Podcasts about Haisla

Sonic Garage, Hip Hop, Americana, Dub Step, Folk, Country, Latin, Chicano, Rock, Pop, Cumbia, Ska, Spoken Word and more from members of the Navajo, Haisla, Ojibway, Pamunkey, Kaw, Kiowa, Lakota, Chippewa, Mohawk, Inuit, Muscogee, Cree and Inuk Nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Hataalii - Buckskin Boy Snotty Nose Rez Kids & Sebastian Gaskin - Burn Cactus Rose NYC - Turquoise Ring Cryotik & Indigenous - Mind Control KNG JMZ - Fly Away ft. YK The Mayor Tonemah - Sleep Well Mitchell Makoons - On The Road Again Reyna Tropical & Sylvan Esso - Cartagena (Sylvan Esso Edit) Stella Standingbear - Real One Aspects & Mopreme - Do It Right Mozart Gabriel - Openheimer Bial Hclap & Kyon2 - Yume No Cumbia Nadjiwan - Reservation Road Twin Flames - Just Like A Ghost The All Canadian Soundclash - Be Here With You Lili - My Body Is A Temple T H R O N E & Protagonist - Two-Spirit Reflections Elisapie - Quiasukkuit (If It Makes You Happy) All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Indie, Country, Hip Hop, Folk, Pop, Techno, Rap, Traditional Flute, House, and Ambient from members of the Ojibwe, Haisla, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Northern Pueblos, Atikamekw, Cree, Métis, Mi'kmaq, Dakota, Osage, and Huron-Wendat Nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Dump Babes - Honk Hrink Native PoolBoy - a boy who picks strings Snotty Nose Rez Kids - NO DOGS ALLOWED Agalisiga - Ina gei Ot sehi (We Live In The Woods) Divinity Roxx & Mumu Fresh - Imma Force Desiree Dorion - Ghost Ailani - Petty Samian & Sonia Basile-Martel - Nikamo Remix Darksiderz & Aesthetic Perfection - Immortal Kootenay & Co. & Chelsie Young - Whatever You Need Beaatz - Blessings Nucky Jmc - Proud To Be Metis    Carlos Carty & Robert Tree Cody - Kokopelli Flute D.R.G. & Mack Sickz - Rain On Me RainbowStar - group effort Cav Eire & Marx Cassity - Our House Audiopharmacy & Teao Sense & Santos Soul - rEvolutionary Love Joseph Sarenhes - Stand Up All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

rWotD Episode 2665: Wuikinuxv Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Tuesday, 20 August 2024 is Wuikinuxv.The Wuikinuxv IPA: [ʔuwik'inuxʷ], ("Backbone people"), also rendered Oweekano (Pre-1976); Oowekeeno (1976-2003) (variations: Oweekeno, Owekano, Oweekayno, Wuikenukv, Wikeno, Owikeno, Awikenox, and also known as the Rivers Inlet people) are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, to the north of Queen Charlotte Strait. The Wuikinuxv people and their neighbours the Heiltsuk and Haisla peoples were in the past sometimes known incorrectly as the "Northern Kwakiutl".This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:33 UTC on Tuesday, 20 August 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Wuikinuxv on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Nicole.

