W(h)ither MEDIA INDIGENA?
A hard look at the past and present of MEDIA INDIGENA inspires its founding editor to stake out a bold new future.
Category: MULTIMEDIA
PODCAST: One-on-One with “Clearing The Plains” Author James Daschuk
Released in Spring 2013, “Clearing the Plains” has garnered University of Regina historian James Daschuk both attention and awards.
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 […]
VIDEO: Tom Jackson urges people to ‘make change’ for Attawapiskat
Actor & musician Tom Jackson made Attawapiskat the last stop on his 2011 Christmas tour – and he brought a camera crew with him, including Algonquin filmmaker Caroline Monnet. The result is a short documentary about the remote northern Ontario community, which gained international recognition after it was learned that some residents were forced to […]
INTERVIEW: Prof. Chris Powell on why ‘Canada’ and ‘genocide’ can and should belong in the same sentence
Today on Urban Nation LIVE, home to my alter-media-ego on Winnipeg’s STREETZ FM, I had the opportunity to discuss the provocative thesis of my friend Chris Powell‘s new book, “Barbaric Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Genocide.” An assistant professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba, Powell’s thesis is provocative because he applies the book’s radical premise — that “civilization produces genocides” — not only to places like Rwanda and Nazi […]
