Youth Representatives

Fergus Walker

fergus walkerFergus Walker grew up on the family croft on the Isle of Skye before going on to study boat building and product design. He coordinated the Seed Truck - a Scotland-wide mobile education programme run by sustainable food project the Fife Diet - encouraging people to explore their food culture by producing their own food. He is co-founder of Common Good Food, a new charity helping set up community-run food production across Scotland and developing training and tools for Scotland's new crofters.

Nicole Paul

Nicole PaulNicole Paul is a Métis visual artist with her ancestry being of Cree and Sioux origins from her fathers side and European from her mothers.

Currently, Nicole is enrolled at the University of Melbourne undertaking her MFA Visual Arts and Indigenous Arts and Culture. Nicole has studied traditional painting and restoration theory through the International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies in San Gemini, Italy.

Nicole has used her artwork to explore her aboriginal heritage, present day conflicts of aboriginal people and the Indigenous issues being faced globally. Her work creates conversations towards reconciliation and cultural revitalisation by encouraging intergenerational knowledge transmission, resilience and cultural reclamation.

Her work has earned national awards and accreditations such as the Governor Generals History award. Nicole has worked and studied under various Indigenous artists, The School of Public Health, and various organisations to develop knowledge mobilisation projects. She has worked in partnership with the Saskatoon Tribal council on The Child Taken Project; a collaborative commemorative art project designed to honour the  generations of children who were separated from their families. This work is now part of a national archive for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.