Janelle Desrosiers

Put on your favourite band t-shirt (you know the one!) and join us on June 20th at Launch Co-Working to explore the theme of PUNK and hear from our speaker, Janelle Desrosiers (she/they).

Janelle Desrosiers is an AuDHD Michif and French-Canadian Two-Spirit designer and entrepreneur. As an advocate for the intersections of Indigenous resurgence, neurodivergence, mental health, and motherhood, she is on a journey of decolonization and divesting from sick systems.

She is also the founder and creative director of Bloom + Brilliance: a queer, Indigenous, and intersectional feminist-led design agency. They build beautiful brands, websites and strategies for Indigenous and intersectional feminist entrepreneurs, community leaders and organizations as they change the world.

Talk: Inherently Punk -- An Indigenous Feminist Creation

What if the most radical thing you could do was be fully, unapologetically yourself, at work?

For entrepreneurs like Janelle Desrosiers, being punk isn't about style or music but about rejecting systems that were never built for us. It’s about creating new ways of doing business, leadership, and life - ways that make space for care, community, and collective power.

In this talk, Janelle shares the story of founding Bloom + Brilliance, queer, intersectional and Indigenous feminist design studio rooted in values that challenge colonial and capitalist norms. Thirteen years ago, when no workplace felt safe or sustainable, she built her own. Not just to survive, but to thrive and to offer others that same chance.

We’ll explore how cultivating your gifts can be a form of resistance and a way to bring joy, safety, and opportunity to others. Real self-actualization isn’t individual, it’s in service of the collective.

This is more than a talk about design. It’s a blueprint for reclaiming what business can be.