Jarrett Martineau is a creative multi-hyphenate and a leading voice in Indigenous music, media, and cultural production. He has worked extensively across the arts in music, radio, television, and digital media in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, and New York. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria, he has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University and CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics in New York City, and his academic research explores the role of art and creativity in advancing Indigenous resurgence and decolonization at the intersections of art, media, technology, and social movements.
Jarrett is currently Head Curator at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, one of North America’s premiere performing arts centres, where he presents concerts, events, and public programming including the annual, Indigenous-led festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) and the acclaimed EXP Concert Series. He is also Curator of the VIFF Live series for the Vancouver International Film Festival, and a Guest Curator for Indian Summer Festival, with whom he has programmed multiple events.
In addition to his curatorial work, Jarrett is the creator, host, and producer of Reclaimed, the multiple award-winning, and first-ever Indigenous music program on CBC Music and CBC Radio, heard across Turtle Island (North America) on SiriusXM and Native Voice One: the Native American Radio Network. Jarrett is a multiple recipient of the global New York Festivals Radio Awards for Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program and Best Music Program Host.
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