include the comedy series Moose TV, recipient of the Indie Award for Best Comedy Series from the Canadian Film and Television Producers’ Association in 2008. In 2009 and 2010, the company won consecutive Canada Awards for its documentaries Club Native and . Reel Injun was also the winner of the 2011 Peabody Award. Rezolution Pictures International is an award-winning film, television and interactive media production company, working with many of Canada’s best new and established talents to create unique comedy, drama, non-fiction and video game programming. Their credits include the comedy seriesMoose TV, recipient of the Indie Award for Best Comedy Series from the Canadian Film and Television Producers’ Association in 2008. In 2009 and 2010, the company won consecutive Canada Awards for its documentaries Club Native and Reel Injun. Reel Injun was also the winner of the 2011 Peabody Award.

In addition to producing Mohawk Girls Rezolution Pictures is now spearheading the charge into interactive media with the pioneering game development studio Minority Media Inc. Their first game, the award-winning Papo & Yo, was hailed by critics and fans worldwide as a turning point in emotional storytelling in video games. Within two years of its release, Papo & Yo collected many high-profile awards, including IGN’s Best of E3 and Best Puzzle Game, Playstation Network’s Editor Choice Award, and GameSpot’s Best Adventure Game and Best Downloadable Game. In addition, Minority Media achieved mass media recognition when the New York Times, TIME magazine and Kotaku, among other mainstream outlets, repeatedly praised Papo & Yo as setting a “new and altogether different standard in gaming”.

Rezolution Pictures features the talents of founders and executive producers Ernest Webb and Catherine Bainbridge, along with executive producers Christina Fon and Linda Ludwick. They have thirteen years experience working successfully with the Canada Media Fund to deliver meaningful storytelling, and are now dedicated to realizing this through innovation and game play as well.

Innovate By Day is the Digital Media Producer for Mohawk Girls and specializes in creating integrated online strategies for film and television properties includingCorner Gas: The Movie, , Remedy and Saving Hope.

Working with producers and networks, Innovate By Day effectively develops narratives in the digital space by producing digital media content, running campaigns, and managing online communities. Innovate By Day builds custom, interactive transmedia content that extends story-worlds and generates conversation with the goal to give audiences more of what they want – and to offer them compelling reasons to return, share, and advocate for their communities. Innovate By Day founder Deb Day is an award-winning television and film director and producer with over 20 years in the entertainment industry. @innovatebyday facebook.com/ InnovateByDay www.innovatebyday.ca Contact Leisa Lee: [email protected] | 514-946-2010 www.mohawkgirls.com

CAST Jenny Pudavick Bailey

Jenny Pudavick is a Métis actress from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She attended the ’s theatre program and has over 18 years of on camera experience. Her most recent credits include a recurring role on Pinkertons, a lead role in 20th Century Fox’s feature Wrong Turn 4 and The Last Christmas. As well as recurring roles in the TV series Cashing In and .

Jenny is a resident acting coach and instructor for film and television at Armstrong Acting Studios in . Combing the technical understanding of the script, making bold text choices and aiding the actors to access organic emotional moments. She helps the actor create truthful characters in front of the camera.

Brittany LeBorgne Zoe

Brittany LeBorgne hails from the Mohawk community of on the south shore of Montreal, Quebec. Although Mohawk Girls is Brittany’s first major lead role, she got her start at age 9, performing with Kahnawake’s Turtle Island Theatre Company. It was there she first worked with Mohawk Girls creator and director Tracey Deer. Some of the most memorable roles she played were Sandy in Grease, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and Maria in The Sound Of Music.

Brittany went on to graduate from John Abbott College’s Theatre Workshop Program in 2001, and in 2012, attained her B.A. in journalism from Concordia University. She then landed small television and film roles, appearing in an episode of the Discovery Channel’s Accident Investigator, and alongside Oscar winner Melissa Leo in the 2008 filmFrozen River. Brittany also works behind the camera, collaborating again with Deer, as one of the directors on a new documentary series for APTN, Dream Big.

