Past Workshops
Discover past workshops
Our first Skins Workshop was held in 2008, hosted by Owisokon Lahache at the Kahnawake Survival School. Since then we have mounted dozens of workshops in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples across the globe, covering subjects ranging from video games, machinima, 3d modeling and animation, 7th generation character design, programming, and building virtual environments. We have worked with participants from Mohawk, Mi’maq, Anishnaabe, Metis, Cree, and Kanaka Maoli communities, and held workshops on reserve, at urban Indigenous arts & cultural institutions, and in various universities. Take a look at that history below.
Mutek | The Future Imaginary with Nomad
Dates: 2025-08-21
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
ESUMA | 7th Gen Character Design ++
Dates: 2025-07-14 to 2025-07-18
5 sessions for a total of 5 hours.
Location: Aupaluk, QC
ESUMA | 7th Gen Character Design ++
Dates: 2025-07-07 to 2025-07-11
5 sessions for a total of 5 hours.
Location: Quaqtaq, QC
ESUMA | 7th Gen Character Design ++
Dates: 2025-06-23 to 2025-06-27
3 sessions for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Kuujjuarapik, QC
ESUMA | 7th Gen Character Design ++
Dates: 2025-06-16 to 2025-06-20
5 sessions for a total of 5 hours.
Location: Akulivik, QC
Kahnawake Survival School | 7th Gen Character Design++
Dates: 2025-04-02 to 2025-04-04, 2025-04-10 to 2025-04-11, 2025-04-14, 2025-04-22 to 2025-04-24, 2025-05-16, 2025-05-20 to 2025-05-21, 2025-05-27
13 sessions for a total of 13 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC
Dawson College | 7th Gen Tech Design+
Dates: 2025-02-03, 2025-02-05. 2025-02-10, 2025-02-12
4 sessions for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Kateri | 7th Gen Character Design+
Dates: 2024-12-09 to 2024-12-12, 2024-12-16 to 2024-12-19
8 sessions for a total of 5 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Dawson | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2024-09-30, 2024-10-02, 2024-10-03, 2024-10-21, 2024-10-23, 2024-11-03
6 sessions for a total of 12 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Moore College | AbTeC & The Future Imaginary
Dates: 2024-10-29
1 session for a total of 1 hours.
Location: Online
Cree School Board | 7th Gen Character Design++
Dates: 2024-09-04, 2024-09-10 to 2024-09-12, 2024-10-28, 2024-11-06, 2024-11-25 to 2024-11-29, 2025-04-14 to 2025-04-17
13 sessions for a total of 12.5 hours.
Location: Nemaska, QC Canada
Concordia University | How to SL
Dates: 2024-06-14
1 session for a total of 1 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Pathfinders x AbInt | 7th Gen Tech Design
Dates: 2024-06-28
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
M.A.T.C.H (Māoriland Tech Creative Hub) | Machinima - Māoriland
Dates: 2024-05-20 to 2024-05-30
8 sessions for a total of 64 hours.
Location: Otaki, NZ
Cree School Board | Pixel Art & Game Design With Bitsy
Dates: 2024-04-09 to 2024-04-11
3 sessions for a total of 6 hours.
Location: Nemaska, QC Canada
Kahnawake Survival School | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2024-04-16 to 2024-05-10
4 sessions for a total of 8 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC
Cree School Board | 7th Gen Character Design+
Dates: 2024-04-09 to 2024-04-11
3 sessions for a total of 6 hours.
Location: Nemaska, QC Canada
Dawson | AbTeC and the Future Imaginary
Dates: 2024-03-12
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Kahnawake Survival School | 7th Gen Character Design++
Dates: 2023-12 to 2024-04
5 sessions for a total of 10 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC
Kahnawake Survival School | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2024-01-28, 2024-02-02, 2024-02-15
3 sessions for a total of 6 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC Canada
Dawson | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2024-02-19, 2024-02-19, 2024-02-26. 2024-02-28
4 sessions for a total of 8 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Dawson College | AbTeC & The Future Imaginary
Dates: 2023-11-15 and 2023-11-16
2 sessions for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Kahnawake Survival School | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2023-10-05 and 2023-10-10
2 sessions for a total of 3.5 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC Canada
STEAMPunks | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2023-08-01 to 2023-08-04
2 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Sámi Game Jam | Imagining Indigenous Worlds with Unity
Dates: 2023-06-05 to 2023-06-09
5 sessions for a total of 25 hours.
Location: Utsjoki, Finland
Y-Steam x Makerspace | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2023-05-10 to 2023-05-14
4 sessions for a total of 20 hours.
Location: Yellowknife, NWT Canada
Lac La Croix Highschool | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2023-04-24 to 2023-04-27
4 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Online
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2023-03-14
1 session for a total of 1 hours.
Location: Online
PXR x IBPOC Fellowship | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2023-03-14
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
John Abbott College | 7th Gen Character Design+
Dates: 2023-03-16, 2023-03-27, 2023-04-14
3 sessions for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Dawson | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2023-02-15, 2023-02-20, 2023-02-22, 2023-02-27
4 sessions for a total of 8 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
PXR x IBPOC Fellowship | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2023-02-08
1 session for a total of 1 hours.
Location: Online
Finnish / US Embassy | Interactive Storytelling with Twine, Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2023-01-03 to 2023-01-05
3 sessions for a total of 9 hours.
Location: Online
PXR | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2022-11-15
1 session for a total of 1 hours.
