From pain and fear to hope: a First Nation girl’s battle against a rare cancer
For a Manitoba mother whose daughter continues to recover from years of treatment for an extremely rare muscle cancer, life remains a day-to-day affair
Author: Martha Troian
An Ojibwe from Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario, Martha is an Ottawa based journalist, currently completing her Masters of Journalism at Carleton University. She entered journalism with a position in News & Current Affairs at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (aptn). Starting with a national public affairs program 'Contact', she later moved to aptn National News. Her research interests include Indigenous and women's issues, media representation, human rights and education. She is a proud mother to a beautiful little brown boy.
A Landscape of Beauty and Violence
The country is made up of a diverse and vast geographic regions. From the arctic, the Atlantic to Pacific ocean – one would agree there is magnificent beauty in every part of Turtle Island. That beauty only goes so far to those whose lives are marked by violence. They may see this landscape differently. But regardless of […]
(MIS)representation of Indigenous peoples in Canada and beyond
Rubber toy ducks with headdresses, ‘Drink like an Indian’ holiday poster, Sassy Squaw costumes, Dirty Drunken Half-Breed burgers, Matt Laur’s ‘Indian Giver’ comment to the much appropriated Navajo culture and design. The year? 2012. It becomes apparent that mainstream media -and mainstream society – has a problem representing ‘Indians’. Hardly news for those of us […]
Violence against Indigenous women: Looking back through the media
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. First designated by the UN over a decade ago, it’s meant to address what many consider an epidemic. But violence against Indigenous women and girls remains an active concern for many. Nowhere is that violence more visible than in the news media. Using […]
Missing / Murdered Aboriginal Women: is it up to the public to call an inquiry?
For years, First Nations families, organizations and leaders have called on the federal government to hold a national inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and girls in Canada. Since the 1960s, over 700 First Nations women and girls have gone missing or died of violence. Bridget Tolley believes the number of cases is […]