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Heather White Caitlin

Heather’s love of performance and singing as a child was noted by her Mohawk grandmother who signed her up for the Kahnawake based Turtle Island Theatre’s Summer Drama Camp during her summer vacation at age 12 and the rest is history. It was here where she honed her skills as actor, singer, playwright, and camp counsellor. Favorite roles on the Turtle Island stage include Mama Rose in Gypsy, Mame in Mame, Winnifred in Once Upon A Mattress and Chris Gorman in Rumors.

After graduating Concordia University’s Theatre Program, Heather went to Toronto to attend the Center for Indigenous Theatre’s acting program. While there, she worked on the Muriel Miguel collaborative creation A Series of Savage Events: A Love Story, Alanis King’s play Gegwah, spoken entirely in the Ojibway language, and she worked under the tutelage of acclaimed playwright Tara Beagan on her own semi-autobiographical play about a young woman from two native cultures trying to find her place in the world. Heather was one of the top ten musical theatre performers in Montreal having competed in Le Spotlight: Montreal’s Musical Theatre Challenge two years in a row and was offered the role of Randi in the inaugural Next Wave Festival of New Musicals’ work I See London, I See France: The Underwear Musical.

Heather has been involved with Mohawk Girls since 2007 when it started as the short film Escape Hatch. She hopes that Mohawk Girls and the casting of a plus-size actress as the character Caitlin will help inspire other young women to adopt a positive body image, as well as encourage them to work hard, to always follow their dreams, and continue to break society’s expectations of beauty.

Maika Harper Anna

Maika Harper is an Inuit actress born in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories (currently known as Iqaluit, ). She moved away from home at the age of 14 and still continues to travel the world.

Maika studied classical acting in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Windsor as well as acting for film and television under David Rotenberg at the Professional Actor’s Lab in Toronto. Her theater work includes playing the role of Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at Albert College and the role of Lucille Poncelet in Dead Man Walking at the University of Windsor.

Maika’s foray into television acting came when she was cast in the original pilot for Mohawk Girls in 2009. A natural on camera as the character Anna, Maika was asked to reprise her role when the series was greenlit by APTN and OMNI Television in 2013.

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Meegwun Fairbrother Butterhead

Meegwun Fairbrother is of Ojibway and Scottish origin, from Grassy Narrows First Nation. He is a traditional singer and a Northern traditional dancer. Recent credits include Inland directed by Oscar nominated ; two leading roles (twins) in the series Helix; Brendan Fraser’s Split Decision; Heritage Minute; the independent feature filmMoonhair ; Time Traveler for APTN; and Triptych for Bravo!

A graduate of ’s Acting Conservatory and an Associate Artist of Red Sky Theatre Company, Meegwun recently toured across North America in Red Sky’s production The Great Mountain, for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award. He also played Burgundy in as part of an all- aboriginal cast for the National Arts Centre in .

Kyle Nobess Thunder

Kyle Nobess is a Métis actor, born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kyle fell in love with acting at an early age. He enrolled in his first acting class at 16 years old and has been studying the craft ever since.

Kyle began his career working with APTN as the on-air host of their weekly feature Friday Night Flicks. He also appeared on air for APTN’s Uploads, a weekly feature that promotes APTN’s programming, as well as worked as an on-air reporter for APTN’s 10-day coverage of the North American Indigenous Games on Victoria Island, . These positions relied on Kyle’s quick wit, charm and humor to keep the audience engaged.

Following the Indigenous Games, Kyle booked a lead role in the APTN comedy series Cashing In, which has gone three seasons with a fourth season presently in production. Kyle also had a recurring role in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil for the Space Network. Kyle also has experience in feature films, having appeared in Make it Happen, the sci-fi filmSomething Beneath, Lucky Christmas, and Prosecuting Casey Anthony. Up next, Kyle will also be seen in the series Mohawk Girls and in the video Curse of Chucky.

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Alain Chanoine Leon

Alain Chanoine was born in Montreal and spent his early life in Haiti. After his family came back to Canada, Alain started acting in his high school theatre company. Alain always dreamed of acting and doing stunt work for a living but never really saw it as an option until coming back from a football practice in college, where he was studying to be a cop, he saw a sign written ‘Audition’ on it. Pushed by his childhood dream, the soon-to-be police officer went to the audition. Little did he know that this single audition was going to change his whole life. Alain booked the role and moved to where the movie was supposed to shoot. The movie never saw the light of day but it was too late, Chanoine was hooked and his move to Vancouver for a 4 month stint quickly turned into 10 years.

