Diana Frost is one of the people behind Colouring it Forward, a social enterprise including a not-for-profit organization called CIF Reconciliation Society and a business called Colouring It Forward Inc. Originally from Quebec, Diana spent her teenage years in Western Africa which was an early awakening to different cultures and the difficulties of living in a developing country. Following that experience, she obtained a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Sherbrooke with the intention of helping people to improve their standard of living by working on water and sanitation projects. Her first job was with Enbridge in Edmonton, where she also became the youngest Rotarian of her club, the Edmonton Avenue of Nations Rotary Club, at age 26. She left Edmonton to work as a volunteer in Peru for two years on optimizing existing water and sewer systems. At the end of her contract, she came back to Alberta to work for CAWST with whom she pioneered train the trainer programs on household water treatment projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Diana then worked on water distribution and treatment systems for consulting engineering firms in Calgary and joined the Rotary Club of Calgary Olympic. Aside from being an engineer, Diana is also an Algonquin Métis, an artist, and a musician. In the spring of 2016, one morning she woke up from a dream that had showed her the way to help Indigenous people by founding the Colouring It Forward project.
The project is a collaboration with Indigenous Artists and Elders to produce authentic books, cards and journals to tell the other side of the story of Indigenous people — of hope and of a different future. Colouring It Forward is more than a colouring book, it’s a gathering place for people to share their own stories and their Native Canadian art, and to build a community. It is a 100% Indigenous social enterprise and makes donations from sales to Indigenous social projects. https://colouringitforward.com/
June 19 -25, 2022
“Keeping the Circle Strong through Language and Culture.”
AAWC Circle Presents
June 19, 2022 (Sunday) Indigenous Variety Showcase
June 25, 2022, (Saturday) Indigenous Handgames Tournament
June 25, 2022, (Saturday) National Indigenous Family Day & POWOW
