The Winnipeg-born artist’s work spans many media and often incorporates humour all the while addressing issues of identity, repatriation and cultural consumption

Works by the finalists vying for the country’s top contemporary art prize will go on view at the National Gallery in Ottawa in October

The prize, Canada’s largest for contemporary art, represents a C$100,000 windfall for the winner

The animal skin is a screen for a video installation that “celebrates the bear’s spirit”, and touches on climate change, Indigenous rights and decolonisation

Although nominations were open to artists of all ages for the first time, the finalists are all around the same generation