Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George graduated from Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC, and the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. She feels her education at these schools helped her excel as a teacher, adding to her most important and cherished traditional teachings. She is a hereditary chief, trained museum curator and educator.
George most recently was artist in residence with the Indigo Arts Alliance in April 2023. George is a textile artist and, along with her husband, brought back almost lost knowledge of Coast Salish Weaving to Squamish people. Public art includes co-designer of soon to be new Vancouver Art Gallery facade, Arc’teryx Park Royal Art designer, N’Chkay new office art designer, Simon Fraser interior design with Urban Arts Architecture Vancouver, Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre.
Collaborations with Burritt Brothers for hand-knotted and commercial carpeting murals around Vancouver, weavings in Simon Fraser University, Arcteryx Park Royal, Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre, amongst others.
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Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George graduated from Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC, and the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. She feels her education at these schools helped her excel as a teacher, adding to her most important and cherished traditional teachings. She is a hereditary chief, trained museum curator and educator.
George most recently was artist in residence with the Indigo Arts Alliance in April 2023. George is a textile artist and, along with her husband, brought back almost lost knowledge of Coast Salish Weaving to Squamish people. Public art includes co-designer of soon to be new Vancouver Art Gallery facade, Arc’teryx Park Royal Art designer, N’Chkay new office art designer, Simon Fraser interior design with Urban Arts Architecture Vancouver, Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre.
Collaborations with Burritt Brothers for hand-knotted and commercial carpeting murals around Vancouver, weavings in Simon Fraser University, Arcteryx Park Royal, Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre, amongst others.
Read more about Chief Janice George on our website: ecuad.ca
To stay up to date with current ECU news + events, follow @emilycarru on social media:
Instagram: instagram.com/emilycarru
Facebook: facebook.com/EmilyCarrU
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/29691
TikTok: tiktok.com/@emilycarru
