indigenous issues
Samuel Engelking
Meet the artist behind the anti-racism billboard on Spadina
Chippewar's latest public art piece dispels the myth that tax dollars go to Indigenous people more
Why wasn't an Indigenous director hired to make Indian Horse?
The just-released movie, adapted from the late Richard Wagamese's acclaimed novel about a hockey player who survived Canada's residential school system, highlights problems about who gets to tell stories in this country more
Samuel Engelking
Decolonization means jobs for Indigenous profs
The push to put Indigeneity on curriculums has created a hiring boom, but the pool of Indigenous scholars remains small more
Canada’s justice system is not for Indigenous people: Reasonable Doubt
Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine deserve justice more
Cheol Joon Baek
The race divide in Toronto schools
The latest TDSB report on equity highlights the cycle of systemic problems that have plagued education bureaucracies for decades more
Samuel Engelking
New Constellations tour builds community and camaraderie among Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians
"It’s the first time I’ve been on a reserve performing my work for the people I made it for,” says musician and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson more
Samuel Engelking
The movement to revive the Mohawk language is growing
A new generation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians are learning the language through post-secondary courses and an app more
Courtesy of the artist
The 10 best art shows of 2017
Many of this year's top exhibitions explored Canada's colonial legacy, the concept of nationhood and the meaning of monuments more
Samuel Engelking
AGO boosts Indigenous focus in Canadian art department
The gallery has appointed a curator of Indigenous art, but there is still a dearth of Indigenous voices in leadership roles at major institutions across Canada more
Samuel Engelking
Kent Monkman prepares to debut his largest painting yet
On the heels of his popular U of T Art Museum show, the Cree artist is unveiling a 12 x 24-ft history painting based on a treaty between the Dutch and the Iroquois more
Samuel Engelking
We are witnessing Indigenous music's next wave
The spotlight is shining on a new group of music-makers, but the struggle is far from over more
Samuel Engelking
Duke Redbird, on the Native North America album and gathering
“I feel humble in the immensity of it all, that these songs still resonate 40, 50 years later.” more
How community legal clinics are breaking down barriers for Indigenous people: Reasonable doubt
Community legal clinics in Ontario look to fight back against the colonial oppression still perpetrated by Canada's legal system more
Canada 150 keeps fires of Indigenous resistance burning
Visible, young and often harassed by police, Native movements across North America are preserving Aboriginal culture and bringing social issues to the forefront like never before more
Samuel Engelking
Olivia Nuamah on Pride Toronto's honoured Indigenous guests, Canada 150 and police presence at this year's parade
"We’re trying to run a festival that feels like it includes everybody no matter what you do or what you think because it’s a celebration of sexual identity," says Pride Toronto's new executive director. more
Why white guys shouldn't be writing Native stories
As an Indigenous writer, I have always had the opposite experience when it comes to cultural appropriation – being told my opinions did not matter made telling stories of Native injustices impossible for a long time more
Toronto gallery openings: Wanda Nanibush talk, Kim Stanford/Yael Brotman, Ken Lum and more
Nanibush, a self-described "Anishnabe-kwe image and word warrior" and AGO assistant curator, discusses Indigenous performance artists whose work breaks boundaries and re/asserts sovereignty on March 1. more
Photo of Justin Trudeau by Alex Guibord
Is Justin Trudeau a white supremacist? Maybe
Yusra Khogali of Black Lives Matter Toronto made no false statements in her National Day of Action Against Islamophobia speech challenging the Prime Minister more
Support First Nations communities at three events this week
Engage with local Indigenous perspectives and learn how to be a better ally more
Stop using these Indigenous references and terms – they're offensive
A humble glossary of familiar team names and terms no longer acceptable to the average Indigenous person more
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Allan Lissner
Chile indigenous leader Sergio Campusano outside Barrick Gold AGM in Toronto last month.
