indigenous issues
Decade in review: 50 things that defined Toronto in the 2010s
The people, events, movements and stories that left an indelible mark on the city Read more
Walt Disney Studios
Disney signed a contract with Indigenous people before making Frozen II
After a debate about cultural appropriation surrounded Frozen, Disney agreed in writing to respectfully portray Sámi culture in the sequel Read more
Samuel Engelking
Beyond apologies: two artists set a table for reconciliation
After learning their ancestors were adversaries, AA Bronson and Adrian Stimson explore what it means to personally reconcile Canada’s colonial legacy Read more
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TIFF 2019: Indigenous artists are using horror to unpack colonial trauma
With Jeff Barnaby’s zombie flick Blood Quantum debuting at Midnight Madness, we assembled a roundtable to explore the ways genre storytelling can unearth hard truths Read more
Samuel Engelking
TIFF 2019: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers takes on the foster-care system
The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open speaks to the ways young Indigenous women are pushed to the margins Read more
Lisa Macintosh
Pam Palmater launches Reconciliation Book Club on YouTube
The Mi'kmaq lawyer and Ryerson professor is helping Canadians self-educate on Indigenous issues with a video series Read more
Lisa Rochon
Banners in Allan Gardens honour missing and murdered Indigenous women
The public art installation Red Embers was designed by 15 Indigenous women artists and is on display until October 4 Read more
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TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture
The docuseries' second season follows co-hosts Kris Nahrgang and Sarain Fox as they strengthen their connections to tradition and heritage Read more
Alicia Elliott connects the dots between depression and colonialism
In A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, the Tuscarora writer insightfully places mental health and sexual assault among the legacy of colonialism Read more
Hot Docs review: Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Carol Geddes profiles five female Indigenous trailblazers across Canada in this film from the festival's Redux program Read more
Joe Bucci
Isitwendam ambitiously tackles the legacy of residential schools
Meegwun Fairbrother's solo show at Native Earth, about a Harper government official sent to discredit a residential school survivor, feels rushed Read more
Perry Shimon
How musicians are taking action on climate change
Musicians like The Weather Station and Ansley Simpson are using their platforms to inspire change on an issue that's just getting more urgent. Read more
Matt Barnes
iskwē won’t let us look away from injustice toward Indigenous people
iskwē's new video Little Star, released on the anniversary of acquittals in the Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine cases, is an ode to young, Indigenous lives lost and a recrimination of a society that has repeatedly turned a blind eye to tragedies. Read more
Katrin Bragadottir
"Rising tide" of Indigenous films and TV shows needs help going global: report
Commissioned by the imagineNATIVE festivaI, a new study shows there's a growing demand internationally that Canada's film industry isn't meeting Read more
Indigo Arrows
APTN is conducting Canada’s first Indigenous Music Impact Study
The broadcaster and non-profit is launching a study to collect info, identify structural barriers and create new funding opportunities Read more
Ford government's cut to the Indigenous Culture Fund "an attack on reconciliation"
Indigenous artists say the province's move has put the Ontario Arts Council-administered fund in jeopardy Read more
Joshua Whitehead creates his ideal image of queer Indigeneity
Two-spirit/Indigiqueer author draws majesty and exuberance from trauma in his break-out novel Jonny Appleseed Read more
Cheol Joon Baek
Grassroots Politics In Action: a trio of the best political events to attend this week
World AIDS Day commemorations on Saturday, December 1, and talks by pop-culture commentator Jesse Wente and former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin head up this week's list of can't-miss events Read more
Netflix
Roundtable: Indigenous directors discuss the "savages" in the Coens' latest western
The caricatured Native American characters in Netflix's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is part of the satire, but is that portrayal responsible? Critic Adam Nayman and filmmakers Lisa Jackson and Shane Belcourt discuss Read more
Indigenous architects design a sovereign future
As Canada implements a National Housing Strategy, post-secondary schools are creating more room for Indigenous design thinking Read more
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Allan Lissner
Chile indigenous leader Sergio Campusano outside Barrick Gold AGM in Toronto last month.
