This week on MI’s Tuesday talk with THE WORD — first heard live on STREETZ 104.7 FM — Rick Harp and Lady V discuss the question of whether the recent Ontario court ruling on prostitution makes life safer or scarier for Aboriginal sex workers, as well as MI’s upcoming “live,” on-the-scene coverage of imagineNATIVE 2010. […]
Well, if it wasn’t already obvious by the massive banner atop our website, MEDIA INDIGENA is pleased to officially announce its Media Sponsorship of the 2010 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, taking place this Wed. Oct. 20 through Sun. Oct 24 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As one of many proud sponsors of this world-class […]
A potentially divisive debate is underway among women’s advocates after a provincial court recently struck down some of the laws restricting prostitution in Canada. And as the Toronto Star‘s Antonia Zerbisias writes, “even Aboriginal women’s groups have clashed, not only with mainstream feminist activists but also with each other.” On Sept. 28, 2010, in the […]
Has it been a week already? MEDIA INDIGENA was back on STREETZ 104.7 FM — for its weekly Tuesday talk, heard first live on-air and on-line at noon central, 1 pm eastern — and this time, MI’s Rick Harp and THE WORD’s Lady V chatted about what they would have asked Winnipeg mayoral candidate Sam […]
At first blush, the north-end streets of Winnipeg seem worlds away from the southern outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. But recent reads from two different sources have me pondering their similarities — and the possible lessons the one region could have for the other. (I encourage readers to consult the full text of both sources, […]
