When you type in @Gwincomms in the search bar for stickers on Instagram, you now get a number of Indigenous words, patterns and badges dancing on the screen. The stickers, launched on Monday, were created by an Edmonton public relations firm Gwin Communications. Founder Shani Gwin told CBC's Edmonton AM on Wednesday that she had known for a while the app did not offer any Indigenous stickers for its stories. "We work primarily with Indigenous communities, organizations and initiatives, and we have found over time that there just weren't any Indigenous stickers on Instagram," said Gwin, who is Métis herself. Edmonton AM 6:44 Creating Indigenous stickers for Instagram After seeing a lack of Indigenous stickers on Instagram, one local communications company decided they’d create their own.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2021 13:30 UTC