Cynthia Lickers-Sage [Kanienkeha:ka] is a proud recipient of the Governor-General of Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross. Following her graduation at the Ontario College of Art and Design, she Co-Founded The Centre for Aboriginal Media, imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, and is the sole proprietor of Clickers Productions.

She has spent the last two decades working in the not-for-profit arts sector as the former Executive Director at the Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, and the General Manager at Kaha:wi Dance Theatre where she gained valuable skills to take on her current position as the Executive Director at the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance.

Candace Scott-Moore (also known as Candace Wilde) is a well-known Anishinaabe-Ojibwe Potawatomi producer and cultural organizer with over 20 years of experience in event production and stage management.

Her career highlights include producing and managing events for high-profile festivals and organizations that celebrate Indigenous culture and the arts, such as TKMF Productions, Tkaronto Music Festival, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival, International Indigenous Music Summit, The Juno Awards, Outside Looking In, BANFF’s Indigenous Screen Summit, and the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards. She has worked as Creative Director and Floor Director on ‘Remembering the Children, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation” and with the Indspire Awards as an Associate Producer and Head Talent Coordinator, supporting recognition of Indigenous achievements across Canada.

Beyond her production work, Candace has been involved in cultural events at an international level, such as producing Confluence at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka Japan, hosting at the Message Stick Festival at the Sydney Opera House and curating the Impulse Festival at Bundanon in Australia. She has held board positions with various arts organizations, including the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Southwestern International Film Festival, Kettle & Stony Point Pow-Wow Committee, and actively contributes to cultural gatherings within Indigenous communities through the Wiiwkwedong Arts Collective and other organizations.

Candace’s extensive background reflects her commitment to supporting Indigenous arts and creating platforms for Indigenous voices in the arts and media.

Conor McSweeny [Irish-Italian] is an arts administrator, musician, and photographer with a passion for connecting people through the arts.

After finishing his MA in Popular Music and Culture at the University of Western Ontario, he spent three years at 918 Bathurst Centre as the administration and production manager helping to produce hundreds of events. In 2019, he left 918 Bathurst to become the City Director for pop-up concert company, Sofar Sounds Toronto.

He has spent the last four years with the TKMF Team producing events for clients such as TikTok, Nuit Blanche and imagineNATIVE Festival, and is also the Technical Director of Muse Arts’ HAPPENING Festival.

When he’s not producing events, you can usually find him behind a camera, or in front of a loud band.