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Author: Rick Harp

A founder and president of the INDIGENA Creative Group, Rick offers 15 years-plus media experience in journalism and communication. A host/producer with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network for many years, Rick has also served as Artistic Director for the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. He is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in northern Saskatchewan. Rick on the Web: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

AUDIO: Discussing Canada’s soft support of the UN Declaration; Aboriginal Political Twitterers

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Rick Harp

Better late than never with the Nov. 16 edition of MEDIA INDIGENA on ‘THE WORD’ with host Lady V and MI’s Rick Harp as they discuss Aboriginal accounts to follow on Twitter for political junkies, and how Canada’s “Statement of Support” for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples got immediately tested […]

First Nations leaders reject “inaccurate, negative publicity” over salaries: do they have a point?

Posted on November 23, 2010November 24, 2010 by Rick Harp

UPDATE (Nov 24, 2010): Hours after originally penning this piece, I realized I needed to make my point better and more fairly about how the data has been misrepresented, and by whom. Accordingly, I wish to clarify here that INAC did in fact track and present the data for travel, honoraria and salary separately (though […]

Canadian Taxpayers Federation publishes First Nations political salaries

Posted on November 22, 2010November 22, 2010 by Rick Harp

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has posted what it claims are “new jaw-dropping chief and council pay data today that reinforces the CTF’s call for greater transparency of reserve politicians’ pay levels and the need for reform.” (Oddly, as an illustration for the item, they have a picture of anonymous powwow dancers. So that’s what […]

VIDEO: Alberta Tar Sands debate gets down and dirty

Posted on November 21, 2010November 22, 2010 by Rick Harp

Ho-leh, did the sparks fly at this debate in Vancouver. First, a little backstory: Ezra Levant, author of Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands, was originally scheduled to face off against Ben West of the Wilderness Committee over the premise of Levant’s book. And for most of the night, that’s just what they […]

Crunching the numbers on Aboriginal usage of Canada’s food banks

Posted on November 17, 2010November 18, 2010 by Rick Harp

Due to possible confusion stemming from my last post about new data on Aboriginal people’s use of food banks in Canada, I thought I would try and make partial amends with some number crunching that lays the stats out a bit more helpfully. I have pulled together three tables. The first two display the same […]

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