Alain has appeared in Dead Like Me, Smallville, Battlestar Gallactica, and The L Word. He also booked roles in major feature films such asThe Art of War II with Wesley Snipes, and The Five People You Meet in Heaven with Jon Voight. Alain then booked his first lead roles in the moviesShred and Shred II with Tom Green. He also starred in the action comedy Evil Feed.

Because of his world-class martial arts skills (he is two-time Canadian Karate Champion), Alain also got into stunt work and has worked on numerous projects doing battle with the likes of Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, and Ryan Reynolds. He also did all the stunts for the title character in the TV series Blade. have recently fallen in love with Alain and his (now) fiancée as the fan-favourite couple onAmazing Race Canada.

Christian Campbell Jack

Christian Campbell has been helping tell stories for over 25 years working as an actor, producer and director for film, stage, and television; collaborating on projects throughout Europe, Canada, the US and Asia. He recently wrapped production on the DCOM Bad Hair Day, is currently directing two documentaries, just wrapped directing two music videos, is executive producing and directing the docu-series Broadway Dreams and just rolled out the feature filmAmong Ravens in the US. As an actor, he has three films in postproduction slated for a 2015 release. He lives in NY with his wife .

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Rachelle White Wind Vicky

Rachelle White Wind is from the Ojibwe/Cree Nation and was adopted and raised in a small French community on the outskirts of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a graduate of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and is also a member of the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency, walking the catwalk three years in a row at Toronto’s Fashion Week.

Completely bilingual, her first acting job was a Quebecois show called Histoire Max III. Since then, she has gone from hosting shows like APTN’s Digital Nation to creating complex characters in film and television such as XIII (NBC), Kissed by Lightning (APTN, directed by Shelley Niro), Elijah (CTV), and (APTN).

Aside from co-starring as Vicky in Mohawk Girls, Rachelle is gearing up to host Dream Big, a youth documentary series that she co-created.

Devery Jacobs Lollipop

Kawennahere Devery Jacobs is a Mohawk actress. Devery’s passion for acting began at an early age; since before she can remember she’s been running around with a video camera, acting in homemade movies. At age 7 she joined the Turtle Island Theatre Company in her community and starred in productions for over 10 years.

Her professional career started at 13 years old with her first principal role in Stephen King’s The Dead Zone and South of the Moon directed by Antonia DiVerdis. For the following years she had various roles and she improved her acting with workshops like Teen Tour Theatre and appeared in various television commercials.

In 2012, the big roles really started to arrive. First she cast the supporting role of Nourhan in Sonar Entertainment’s Exploding Sun directed by Michael Robison. Then out of a nation-wide search, Devery was cast by Rene Haynes in the lead role of Aila, in feature filmRhymes for Young Ghouls, directed by Jeff Barnaby and was nominated for Best Actress at the 2013.

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Glen Gould Sose

Glen Gould is an Actor/Director/Musician of Mi’kmaq and Italian descent from Unama’ki’k (Cape Breton Island), Nova Scotia. Raised in the Mi’kmaq community of Membertou, Glen is the grandson of the late Grand Chief Donald Marshall Sr. He left home at the age of 19 to pursue a career in acting and has had a very successful career, appearing in a numerous theater, TV & film productions throughout North America.

Some notable television appearances include: North of 60, First Wave, So Weird, Dark Angel, The Relic Hunter, The Chris Isaak Show, The 4400, with recurring roles on DaVinci’s Inquest (which earned him a nomination at the Leo Awards for Best Performance by a Supporting Male in a Dramatic Series), DaVinci’s City Hall, and the miniseries Diamonds. He can also be seen on APTN’s Cashing In as rancher John Eagle.

Glen recently completed shooting the feature film Rhymes For Young Ghouls by Jeff Barnaby. He also starred in the feature film Charlie Zone, which won him the prestigious David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2011 and the Best Actor at the Dreamspeaker’s Film Festival in 2012. His most recent projects are Murdoch Mysteries, Blackstone and Klondike.

