JEFFREY TERESINSKI
Jeffrey is of mixed Anishinaabe, Métis, and European ancestry from Baawitigong (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). He is a member of Batchewana FN, the Crane Clan, and his traditional name is He Marks the Sky/The Time of Day the Creator Paints the Sky.
Jeffrey is a construction manager by trade as well as a self-taught designer and visual artist with 15+ years of experience focusing on syncretic Indigenous & Eastern Christian architecture, symbols, themes and traditions. As a part-time, commissioned artist, his work follows that of his ancestors, and in particular respected Mide and Hereditary Chief Gitchi Kagayosh, working with elders and healers to create ritual instruments and designs; or the laity requiring a work of art not only as a piece of decor, but a transformative work that invites healing and balance to a space. Some of Jeffrey's accomplishments include winning Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin's Call to Artist: Treaty Governance (2022), the Toronto Urban Aboriginal Strategy Logo Contest (2008), Embracing Mother Earth: 18th Annual Traditional Aboriginal Gathering at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (2004), Toronto Conference on Residential Schools: Audndji-igiwowon/Rebirth & Recovery (2004), Ryerson University Event Branding: Indigenous Social Work (2004). However, his proudest accomplishment is working with the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association for their Celebrating Our Footsteps: Our Journey event as his great grandmother was a fellow alumnus and provided a vehicle to connect with her having been born shortly after her passing.
Jeffrey’s direct ancestors are responsible for many of the treaties signed throughout the Great Lakes region, including the earliest French seigneury in Northern Ontario (1750-1759), the Treaty of Niagara (1764), St. Joseph’s Island Agreement (1798), Treaty with the Chippewa (1820), and the Treaty of Washington (1836).
Jeffrey is of mixed Anishinaabe, Métis, and European ancestry from Baawitigong (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). He is a member of Batchewana FN, the Crane Clan, and his traditional name is He Marks the Sky/The Time of Day the Creator Paints the Sky.
Jeffrey is a construction manager by trade as well as a self-taught designer and visual artist with 15+ years of experience focusing on syncretic Indigenous & Eastern Christian architecture, symbols, themes and traditions. As a part-time, commissioned artist, his work follows that of his ancestors, and in particular respected Mide and Hereditary Chief Gitchi Kagayosh, working with elders and healers to create ritual instruments and designs; or the laity requiring a work of art not only as a piece of decor, but a transformative work that invites healing and balance to a space. Some of Jeffrey's accomplishments include winning Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin's Call to Artist: Treaty Governance (2022), the Toronto Urban Aboriginal Strategy Logo Contest (2008), Embracing Mother Earth: 18th Annual Traditional Aboriginal Gathering at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (2004), Toronto Conference on Residential Schools: Audndji-igiwowon/Rebirth & Recovery (2004), Ryerson University Event Branding: Indigenous Social Work (2004). However, his proudest accomplishment is working with the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association for their Celebrating Our Footsteps: Our Journey event as his great grandmother was a fellow alumnus and provided a vehicle to connect with her having been born shortly after her passing.
Jeffrey’s direct ancestors are responsible for many of the treaties signed throughout the Great Lakes region, including the earliest French seigneury in Northern Ontario (1750-1759), the Treaty of Niagara (1764), St. Joseph’s Island Agreement (1798), Treaty with the Chippewa (1820), and the Treaty of Washington (1836).