Diana Frost’s mission is to share First Nations culture and spirituality. The goal is to foster reconciliation and help indigenous and non-indigenous to better understand and appreciate each other.Indigenous Art In EducationThere aren’t a lot of Indigenous culture resources available for students. Diana says it’s important to get kids excited about indigenous art and language. Exposure to art, stories, and history leads to appreciation, naturally.Who is Diana Frost?Diana Frost is from Sherbrooke, Quebec. She is Metis. Her background, beliefs and life are diverse. Diana’s parents raised her in the Bahai faith. She was born in Quebec, but she later relocated to Gabon, Africa. Her micro-biologist father moved there to set up a research station. So, Diana spent her teen years in Gabon. When she returned to Canada for University she studied chemical engineering. She worked as a water engineer for over 20 years in South America. Diana started to question her work every time she boarded a plane. She asked herself why travel so far to help other people when Indigenous people in Canada need help? Diana’s mother and uncles grew up in residential schools. Her mother was 8 years old when the government took her from her parents. Diana’s uncles went with the priests and her mother went with the nuns. They never returned back home. The goal of the government sponsored residential schools was to assimilate indigenous culture into Euro-Canadian culture. Because of this many indigenous peoples have since lost their culture and language. Due to this upbringing, Diana’s mother felt being First Nations was something shameful. To this day the ripple effects of the residential school affect them. The connection with her mother is not easy. Her uncle has suffered with mental illness since he left the school. Her other uncle became a member of the FLQ–a militant part of the Quebec sovereignty movement. When Diana was a young girl her mother told her that she is First Nations but did not know which nation she belonged to. Through genealogy study Diana found out that her ancestry is Algonquin. She felt a need to look for others but had a hard time meeting other indigenous people until she moved to Alberta. Reconciliation and Understanding ProjectDiana has been on a journey to reconnect with her roots and support reconciliation. This has brought her to her current business project–Colouring It Forward. She said the idea came to her in a dream. Diana wants more material about the wonderful parts of indigenous life. So much of the material now talks only about the sadness and hurt of indigenous history. But true reconciliation comes from a place of love. That is Diana’s project. To share the beauty and healing of indigenous culture through art. Colouring It ForwardDiana is not only an engineer but also a portrait artist. She wanted to create a separate business and was looking for ideas but couldn’t find what she wanted to do. One day she woke up from a dream. In the dream she made a series of adult colouring books that featured indigenous artists. The books also brought the knowledge of elders in for authenticity. When she woke she knew exactly what to do–make a beautiful thing that honours culture and gives back. That was the start of Colouring It Forward. With each sale she gives a part of the proceeds to indigenous community projects. The work is growing and she is being asked to create further educational materials.  Where to Find Her: Website: www.coulouringitforward.com Instagram: @colouritforward Twitter: @colouritforward Latest Projects: Indigenous Christmas Card Box Set (One dollar from every box sold goes towards nutrition programs on reserves ) Terms and LinksCanada Language stats for First Nations Moonstone Creation Gallery Children Are Our Sacred Bundle Truth and Reconciliation Canada

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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eac3v-0-0">Diana&rsquo;s parents raised her in the Bahai faith. She was born in Quebec, but she later relocated to Gabon, Africa. Her micro-biologist father moved there to set up a research station. So, Diana spent her teen years in Gabon.</div>
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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bpi4k-0-0">When she returned to Canada for University she studied chemical engineering. She worked as a water engineer for over 20 years in South America. Diana started to question her work every time she boarded a plane. She asked herself why travel so far to help other people when Indigenous people in Canada need help?</div>
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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="39qsr-0-0">Diana&rsquo;s mother and uncles grew up in residential schools. Her mother was 8 years old when the government took her from her parents. Diana&rsquo;s uncles went with the priests and her mother went with the nuns. They never returned back home.&nbsp;The goal of the government sponsored&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools/">residential schools</a>&nbsp;was to assimilate indigenous culture into Euro-Canadian culture. Because of this many indigenous peoples have since lost their culture and language. Due to this upbringing, Diana&rsquo;s mother felt being First Nations was something shameful. To this day the ripple effects of the residential school affect them. The connection with her mother is not easy. Her uncle has suffered with mental illness since he left the school. Her other uncle became a member of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/front-de-liberation-du-quebec/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FLQ</a>&ndash;a militant part of the Quebec sovereignty movement.</div>
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