Known for his rich voice, Glen has voiced many series, documentaries and animated projects such as the award winning animated series Yvon of The Yukon, has provided voices on Mary-Kate & Ashley, Stargate Infinity, Justin Time and By The Rapids. He even recently provided the Voice of God at the 20th Annual Indspire Awards (formerly known as the Aboriginal Achievement Awards).

Tina Keeper Zoe’s Mom (101-107)

Tina Keeper, Norway House Cree Nation, is a Winnipeg-based actress and media producer who also served as a Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Churchill.

As an actor, Tina is best known for her work on the hit Canadian series North of 60 for which she won various awards including a Dreamcatcher award, two American Indian Film Festival awards and a Gemini for Best Actress in a continuing leading role. Tina has done numerous theatre and film projects as an actor and has branched out into producing her own projects.

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In 2010, Tina partnered with to create Kistikan Pictures. Tina made her entry as a producer on season 3 of Cashing In for APTN and as producer/writer/director on the award- winning short doc The REDress REdress Project. Currently in production is season 4 of Cashing In, and in development is a new teen drama series and 3 feature films, one of which is based on the award-winning by , .

Tina has a BA in Theatre from the University of Winnipeg and has trained at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, the Banff Centre and the Sundance Institute.

Tantoo Cardinal Zoe’s Mom (108-113)

Tantoo Cardinal was made a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. The announcement by the Rt. Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, recognizes Cardinal for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada.

Arguably the most widely recognized Native actress of her generation; Tantoo Cardinal has appeared in numerous plays, television programs, and films, including egendsL of the Fall, Dances With Wolves, Black Robe, Loyalties, Luna, Spirit of the Whale, Unnatural & Accidental, Marie-Anne, Sioux City, Silent Tongue and Mothers & Daughters.

Her stirring performance in Loyalties earned her a Genie nomination, American Indian Film Festival Best Actress Award, the People’s choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, plus Best Actress Awards at International Film Festivals in Zimbabwe and Portugal.

Cardinal won Best Actress, the Elizabeth Sterling Award in Theatre for All My Relations, Cardinal also won a First Americans in the Arts Totem Award for her portrayal of the character Katrina in Widows at the Forum Stage in Los Angeles. She won the American Indian Film Festival’s Best Actress Award as well as the first Rudy Martin Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Native American in Film for Where the Rivers Flow North.

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Lawrence Bayne Caitlin’s Dad

Lawrence Bayne enjoys a varied and busy life in the arts that encompass stage, screen, & voice as well as writing music and lyrics and singing for his band, Simple Damned Device. Lawrence is currently working on his second as he tries to shop his first one around. Of Cree, Icelandic, and Scottish extraction, Lawrence claims his lineage is the result of ‘some very weird goings-on near The Bering Strait’.

Ashley Michaels Auntie Velma

Ashley Michaels was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is from the Métis Nation. She first caught the acting bug when she appeared in the theatrical production Lily Alta in Calgary. She was selected out of many across Canada to appear in the NBC’S Four Directions Showcase in . While there, she performed in the play The Baby Blues.

Upon moving to Vancouver, Ashley was able to pursue her acting career in earnest. Incredibly versatile, she has worked on Da Vinci’s City Hall, Voices of the Fraser, Edna Brown, Elsewhere, Edison and Leo, Tears in Snare, Tornado Valley, and most recently appeared in Strange Empire. She now plays the role of spitfire cougar Auntie Velma inMohawk Girls.

Charles Bender Francois aka OXPassion

On screen, Charles has appeared in a variety of productions such as TV5’s En thérapie and the supernatural drama Being Human on Syfy/ Space. Charles also hosted the four-part documentary series Le 8e feu, produced and aired by Radio-Canada. Since his Gémeaux nomination for hosting the young adult show C’est parti mon tipi, Charles has become a regular presence on APTN. He is currently starring in APTN’s French-language series Les Sioui-Bacon. On stage, he has had the chance to work with Ondinnok, a Quebec native-theatre company, and toured Quebec and the Maritimes with Geordie Theatre.

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