A recent Globe and Mail editorial approves of a “special” Indian and Northern Affairs Canada project looking at “why some [65 First Nations] reserves are doing well economically.” The study’s aim: to “pinpoint the causes of their success.” The Globe then goes on to argue that a likely “common factor in these cases of prosperity” […]
This fall the Gemini Awards will honour the best in Canadian English-language television, and a handful of Aboriginal nominees are competing for some pretty significant hardware in the Program and Performance categories. Neil Diamond’s remarkable documentary Reel Injun is up for Best Social/Political Documentary Program. Don Kelly, host of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network‘s Fish […]
The long debate over the long-gun registry may finally come to an end next Wednesday when Parliamentarians vote on a bill to kill the controversial system. Private Member’s Bill C-391, sponsored by Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner, would, in her words, “end the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry” so that government might “put more emphasis on […]
A well-researched missive this week over at The Dominion (“New Minister a ‘Declared Enemy’ of First Nations”) examines whether the August 2010 appointment of combative MP John Duncan as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada minister was the harbinger of a new, nastier tone to come in federal Aboriginal policy. I have to admit, reviewing some […]
Another week, another installment of MEDIA INDIGENA as heard on THE WORD, first broadcast live every Tuesday on STREETZ 104.7 FM at noon central, 1 pm eastern. This week, MI’s Rick Harp and THE WORD host Lady V renewed their discussion of Winnipeg’s mayoral campaigns, where the A-word was finally uttered — that’s right, “Aboriginal” — […]