Indie, LoFi, Country, Rap, Hip Hop, Blues, Rock, Soul, and Funk from members of the Lakota, Metis, Mi'kmaq, Taos Pueblo, Cree, Navajo, Oji-Cre, Haisla, and Apsaalooké nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Mare Advertencia Lirika - Mi Gente Native Pool Boy - Jingle Dress Dancer Tony Enos - Forever Young (Dedicated To My Sister Vienna) Blackbird - And You? Garret & Mamarudegyal MTHC - Coming Up Millhouse iiwaa - Leave (Instramental) Shauna Seeteenak & Kristen Kownak - Potent OMBIIGIZI - Ziibi KNG JMZ - They Don't Know Ashley Ghostkeeper - She's Easy To Love Julian Taylor - Aint Life Strange Inuk - Inuk Richie Ledreagle & Antoinex - Glass House Saltwater Hank - Da_axtga Agwi Trent Agecoutay - Runnin' GHST.NOIZ - Piercing Eyes DM LaFortune - Mr. Businessman's Blues All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Indie, LoFi, Country, Rap, Hip Hop, Blues, Rock, Soul, and Funk from members of the Lakota, Metis, Mi'kmaq, Taos Pueblo, Cree, Navajo, Oji-Cre, Haisla, and Apsaalooké nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Isolated South - No Memories Stella Standingbear - So In Love Don Amero - Church Mike Bern & Muskrat Singers - Echoes Liv Wade - Stay With Me Ph8 - Rez Mutts Paskal Suraj & El Suchi - Thunderstorm Throne & Hidden Renance & Fried Pocky - Enheretv K.Benally & K4OS & Letsjusb - Surface Beaatz & Sam Anderson - The Greatest Hotel Mira - The View From The Barstool Bebe Buckskin - 8th wanderer Nahko and Medicine For The People - Mr. Washington Mattmac & Nowujalo - See The Future Ph8 w/ TheBees & Lousts - Spiritual Baddie Snotty Nose RezKids & Rezcoast Grizz - Devils Club All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

GUEST: Crystal Smith - Chief Councillor, Haisla Nation  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver votes to remove parking minimum requirements for new developments GUEST: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor BC Fruit Growers have little to sell. GUEST: Deep Brar of BrarStar Orchards in Summerland, and Vice President, BC Fruit Growers Association Political Polls Update GUEST: Mario Canseco, president of Research Co. Cedar LNG facility receives greenlight from Haisla First Nation GUEST: Crystal Smith - Chief Councillor, Haisla Nation  Rising temperatures force a change in vacation plans.   GUEST: Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor What's in the Water? GUEST: Anastasia Chovan, Water Sommelier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Member makes the grade as BCIT class valedictorian.

Countyry, Pop, Indie, Soul, Reggae, Rez Metal, Folk, Singer Songwriter, HipHop, and Dance from music makers of the Metis, Cree, Oglala Lakota, Cree, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora, O'odham, Haisla, and Anishnaabe nations. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Catie St.Germain - Cleaning House Isolated South - Sleep Jessa Sky & LOV - Since 95 Derek Miller & Lacey Hill - Colarado Springs Celeigh Cardinal - Show You How To Love Me Tonemah - Teardrops And Tire Tracks Tribz - Paradise Ocean Harvest - MMIW Saltwater Hank - ts ma antut Nuun Wyatt C. Louis - Wild Day Dayz - Make A Difference Snotty Nose Rez Kids ft. Travis Thompson - Kaleidoscope OMBIIGIZI Status/Non-Status Zoon - Connecting THE BAANGBROTHERS ft. Coflo & Tomahalk Bang & QVLN - Stars In The Sky All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA's monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews! This months news: Curator of Peace Gallery North bidding farewell to Fort St. John North Van exhibition pays ode to Vancouver prop house  Unveiling Gender: New exhibit explores representation at Sooke Region Museum  Nanaimo Museum showcasing history of Japanese-Canadian internment   Maple Ridge Museum earns award for Japanese Canadian exhibit Kitimat to host first ever all Haisla community art show | CFNR Network Snuneymuxw First Nation repatriates nearly 100 items from the Royal BC Museum    

