The Tyee recently completed its 6-part series entitled “Native Youth, In Their Own Voices,” which explores many of the shared challenges and dreams of the roughly 75,000 Aboriginal youth in BC. The articles feature 14 young Aboriginal people from across the province, “from urban Vancouver, to smaller towns, and right through to remote reserves without […]
An Australian research team will receive AUD$2.5 million (or apx CAD$2.3 million) over 5 years to explore the depressing question of why most health and social services continually fail to improve Aboriginal health. The research will take place under the auspices of the Perth Telethon Institute for Child Health Research project in Western Australia. It […]
Hot off the presses, here is Week 2 of mediaINDIGENA‘s weekly sit-down with ‘THE WORD’ on Winnipeg’s urban music station STREETZ 104.7 FM, heard live world-wide via their online webstream every Tuesday at 1 pm est, 10 am pst. Hosted by Lady V, THE WORD will feature a weekly discussion about the latest news and […]
Not sure how I accidentally came upon this video staging an imaginary conversation between animated, Lego-like versions of an Indigenous person from Taiwan and “the President,” but I find it amazing and hugely entertaining to watch, especially the President’s robotic tone and government-speak (the woman’s is artificial too, but seems less automatonic). It was created […]
This week marks the debut of mediaINDIGENA‘s weekly sit-down with ‘THE WORD’ on STREETZ 104.7 FM, based in Winnipeg but heard ’round the world via their live webstream. Every Tuesday at noon central time (1 pm eastern, 10 am pacific), MI Editor Rick Harp — that’s me — will sit down with host Lady V […]
