June 2023
There are two kinds of Indigenous governance structures, but Canada has been listening to just one.
If all the elected First Nations along the pipeline route signed agreements, why were there still protesters? The above question kept coming up again and again from observers who didn’t quite understand why a blockade was set up at the Unist’ot’en camp in northern B.C., preventing work to proceed on the Coastal GasLink pipeline. A deal was …
EAGLE Project
For the EAGLE Project, Carey collaborated with Indigenous youth to carve two totem poles. The project was one facet of a program for youth empowerment through the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.
Emily Carr Tribute
As a tribute to Emily Carr’s works, Haida Totems, Cha-atl (1912) and Big Eagle, Skidegate (1929), Carey designed and carved a wooden house front and eagle statue in Chemainus, B.C.
Dancing Wind
A large-scale commission for the 2010 Olympic Games, consisting of four large panels created from stainless steel, cedar, and glass.
Spirit Pole
A totem carved for the Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games, with the assistance of over 10,000 people in British Columbia.
Sooke Harbour House Pole
A private commission carved to represent each member of the owner’s family.
Hearts and Hands
Beginning in 2018, Hearts and Hands was a project with Oaklands Elementary to integrate authentic Indigenous learning into the classroom in a “hearts on, hands on” manner.
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Witness Blanket was featured as Canada’s “Guest of Honour” at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair.