Ceilidh Isadore (CeilidhPitaw) is a Two-Spirit Mi’kmaw artist, illustrator, and community helper from Wagmatcook First Nation, now based in Ottawa. Their work spans visual arts, education, ceremony, and community care, with over a decade of experience supporting Indigenous and Two-Spirit initiatives across local, national, and international spaces.

Their creative practice includes fine-line illustrations, digital art, painting, storytelling, and multimedia design. Much of their work explores land based relationships, Mi’kmaw hieroglyphics, cosmology, language, identity, and kinship. Ceilidh has produced over 60 original pieces and continues to expand into animations, prints, murals, sound-based storytelling, apparel, and installation work.

Their art has been published in Room Magazine, featured in Heist Gallery’s “Lucid” exhibit, and commissioned for national campaigns like Pink Shirt Day and the ReFrame Festival. In 2025, their illustration appeared on the cover of Canada’s History Magazine, accompanied by a two-page artist feature. They also co-created a digital animation with Brian Finlay and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Ceilidh is currently the National Youth Communications Coordinator with 2 Spirits in Motion Society (2SiMS), where they manage website development, newsletters, social media, and the national youth council. They are represented by Double Curve Media, an Indigenous media company as an artist. DCM supports Ceilidh through collaborations, guidance, mentorship, admin roles, and representation.

From 2023 to 2025, Ceilidh served as Education and Cultural Consultant for the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance. During this time, they redesigned W2SA’s online platforms, created cultural training modules, and co-coordinated large-scale gatherings including the 36th International Two-Spirit Gathering and the 2025 Spring Mawiomi and Celebration Day.

They are also a co-founder of Two-Spirit Youth Unama’ki (2SU), a grassroots circle led by Two-Spirit youth in Unama’ki (Cape Breton). From 2018 to 2023, they supported and hosted over 40 gatherings in Wagmatcook. Ranging from ceremonies, Treaty Day celebrations, dancing workshops, youth circles, craft nights, and holiday events.

Ceilidh holds an Honours BA in Indigenous Studies from Trent University. Their educational work now includes developing lesson plans and 2SLGBTQQIA+ frameworks with school boards such as Ottawa Catholic School Board. The have also delivered over 30 creative workshops with youth through DAREArts ,the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Wagmatcookewey School and more. Their illustrations have been featured in stage productions such as Don’t Touch the Indians (CBU Theatre) and used in community design projects with Highland Village, TransCare+, Egale Canada, and the Ottawa Catholic School Board.

Internationally, Ceilidh coordinated the Two-Spirit delegation to the Riddu Riđđu Festival in Sápmi, Norway, where they supported programming, panel facilitation, and cultural exchange alongside Sámi, Māori, Inuit, and Indigenous artists from Turtle Island.

They have spoken and moderated at gatherings and conferences hosted by the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, Elections Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, Women, Gender Equality Canada, Trent University and others. Whether through keynote speaking, panel moderation, or ceremonial roles, they aim to bring fluidity, inclusivity and connection.

Across all their work; art, education, mentorship, ceremony, or consulting, Ceilidh builds accessible spaces that honour Mi’kmaw understandings, Two-Spirit voice, while centring relationship, responsibility, and care. They believe everyday is a plus, and that we are all walking on the same grass. They are grateful to learn from those who came before them, and those who are coming up next. Ceilidh has been privileged to have support, a childhood connected to culture, resources and tools to guide their journey. They aim to continue to create access, and opportunities for all kin, and continue to close the gap of inequality.