Nang Ḵ’uulas Patrick Shannon is a filmmaker, storyteller, and social entrepreneur from the Haida Nation on Haida Gwaii, whose work focuses on powerful storytelling, collaboration, and creating meaningful connections through art. He co-founded the Precious Culture Society, the Haida Gwaii Media Collective, and Supernaturals Modeling—the world’s first all-Indigenous modeling agency—to amplify Indigenous voices and create opportunities on Haida Gwaii and beyond. Through social entrepreneurship, he addresses economic challenges in the Indigenous communities, building capacity and fostering opportunities for sustainable growth, and is also an instructor with the University of Victoria’s Indigenous ACE program.
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