Haisla hip-hop duo support boy after parents say he was teased over his hair

Indigenous made Electro-soul, Hip Hop, Indie, Alternative RnB, Soul, New Folk, Dance, Rock, Chicano, Res Metal, Black Metal, Country, Jazz, and Techno from member of the Mi'kmaq, Haisla, Mvskoke, Metis, Comanche, Yaqui, Shoshone, Yupik, Plains Cree, Ojibwe, Chicano, Cherokee, Navajo, Iñupiaq and Oglala Nations and communities. Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy/stream some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: Jodie B - Metamorphosis Snotty Nose Rez Kids & Electric Fields - Red Future Sten Joddi & Skitzoe - What I Do Iskwe - A Little Piece Pj vegas & Tippie 1-800- DONT ASK Pamyua - Ayaprum Wyatt C. Lewis - Carefree QVLN - Lua Cheia Jessa Sky - We Are Not Lost Native Pool Boy - This Chapter Has No Plans Las Cafeteras - Cumbia de Mi Barrio Tanya Tagaq - Tanya's Lullaby Alliance & Sharel Cassity & Colleeen Clark - Syl-O-gism Jeremy Dallas - Ten Minutes Ago Toosick & Antonex - Calling Back My Spirit Red Poets Society & Twin City Tone & Tall Paul - You Understand Brother Dege - Turn Of The Screw Eye - Respect Must be Taught Downtown Yonge BIA & Jace Martin - Beautiful Broken Pieces (live) 'lisnááhí - Renegade Lawrence Paul &  Chumz - Ruthless Martin Desjalis - Truck Driver Man Backwater Township - Recorda Me Michael Begay & Thollem McDonas - Standing Horizon Alisa Amador & Quinn Christopherson - I Need To Believe Sean Beaver - Summer-Winter Solstice All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Ep 486 - Can First Nations Save Canada's Economy? Guest: Chris Sankey   By Stuart McNish   “Canada's per capita growth has been negative three out of the last four quarters,” says Perrin Beatty, the President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He adds, “Canada needs to do more to attract investment” – a sentiment that was recently shared by a panel of experts for “Conversations Live” about economic reconciliation. Haisla Chief Counselor Crystal Smith said, “First Nations hold the key to the country's economic future.”   It is a belief held by Indigenous businessman Chris Sankey, who says that “we can't afford to obstruct BC's energy sector any longer.” In an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun, Sankey said, “The chilling effect on the investment landscape of our region and of Canada in general has been terrible.”   Moving forward, Sankey is looking to LNG to generate jobs and economic growth. He says, “More than a billion dollars in indigenous procurement spending and benefits have already been negotiated with Coastal GasLink, Kitimat LNG and Woodfibre LNG. And should the Haisla make a final investment decision on Cedar LNG, the opportunities will continue to grow for everyone – not just First Nations. Everyone.”   We invited Chris Sankey to join us for a Conversation That Matters about economic reconciliation and how it can reverse Canada's sinking attractiveness to investors. You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/   Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca   Join us Feb 6  for Conversations Live - Lethal Exports

Crystal Smith is the elected chief of the Haisla National Council and the guiding force behind a multi-billion-dollar LNG project on Haisla territory that is fast becoming a model for Indigenous led and owned development. She talks to host Edward Greenspon about the dramatic changes occurring in her home town of Kitimaat Village, overcoming environmental opposition to LNG, and her hopes for the future.

