One Feather Two Pens: Episode 14 - Building Indigenous Digital Identity

About this episode

The episode discusses Indigenous digital identity and the importance of sovereignty and consent in the digital age with guest Matthew, founder of iComply.

In this episode, we sit down with technologist and entrepreneur Matthew, founder of iComply, a company focused on trust, security, privacy, and digital identity. Matthew shares his journey from growing up in the Red River Valley and building a career in financial services to stepping into the tech world and helping shape the infrastructure of online trust. Our conversation explores what Indigenous digital identity could look like when sovereignty and consent sit with the individual rather than being endlessly copied and stored across institutions. Matthew reflects on reconnecting with Métis identity, the legacy of the Sixties Scoop, and how Indigenous values can guide the design of systems that protect people instead of extracting from them. Along the way, we dig into centralization vs decentralization, why accountability and transparency matter, and how Indigenous communities could leapfrog outdated government infrastructure to build digital governance on their own terms. This is a thoughtful dialogue about identity, trust, and building a digital future that serves communities for seven generations. We hope you will explore it as an invitation to think differently about where…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tommy Cooke, Allan Coombs

Guest: Matthew

Topics covered

• Indigenous digital identity
• sovereignty
• trust
• privacy
• decentralization
• digital governance

Keywords

• digital identity
• Indigenous values
• accountability
• transparency
• online trust
• digital future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iComply

Places: Red River Valley

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