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This week's episode, the fifth in our Summer Series, wraps up our two-part conversation with the Yellowhead Institute's Hayden King and Shiri Pasternak about their ...
2018-07-27 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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MEDIA INDIGENA 124
The fourth show of our Summer Series begins our two-part look at an emerging set of proposed laws and policies that, if implemented, could majorly affect—some say threaten—Indigenous rights in Canada. It's called the Indigenous Rights, Recognition and Implementation Framework, a wide-ranging, fast-moving initiative of...
2018-07-20 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 123
Our third Summer Series episode collects and connects conversations about food. It’s a veritable buffet of some of our most filling discussions, from food insecurity to culture clashes over Settler vs. Indigenous diets.
Featured voices this podcast include:
- Iqaluit, Nunavut mayor Madeleine Redfern
- University of Alberta associate professor of Native Studies 2018-07-13 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 122
Our second Summer Series episode collects and connects conversations about education: from inadequate funding to lack of Indigenous representation in many school curricula, we explore systemic issues and the lived experience of some Indigenous learners in this realm.
Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance):
- Ken Williams, assista... 2018-07-06 06:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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The first in our nine-part Summer Series, we kick things off with a deep dive into water: from its status as a fundamental human and treaty right, to more nitty-gritty matters of funding, infrastructure and accountability.
Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance):
- Amanda Klasing, senior researcher with 2018-07-01 07:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 120
ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE
Separation anxiety: as the U.S. catches criticism for splitting up migrant families and 2018-06-21 07:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 119
ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
Survey says: We opine on an Angus Reid / Maclean's poll asking Canadians what they think should be done regarding Indigenous peoples. 'Cause that's always worked out so well, right?
MEDIA INDIGENA 118
ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
Yellowhead, Red Flags: We discuss the emergence of the Yellowhead Institute, a brand new First Nations think tank; we also look at why it's sounding the alarm over the Liberal government's 2018-06-09 01:33:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
Bitumen Buyer Beware? The Canadian government has just announced it will buy the beleaguered Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Will their gamble pay off? And who loses if it doesn’t?
Tr...
2018-06-04 05:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 116
ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
Sick and solo: why does Quebec still reportedly force northern kids who fly down south for care to do so all a...
2018-05-29 08:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 115
ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
Love for lava: Why some Indigenous people in Hawai’i reject any effort to divert the flow of what others see as the utterly destructive output of the 2018-05-18 21:41:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
From bad to worse: amid accusations that racism drove an Indigenous dean of law away from Lakehead University, some question why it’s 2018-05-15 04:02:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
Saddle up for our Settler sexuality sequel!
Building on last week’s exploration of how Settler norms impact Indigenous notions of intimacy and interpersonal connections, we more explicitly discuss the erotically infused insights of Mohawk/Tuscarora writer, poet and broadcaster 2018-05-05 07:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 112
On this week's roundtable: Settler Sexuality.
A subject at the heart of two recent talks by our own Kim Tallbear (one at the sex-positive communities event ConvergeCon, the other at SoloPolyCon), we thought we'd use it as an opportunity to take a longer look at an all-too-often troubling and taboo topic. In particula...
2018-04-27 18:48:43 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 111
ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
Who will next lead the AFN? Two candidates say they’re set to run; a potential third is thinking about it. We’ll review the field of would-be leaders of the Assembly of First Nations. <...
2018-04-23 04:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 110
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Big Steps: How some ancient footprints 2018-04-12 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:
A 'Nope' from the Pope: Why does His Holiness seem wholly against saying sorry for the crimes of Church-run residential schools?
Exoneration...
2018-04-06 06:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 108
On this week’s roundtable…
‘Sorry’ for the racism: As National Geographic tries to atone for its problematic history with non-white people, we assess how much credit (and critique) they deserve.
‘Sorry’ for the Sexual harassment: As an 2018-03-31 03:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 107
This week we take a break from the usual roundtable format to instead bring you the sound of two Indigenous podcasters podcasting, as MEDIA INDIGENA host/producer Rick Harp sits down with Wayne K. Spear, a self-described "writing machine" whose prolific nature extends to audio as well. A Six Nations (Haudenosaunee) gentleman from southern Ontario, Wayne's world also includes work in organizational development and executive co...
2018-03-25 01:15:20 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 106
On this week's roundtable...
A fair share of the pot: Why a push to tax cannabis on-reserve is itself a taxing debate
Cottage clash: Why can’t a First Nation get full 2018-03-15 18:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 105
On this week's roundtable:
Once upon a trigger: Did a school board and the media over-react after a parent found a children’s book about residential schools upsetting?
Dumb pun: A Thunder Bay newspaper says 2018-03-09 03:36:24 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 104
Where will Tina Fontaine's family find justice? MI 104
On this week's roundtable: A tale of two trials. Late last week, a jury found the man accused of murdering 15-year old Tina Fontaine to be "not guilty." The decision dealt another blow to those still processing the acquittal of the man once charged with the murder of 22...
2018-03-02 02:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 103
War in the west: As Alberta battles British Columbia over pipeline expansion, we look at whether a new front could open up against First Nations
Revisiting the review of resource projects: the Liberals claim 2018-02-23 20:33:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Fixed link: Episode 102
As you likely have realized by now, the link to the episode we just shared is incorrect.
Here is the correct link:
http://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/ep-102-injustice-for-colten-boushie
Apologies for the error; it's been quite the past 7 days. :/
Rick
2018-02-15 20:11:04 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 102
Injustice for Colten Boushie
It was a much-anticipated verdict in a much-discussed case: the 2016 shooting death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie, a member of the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan.
His accused killer: 56-year-old white farmer Gerald Stanley, charged with second-degree murder. A charge he was acquitted of last Friday evening, much to ...
2018-02-15 20:06:06 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 101
On this week's Indigenous roundtable:
Toodle-loo Wahoo! The majorly racist logo of a major league baseball team is knocked out of the park in Cleveland (sort of)
Turfed by Trudeau: The last stop of the PM’s cros...
2018-02-09 23:05:45 +0000 UTC View PostMEDIA INDIGENA 100 (!)
On this week's roundtable:
The trial of Gerald Stanley, the man accused in the shooting death of Colten Boushie. We’ll look at who gets to be on the jury and 2018-02-04 07:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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On this week's roundtable:
The 'Change the Date' Debate. We discuss what seems to have been the most controversial 2018-01-29 04:27:14 +0000 UTC View Post
MEDIA INDIGENA 98
On this week's Indigenous roundtable:
Politician Contrition: an Alberta MLA walks back some sweeping off-hand comments about Aboriginal voter behaviour in his riding; 2018-01-21 22:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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On this week's Indigenous roundtable:
Beyak Booted—A Canadian senator’s website gets her kicked out of the Conservative Party for controversial content about Indigenous people.
Speech impediment—Why would the Nova Scotia government push a school board to 2018-01-14 02:23:49 +0000 UTC View Post