Indigenous made Indie, Hip Hop, Ska, Reggae, Spirit-Rock, Americana Rock, Boogie Woggie, Latin, and Jazz from musicians of the Mohawk, Pomo, Oji-Cree, Diné, Néhiyaw, Métis, Osage, Haisla, and Mi'kmaq Nations.  Brought to you by Tunes From Turtle Island and Pantheon Podcasts. If you like the music you hear, go out and buy some of it. :) All these artists need your support. Tracks on this week's show are: hay:u - Disaster Tom Wilson - Shapeshifter Mattmac & Drezus - Out Of Reach Street Pharmacy - Ponyboy Aysanabee - Letting Go Marx Cassity - Mourning Dove Stun - Put It On Robbie Robertson - Osange Oil Boom Adrian Sutherland - Diamonds Kay Starr - Kay's Lament Anachnid - Warrior Woman Chhoti Maa & The Bois & El Padrino - Reinots (Tributo a Nelly Chavez) Leonard Sumner - Time Machine Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I Got Paid Today G.R. Gritt & Lacey Hill - Turtle Island Thighs Backwater Township - Billionairs In Space All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Indigenous made Dance, Punk, Hip Hop, R'n'B, Alt Folk, Techno, Reggae, and Country by artists from the Anishinaabe, Mohawk, Cayuga, Cree, Tso'Tine-Gwich', Haisla, Lakota, and Gitga'at Nations. Brought to you by Turtle Island Radio and Pantheon Podcasts. Please, during this difficult time when artists can not play to live audiences, if you like the music you hear, go out and buy some of it. :) Tracks on this week's show are: Kiera-Dawn Kolson - The Awakening Mato Wayuhi - Fall Out Boy Snotty Nose Rez Kids - HOT PLANET Native Nenn - Rez Bang Stella Standingbear - Alright Boogey The Beat & The Halluci Nation & Northern Cree - The Sage Is On Fire (Halluci Nation Remix) noelle - Never Going Home Kalyn Fay & Western AF - Cherokee Country. Western AF version Ryan LittleEagle & Leslie Cline - Made For Two Saltwater Hank - Waaba Gwasoo B-Side Players - Tranquil  Nahko And Medicine For The People - OK FELICITY & Calling All Captains - God Mode Kelly Derrickson - 1st Avenue North Classic Roots - Two Braids All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists. More info on the show here.

Todd Davis, the CEO of ENDEXX Corp, announced a significant distribution agreement with Sahara Trading in the Middle East. This agreement allows ENDEXX to efficiently enter eight Middle Eastern countries, thanks to Sahara Trading's extensive connections and established distribution network. The Middle East presents a substantial market opportunity for ENDEXX's non-nicotine Haisla products, as the region has been lacking diverse product offerings and alternatives to nicotine-based items. Davis expressed optimism about the rapid growth of Haisla since its acquisition, with revenues already reaching nearly $4 million within six months. He anticipates exponential growth in the coming years and is excited about the future prospects. #ENDEXXCorp #MiddleEastDistribution #BusinessNews #CEOInterview #MarketOpportunity #ExpansionPlans #HaislaProducts #HealthyAlternatives #ConsumerProducts #GlobalDistribution #SaharaTrading #GrowingCompany #ExponentialGrowth #MarketEntry #NewPartnership #ProductOfferings #NicotineFree #WellnessProperties #MarketTrends #IndustryInsights #SuccessStory #Entrepreneurship #CorporateNews #MarketExpansion #InternationalBusiness #BigMilestone REPLACE 2ND & 3RD TAGS BELOW WITH THE COMPANY NAME & STOCK MARKET #ProactiveInvestors #InsertCompanyName #InsertStockMarket LEAVE THESE IN AS STANDARD & ADD ANY YOU FEEL ARE RELEVENT #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Ellis Ross, Haisla First Nation former Chief Counsellor & BC Liberal MLA for Skeena discusses the province's approval of the Haisla-led LNG project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haisla-led LNG project approved by province Ellis Ross, Haisla First Nation former Chief Counsellor & BC Liberal MLA for Skeena discusses the province's approval of the Haisla-led LNG project Pierre Poilievre criticizes Trudeau government, big pharma for role in opioid epidemic Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition discusses the role of big pharma in Canada's opioid epidemic. Juno Awards 2023: AP Dhillon Makes History With First Punjabi Performance At The Show DJ Reminisce, Punjabi music DJ, Podcaster & media personality discusses what Punjabi music superstar AP Dhillon's Juno Awards performance means to South Asian Canadians and to the Punjabi music industry.  FIFA expands 2026 World Cup again, with Toronto and Vancouver hosting extra matches Blake Price, Co-Host of The Sekeres & Price Show discusses the likelihood of an increase in FIFA World Cup matches in Vancouver for the 2026 World Cup. Plus, how will grass be installed in BC Place? Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost climbs to $30.9B  Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy discusses the rising cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenna and Joe are checking out another Eden Robinson text: her award-winning 2000 novel Monkey Beach, along with Loretta Todd's 2020 adaptation.While we love the book - with its incisive mix of generational trauma, Haisla life and coming of age narrative - the film doesn't work for us - either as a standalone film or as an adaptation.The book includes great characters, a gripping narrative, and unflinching deaths, while the film has a handful of great performances (Adam Beach!), but is marred by a terrible script and distractingly bad CGI. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:> Brenna: @brennacgray> Joe: @bstolemyremoteHave a mail bag question or a comment about book club? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com or tweet us your responses before the following deadlines:> Mar 16: Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (2020)> April 13: We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia (2020) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

À mâmawi musique cette semaine, Moe Clark nous présente le duo hip-hop Snotty Nose Rez Kids. Originaires du village de Kitimaat, en Colombie-Britannique, Darren Metz and Quinton Nyce sont membres de la nation Haisla. Avec Danika St-Laurent Maheux, assistante à la recherche.

Creation. Shiloh Mahgwees and I talk about creating all kinds of things in this episode. We talk creating families, educations, stories, art, love, bridges, and more. And we talk about The Creator, the One who knows us perfectly and loves us perfectly because He is perfect. Shiloh is so grateful for parents who have loved her fiercely even in their imperfections because she sees how they have given her so much. I love that about Shiloh because it helps me see perfection in those who love me. 

Born and raised in Kitimat, James Harry now works in Vancouver helping those struggling with addiction

Hear from a Haisla man helping people on the Downtown Eastside, explore a mine shaft below a Barkerville theatre, and find out how a a woman in her sixties discovered she had ADHD.

On this week's episode, Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine shares the full conversation he had with Darren "Young D" Metz and Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce of the acclaimed Haisla rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids for his cover story in the latest issue of the magazine. This career-spanning conversation follows their evolution as artists and people from the release of the first two LPs in 2017 to their latest masterwork, Life After, which was released in late 2021. In that time, they've twice been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and received wide-spread fan and critical adoration around the world. In part, that is due to their unbeatable ability to create songs that make you want to both dance and think. With Mike, the guys chatted about their Indigenous roots, making political music and who they're speaking to with their music, addressing difficult personal issues, mastering their vocal dexterity, learning from fan criticism in their community, and more.

Haisla vs the Hulk: Chief Councillor Crystal Smith talks about Hollywood's foray into the LNG debate. We hear from the Fort St John Petroleum Association about waht Ottawa's climate targets mean for the sector.

Snotty Nose Rez Kids - "Change (feat. ebonEmpress & Jenny Lea)" from the 2021 album Life After on Distorted Muse. Vancouver-based duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids live up to their name. The duo of Darren “Young D” Metz and Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce formed the group in 2016 after seeing a show headlined by fellow-Indigenous artists, the hip-hop collective First Ladies Crew. As members of the Haisla nation, the pair knew they could use music to both celebrate and elevate their heritage. “As Indigenous people who have been shit on year after year after year by the government, from the people, from our own people, the media, the police… I feel like Indigenous people have developed our own sense of humour that only we get,” Nyce toldRange. “For us, the way we grew up listening to rap and hip-hop, it was so dark and heavy and it just weighed on you. You couldn't listen to it more than once unless you were in the right mindset. So for us, coming up, our message, our music, we wanted to talk about the heavy stuff but with a positive spin. And making sure that at the end of the day you left smiling — on a high note. We never want people to feel down on themselves. We want to lift our people up, not bring them down.” Metz adds: “It's just like our name also, Snotty Nose Rez Kids; it explains who we are without having to explain who we are. You gotta have a sense of humour when you come through trauma.” Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You might know author Eden Robinson from the feature film adaptation of her novel Monkey Beach, or from the binge-worthy CBC series based on her Trickster trilogy. But the Eden that Tamara spoke to was someone painfully and hilariously honest about the messy inner world of a writer. From using writing to weather the pandemic to taking comfort in the storytelling traditions of her Haisla and Heiltsuk family, Eden makes the case for following your muse.

Are you a fan of cosy/serious/hilarious/Indigenous culture lit?  Us too!  Author Eden Robinson laughs (a lot) with Darby about her books, Wild Men of the Woods (aka Sasquatches), matriarchal tendencies, and lots more.  This is the audio from our special zoom event on April 23, 2021. Eden Robinson came to us from her home in Kitimaat Village and is of Haisla and Heiltsuk ancestry.  Darby was at work in Nanaimo and is of Dutch, Icelandic, and mixed British/Irish/Scottish ancestry.  Both like sea stars.

On our March 2021 episode of Writer's Block, co-host Cody Dronyk interviews Eamon McGrath, award-winning musician and author of the widely acclaimed Berlin-Warszawa Express, about his new novel, Here Goes Nothing, a smart and gritty novel that explores the lives of touring musicians. We also have an exclusive sneak listen to Eamon's upcoming new single, April. And we are thrilled to have a feature interview with award-winning Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations novelist and short story writer Eden Robinson, about the final book, Return of the Trickster, of her celebrated Trickster trilogy. Eden is a former University of Calgary, CDWP Writer-in-Residence.

On our March 2021 episode of Writer's Block, co-host Cody Dronyk interviews Eamon McGrath, award-winning musician and author of the widely acclaimed Berlin-Warszawa Express, about his new novel, Here Goes Nothing, a smart and gritty novel that explores the lives of touring musicians. We also have an exclusive sneak listen to Eamon’s upcoming new single, April. And we are thrilled to have a feature interview with award-winning Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations novelist and short story writer Eden Robinson, about the final book, Return of the Trickster, of her celebrated Trickster trilogy. Eden is a former University of Calgary, CDWP Writer-in-Residence.

Michelle Latimer was the buzziest Canadian director and showrunner of 2020. Her documentary Inconvenient Indian premiered at TIFF and reaped plaudits and awards. Her series Trickster, based on a novel by Eden Robinson, debuted on the CBC and was slated for a second season. But it all came crashing down in December when a CBC investigation called into question Latimer’s Indigenous identity claims. Why does the Canadian cultural establishment make darlings of figures like Latimer? Ryan McMahon joins Jesse to discuss.  Then documentary filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, who is featured in Inconvenient Indian, considers the ethics and responsibility of storytelling, and why this controversy has been hurtful to so many Indigenous people. And Steven Lonsdale, whose seal hunt Latimer filmed for Inconvenient Indian, explains what he’d like to see done with that footage now that the documentary has been pulled from distribution.   Correction: In this episode, Jesse says that author Eden Robinson has promised to donate all future author royalties from the Trickster books to the Haisla Language Authority. In fact, Robinson has promised to donate future income from the Trickster TV series to the Haisla people. Clarification: In an earlier version of this episode, Jesse said, “The CBC dug in to census records that say Latimer’s grandfather was not Indigenous or Métis, as [Latimer] had claimed, but French-Canadian,” a formulation that erroneously and unintentionally implied that the Métis are not Indigenous. We have amended the episode to remove this implication. This episode is brought to you by the Rotman School of Management, Kilne, Athletic Brewing and Article. Additional music by Audio Network. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health officials have launched a review into allegations that a pregnant Haisla woman lost her baby after not receiving adequate care at a hospital in northwestern British Columbia, in part because she is Indigenous.

