Napatsi Folger

Comic Artist, Writer, Editor

she/her

4-133 13th Street West
North Vancouver, BC
V7M 1N5
Phone: 604-404-2074
Email: napatsi@gmail.com
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Napatsi Folger is an Inuk writer, artist, comic-maker, and editor from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She has been creating as long as she can remember, and writing and editing since she was a teenager. Her areas of focus are comic-making, short fiction, non-fiction and children's literature. Folger's art and writing have been published in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, websites, and books since 2005, and she has been working professionally as an editor at the Inuit Art Foundation since 2019. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and a BA in History and English from the University of Toronto, Scarborough. Folger now lives in North Vancouver, on the ancestral lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

Community affiliation: Inuit

Languages: English, limited Inuktitut (South Baffin)

Roles and Services: Authenticity reader, Author services, Author / Writer, Columnist / Contributor, Consultant, Copywriter, Developmental editor, Editor, Editor-in-chief, Line editor, Managing editor, Online content editor, Researcher, Sensitivity reader, Structural / Substantive editor, Stylistic editor, Comic artist

Cultural roles and services: Diversity / Decolonization consultant, Diversity / Decolonization facilitator, Indigenous content reviewer, Indigenous cultural consultant, Indigenous cultural educator , Storyteller

Other fields of interest / expertise: Activism / Community organizing, Art, Arts administration, Audiobooks, Education, Education; Adult / Continuing education, Education; Elementary, Education; Secondary, Education; Post-secondary, Events, Facilitation, Media, Not-for-profits, Production; Media (music / film / TV)

 

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