Location: Online
Dawson | AbTeC and the Future Imaginary
Dates: 2022-11-27
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Maoriland Film Festival | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2022-10-28
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
LOH x BAM | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2022-10-17
1 session for a total of 2.5 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Black Community Resource Centre | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2022-07-29 to 2022-07-30
3 sessions for a total of 6 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
McGill University | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2022-07-06 to 2022-07-08
3 sessions for a total of 6 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
STEAMPunks | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2022-07-05
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
STEAMPunks | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2022-07-11
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
STEAMPunks | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2022-07-02
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC Canada
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre | Imagining Indigenous Worlds with Unity
Dates: 2022 -04-24 to 2022-04-29
2 sessions for a total of 25 hours.
Location: Online
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2022-04-20
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre | 7th Gen Character Design++
Dates: 2022-04-11 to 2022-04-14
4 sessions for a total of 16 hours.
Location: Online
Dawson | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2021-04-14
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
imagineNATIVE & ENAGB | iYC Machinimagraph Workshop
Dates: 2021-03-12 to 2021-05-07
8 sessions for a total of 24 hours.
Location: Online
Wemindji Youth Centre | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2021-03-18
1 session for a total of 2.5 hours.
Location: Online
Wemindji Youth Centre | Pixel Art and Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2021-03-25
1 session for a total of 2.5 hours.
Location: Online
Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies UBC | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2021-03-30
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
Wemindji Youth Centre | Intro to AbTeC
Dates: 2021-02-10
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
WAMP | 7th Gen Tech Design with Blender
Dates: 2021-02-13 to 2021-02-21
4 sessions for a total of 16 hours.
Location: Online
Dawson | Intro to AbTeC
Dates: 2021-02-17
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) | 7th Gen Tech Design
Dates: 2021-02-13 to 2021-02-21
2 sessions for a total of 8 hours.
Location: Online
Dawson | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2021-03-22
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
Wemindji Youth Centre | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2020-10-10
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
Immersivité et innovations technologiques | Avatar Creation Workshop
Dates: 2020-10-27
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
imagineNATIVE | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2020-09-03
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
imagineNATIVE | Intro to Avatar Design
Dates: 2020-09-10
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
imagineNATIVE | Game Design with Bitsy
Dates: 2020-09-24
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
imagineNATIVE | Interactive Storytelling with Twine
Dates: 2020-09-17
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Online
WAMP | Imagining Indigenous Worlds with Unity
Dates: 2020-07-06 to 2020-07-10
5 sessions for a total of 15 hours.
Location: Online
WAMP | Imagining Indigenous Worlds with Unity
Dates: 2020-06-06 to 2020-06-10
5 sessions for a total of 15 hours.
Location: Online
MacKenzie Art Gallery | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2020-05-27
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Online
Concordia University | Skins Hacking Workshop
Dates: 2019-11-28 2019-11-29
2 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Centre d’exposition de Val-d’Or | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2019-10-30
2 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Val-d’Or, QC
MacKenzie Art Gallery | Train-the-Trainer: 7th Gen Character Design & Machinima
Dates: 2019-08-12 to 2019-08-16
5 sessions for a total of 10 hours.
Location: Regina, SK
POP Montreal | Seventh Generation Character Design & Intro to Machinima
Dates: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-19
5 sessions for a total of 10 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
After Oil, Canadian Center for Architecture | Imagining Indigenous Solarities: 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2019-05-24 2019-05-25
2 sessions for a total of 8 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Native Montreal | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2019-05-19
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
McGill University | 7th GenCharacter Design
Dates: 2019-03-26
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
WAMP | Make a World with Unity
Dates: 2018-05-14 to 2018-05-16
3 sessions for a total of 9 hours.
Location: Regina, SK
MacKenzie Art Gallery | Machinima
Dates: 2018-04-01 to 2018-04-06
5 sessions for a total of 5 days hours.
Location: Regina, SK
MacKenzie Art Gallery | Machinima
Dates: 2018-04-01 to 2018-04-06
5 sessions for a total of 25 hours.
Location: Regina, SK
Kahnawake Survival School | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2018-03 to 2018-05
5 sessions for a total of 10 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC
Good Heart Good Mind Conference | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2018-02-21
2 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | Machinima
Dates: 2017-11-17
1 session for a total of 7 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2017-11-14
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2017-11-07
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Concordia Student Union | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2017-09-14
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
Native Youth Program | Machinima
Dates: 2016-08-08 to 2016-08-12
5 sessions for a total of 20 hours.
Location: Vancouver, BC
WAMP | 7th Gen Avatar Design
Dates: 2016-06-06
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Yellowknife, NWT Canada
Dechinta Bush University | 7th Gen Character Design
Dates: 2016-05-04
1 session for a total of 2 hours.
Location: Blachford Lake, Akaitcho, NT
Kahnawake Survival School | Creative Computation: Introduction to Programming
Dates: 2016-02-01 to 2016-05-30
12 sessions for a total of 24 hours.
Location: Kahnawake, QC
Eastern Bloc | Machinima
Dates: 2016-01-23, 2016-01-30, 2016-02-06
3 sessions for a total of 10 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
CINSA | Welcome to AbTeC Island
Dates: 2015-06-12
1 session for a total of 3 hours.
Location: Montreal, QC
imagineNATIVE | Machinima
Dates: 2010-07-21 to 2010-07-22
2 sessions for a total of 4 hours.
Location: Toronto, ON