Neil Peart yielded an army of air drummers, and at one time or another many of us were the Jason Segel character from Freaks and Geeks, playing along to Tom Sawyer in our parents’ basement.
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Podcast 102: Senator Yvonne Boyer
Warning: this podcast discusses coerced sterilization of Indigenous women. Visit Senator Boyer’s website senatorboyer.ca for healing and counselling resources.
Podcast 101: Journalist and Former APTN Executive Director of News Karyn Pugliese
On this episode we discuss APTN, Indigenous media, and the 2019 election.
Podcast 100: Kenn Richard
On this episode, I talk to Kenn Richard, founding Executive Director of Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
The Prime Minister’s Indigenous Rights Framework Changes Nothing
Indigenous people have had to fight for recognition of every right we have. And we always will. ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 15, 2018 • Politics I N A WEEK WHEN Indigenous people announced that reconciliation is postponed, if not… Read More ›
Podcast 95: “Indigenous, Canadian, Indigenous-Canadian, or….” How do you identify?
This week I talk to Chelsea Vowel, Brooke Torgerson, Carey Newman, Conrad Saulis, Doug Jarvis, Karen Lawford, and Nahnda Garlow about identity.
Colten Boushie’s Death Must Have a Purpose
The two solitudes of Saskatchewan, the reserve and the farm, remain as estranged as ever, and Indigenous people everywhere hold their breath in anticipation of a trial they don’t dare allow themselves to believe will be fair and impartial.
The Debate About Indian Residential Schools Misses the Point
The Indian residential school debate is and has always been about the right of one ethnic or cultural group to dominate and absorb another.
One Day There Will Be An Indigenous Prime Minister
One day there will be an Indigenous Prime Minister of Canada. And I couldn’t care less.
Podcast 92: Talking Books with Angie Abdou (In Case I Go) and Frank Busch (Grey Eyes)
Angie Abdou is the author of “In Case I Go.” She and Frank Busch talk about the making of this novel.
NatChief PB is Doing Very Good Great Things at the AFN
For the first time in Canada’s history, a federal government has a plan for Indigenous people that is going to be great for them
An honest telling of Canada’s story will make Canadians uncomfortable
An honest telling of Canada’s story will make Canadians uncomfortable, but in the long-run Canada will be better for it.
Is it Even Possible for the MMIWG National Inquiry To Do Better?
So far the MMIWG National Inquiry has been a disappointment, but I wonder how much it is within the power of this organization to do better. To what extent is the National Inquiry hindered by Canada?
The Reconciliation Scam
A lot of people fell for the Trudeau pitch, but the shrink wrap has been off a while now and buyers’ remorse has set in.
Gord Downie, 1964–2017
It’s too soon to say what Downie’s influence and legacy will be as these pertain to his twilight interest in Chanie Wenjack and Indigenous people generally. But his place in the firmament of Canadian music is well established.
