Fraud against Indigenous Artists

The Honourable Patricia Bovey,  Former Senator for Manitoba.  

Retired senator Patricia Bovey was appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016 as an Independent Senator from Manitoba. She served on the Foreign Affairs & International Trade Committee, Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament Committee and the Official Languages Committee.

As the first art historian and museologist to be appointed to the Senate, Bovey has worked on all issues, from legislation to committee work, primarily through the lens of arts and culture, and from her regional perspective.  She has spoken in the Chamber about the impact of the arts, especially on health and crime prevention. She also installed the first works of Black Canadian Artists in the Senate of Canada since 1867. Her goal is to ensure the voice of arts and culture is heard, in the Senate as well as in every sector of society.

Winnipeg-based gallery director, art historian, professor and arts and culture management consultant, she was Director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999-2004) and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980-1999), and appointed the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Director Emerita in 2014.

Author and lecturer on Western Canadian art, she is currently writing Impacts and Turning Points: The Western Voice in Canadian Art.