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Julia Fortin
Julia Fortin (she/her) is an MA student in art history at Concordia University and a white-settler based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Julia holds a BA with distinction and first-class honours in Art History from McGill University (2023). Her current research examines how the protest images created in response to the #NoDAPL movement relate to the concept of the future imaginary. Julia currently works as a Research Assistant and Studio Designer for the Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) research-creation network.
Working Thesis Title: “Protest Imagery and the Future Imaginary in the #NoDAPL Movement”
Supervisor: Dr. Michelle McGeough
Research Interests:
- Contemporary art
- CoFuturisms
- Indigenous futurisms
- Protest imagery
- Pipeline resistance
Teaching Assistantships:
- ARTH 376: Survey Indigenous Arts of North America, Prof. Michelle McGeough
Publications:
- Book contribution: “Pipeline Resistance and Protest Banners.” Bloomsbury Encyclopedia Of World Textiles, Volume 8: Politics and Power. Edited by Venka Purushothaman, Julia Skelly and Sue Jones. (2025)
Conferences:
- Hypotheses Conference (La Guilde, Montreal, November 27, 2024): "Protest Imagery and the Future Imaginary in the #NoDAPL Movement"
- 2024 AHGSA Conference RECLAIM, REFRAME, RESIST (Jarislowsky Institute, Montreal, February 17, 2024): "Pipeline Resistance and Protest Banners"