It’s back to school for some Indigenous prison inmates who are learning critical thinking skills to help them navigate an increasingly complex digital media and financial environment… Read more “Inmates learn life skills for an increasingly complex digital world”
Living for a laugh
I remember sitting tableside with my mother in the kitchen a few months ago. She had just invited another neighbour in for coffee. I sat listening to… Read more “Living for a laugh”
Mi’kmaq Heather Condo’s tribute to basket making is Vimeo’s first staff curated Indigenous film
Mi’kmaq filmmaker Heather Condo’s short doc ‘My Father’s Tools‘ is Vimeo’s first-ever Indigenous-made film to be selected for its popular staff pick premieres. “I hope it opens… Read more “Mi’kmaq Heather Condo’s tribute to basket making is Vimeo’s first staff curated Indigenous film”
How did we get here?
My country men, How did we get here! I feel my heart breaking I see a country divided No longer united Our bonds torn asunder How did… Read more “How did we get here?”
Oscar Wants a Library for Elsipogtog: Meet Wicked Ideas’ new journalist
I was just a toddler when I’d ask mom to tell me the story of Moses again and again. I’d be sitting bedside with my little brown… Read more “Oscar Wants a Library for Elsipogtog: Meet Wicked Ideas’ new journalist”
A Mi’kmaq seat at the table How a struggling but defiant First Nation came to claim Aboriginal title over a third of New Brunswick
Kenneth Francis knew about the smoke billowing from the Rexton blockade in eastern New Brunswick, the RCMP cars set ablaze, elders pepper-sprayed and protesters hauled away in… Read more “A Mi’kmaq seat at the table How a struggling but defiant First Nation came to claim Aboriginal title over a third of New Brunswick”
“Out of Thin Red,” The Red Dress movement hangs over STU
Mandy Richard is bringing the REDress project to St. Thomas University, to get people talking about missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. “If this just starts… Read more ““Out of Thin Red,” The Red Dress movement hangs over STU”
N.B. leads country in self-harming behaviour that requires hospital care
Alexandra Van Rijn was in elementary school when she started banging her head against a wall to deal with her anxiety. In her late teens, when she was inflicting… Read more “N.B. leads country in self-harming behaviour that requires hospital care”
Mandatory Indigenous curriculum part of N.B.’s 10-year education plan
Students in New Brunswick’s public schools can expect to learn more Mi’kmaq and Maliseet content in the near future. It comes as the Department of Education begins… Read more “Mandatory Indigenous curriculum part of N.B.’s 10-year education plan”
