Continue Reading... Competition between regional broadcasters and APTN for Indigenous radio licences ends in mixed result
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Competition between regional broadcasters and APTN for Indigenous radio licences ends in mixed result

Federal Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly now promises a new CRTC mandate supportive of Indigenous languages and reconciliation by…

Continue Reading... ‘Collaborative Consent’ or Indigenous Rights: Algonquin protecting sacred site in Ottawa
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‘Collaborative Consent’ or Indigenous Rights: Algonquin protecting sacred site in Ottawa

Includes: 3min VIDEO | ARTICLE with PDF | WEB LINKS | 93min VIDEO/PLAYLIST of speakers & music — Community efforts…

Continue Reading... PODCAST: Interview with Anja Kovacs, Internet Democracy Project, at World Forum on Free Media
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PODCAST: Interview with Anja Kovacs, Internet Democracy Project, at World Forum on Free Media

Topics include ‘zero rating’ and net neutrality; state surveillance; public dissatisfaction with Facebook and creating alternatives; and how the internet,…

Continue Reading... PODCAST: Anti-Black sanism in the police killing of Abdirahman Abdi, and more broadly
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PODCAST: Anti-Black sanism in the police killing of Abdirahman Abdi, and more broadly

A half-hour interview with Idil, board chair of Across Boundaries mental health centre in Toronto, on race and mental health…

Continue Reading... Audio: Legal teachings from Wolverine, William Jones Ignace (RIP) circa 2002
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Audio: Legal teachings from Wolverine, William Jones Ignace (RIP) circa 2002

An interview posted in honour of the late Secwepemc Elder and Warrior Wolverine upon the occasion of his recent passing,…

Continue Reading... Algonquin land claim: Interview with Russ Diabo
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Algonquin land claim: Interview with Russ Diabo

Interview with policy analyst and advisor with the Algonquin Nation Secretariat, Russell Diabo, on the ongoing Algonquin land claim for…

Continue Reading... Correspondence with Indigenous Affairs and NCC about sacred Chaudière Falls site in Ottawa/Gatineau
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Correspondence with Indigenous Affairs and NCC about sacred Chaudière Falls site in Ottawa/Gatineau

Here are the different emails I’ve had with the Indigenous Affairs (INAC) Minister’s office as well as with the National…

Continue Reading... If Algonquin chiefs oppose “Zibi” condos and the media’s not there, does it make a sound?
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If Algonquin chiefs oppose “Zibi” condos and the media’s not there, does it make a sound?

by Greg Macdougall originally published in the Centretown Buzz The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) described it as “the most…