YAS KANAAN IS AN ARTIST, CURATOR, PROFESSOR, AND ART HISTORIAN BASED IN MONTRÉAL. SHE EXPLORES DISPLACEMENT, BELONGING, AND CULTURAL MEMORY THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF VISUAL STORYTELLING. HER WORK SEES “HOME” AS AN INNER PLACE THAT MOVES WITH HER. YASMEEN BRINGS TOGETHER DIASPORIC IDENTITY AND FOLKLORE TO PRESERVE CULTURAL HISTORIES AND STRENGTHEN COLLECTIVE MEMORY.