Affordability crisis in Vancouver

Rain Cabana-Boucher is a Michif/British settler interdisciplinary artist raised in Treaty 6 territory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family has historic ties to the Michif communities of St-François-Xavier, St. Boniface, and St. Louis, Saskatchewan. She currently lives and works on the stolen land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations. Cabana-Boucher explores the autobiographical in relation to place and politics, seeking to navigate the complexities of identity within environments that are rapidly changing under systematic pressures. Her practice includes the use of mixed media works often using sculpture, drawing, painting, and beading. She is a recipient of the Takao Tanabe prize for emerging British Columbia Painters and the BCAC Early Development grant.

The 2022 WEDGE Residency, a collaboration between CAG and Ground Floor, supported five early-emerging artists and cultural practitioners as they each explored a research question of their devising, related to the artistic, social or cultural history (and/or future) of “Vancouver.” In their self-directed residencies, the WEDGE residents each worked directly with a mentor to enrich their projects with intergenerational dialogue and exchange.