Here’s my quote of the day, to be filed under ‘I’ for irony: “It is easier in First Nations politics to be aggressively contrary to something than it is to be supportive. That is an observation that I will make and stand behind.” — Indian and Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan, during a Senate committee […]
As my friends know all too well, I allow myself to be somewhat susceptible to sweeping, dramatic theories bordering on the conspiratorial. To me, they’re almost a form of entertainment, a kind of political science fiction in which I heartily indulge as a geeky, guilty pleasure. But what if, as the old joke goes, everyone […]
Appreciated energy behind this community-centered documentary telling the two-decades long history behind Vancouver’s annual march — now thousands-strong — in memory of murdered or missing women from the Downtown Eastside, “a neighbourhood deeply misunderstood.” Co-creators Alejandro Zuluaga and Harsha Walia have produced a doc that earnestly explores the “realities of women organizing for justice,” as […]
Regular MI visitors may or may not know that I now have a new ‘day job,’ as host/producer of Urban Nation LIVE, broadcast weekdays at 12 noon cst on STREETZ 104.7 FM here in Winnipeg. Playing nothing but Hip-hop and R&B, their mandate includes a 40% commitment to Aboriginal performers in these genres, making STREETZ […]
A few months back, I was invited to take part in a media panel discussion about Aboriginal issues headed into Winnipeg’s most recent civic election. The panel came hot on the heels of a Sept. 7, 2010 piece I wrote detailing my befuddlement over the near-total absence of Aboriginal issues in any of the candidates […]