Loretta Sarah Todd | BioLoretta Sarah Todd is a visionary leader in Indigenous media, considered a true artist with entrepreneurial energy and deep cultural knowledge. Her first dramatic feature, Monkey Beach, based on the iconic novel by Eden Robinson, recently launched to strong audience and critical response, screening at TIFF (Industry Selects), opening the Vancouver International Film Festival and sweeping the Drama awards at the American Indian and Red Nation Film Festivals in the USA, including Best Film and Best Director. With international awards adding up (Venice Film Awards, 7th Art International Film Festival), Monkey Beach was the #1 Canadian film for 4 weeks at Cineplex and Landmark Theatres. Ms. Todd has directed over 100 projects including award-winning documentaries (Forgotten Warriors, Remembering Chief Dan George, People Go On), digital media and games (My Cree App, Coyote Quest) animation (25 short animations) and TV. Ms. Todd created, produced, wrote and directed children's series (Tansi! Nehiyawetan 1-3, Coyote's Crazy Smart Science 1-3), sci-fi (Skye and Chang) and interactive media (Fierce Girls). She is in development with a new animated children's series called Nitanis & Skylar. Her media work encompasses contributions to the development of Indigenous media, providing opportunities for Indigenous cast, crew and creative, building new spaces for Indigenous production and expression and writing influential scholarly essays on issues of appropriation, representation and Indigenous futurism. Ms. Todd created the Aboriginal Media Lab with the Chief Dan George Centre and Simon Fraser University and was instrumental in the formation of the Aboriginal Arts Centre at the Banff Centre. Recently, she created the IM4 Media Lab, an Indigenous VR/AR/XR Lab, in collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she is the Creative Director. Trailblazing in the development of immersive technologies, Ms. Todd is currently a Fellow to the Inaugural Indigenous Delegation to the Co-Creation Lab at MIT, sponsored by the Indigenous Screen Office. And she is on the Advisory Board to the ONX Studio, a NYC based immersive technology art lab sponsored by the Onassis Foundation and the NEW MUSEUM, plus she was recently invited to be on the board of the Kalediascope Immersive Fund. A respected speaker, she's presented at VIFFImmersed, The Global AR/VR Summit, Kidscreen, Museum of Modern Art – as well the Aboriginal International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, at the United Nations – to name a few. Ms. Todd is an original. She ran away at 13, was homeless and became a teen mother – which changed her life. She went back to school and worked in bakeries, construction, restaurants – to stay off welfare and away from social workers who might take her daughter. Still she managed to become a writer, activist, entrepreneur and an award-winning filmmaker. She is a devotee of world cinema, sci-fi, obscure music, elegant fashion, forests, gardens and Paris – and is an instigator of fusion Indigenous cultural expression. She is also knowledgeable about her culture – creating and producing an award-winning children's series that teaches kids to speak Cree, her father's first language, as well as creating the first Cree language app.Her films have screened at the Sundance Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), American Indian Film Festival (San Francisco), Yamagata Film Festival, ImagineNative, and the Museum of Modern Art, to name just a few. She has received many prestigious honours and awards, including a Rockefeller Fellowship to New York University, attendance to the Sundance Scriptwriter's Lab, Special Jury Citation (TIFF), Mayor's Award for Media Arts (City of Vancouver) and the recent Women of Excellence Award, from the United Nation's WEF Women's Economic Forum. Ms. Todd is Cree/Metis, from St. Paul des Metis, White Fish Lake First Nation and Turtle Mountain Chippewa in North Dakota. MONKEY BEACH TAGLINE: Based on the novel by Eden RobinsonSYNOPSIS: Waking up in her East Van apartment, Lisa (Grace Dove) is served notice by her cousin's ghost (Sera-Lys McArthur), "Your family needs you." Reunited with her Haisla kin in Kitimaat Village, she realizes that she's meant to save her brother, Jimmy, (Joel Oulette) from a tragic fate she's foreseen since childhood. Of course, there's also the matter of contending with the mystical creatures lurking in the nearby woods. And so begins a captivating allegory about learning to coexist with both the ghosts that haunt us and spirits who might enlighten us.In bringing Eden Robinson's beloved novel to the screen, Loretta S. Todd offers us a modern epic underpinned by themes that have long defined heroic journeys. Todd's first feature narrative unfolds through a thrilling array of temporal shifts and stylistic flourishes. A film about reconnection with the land, its denizens and the secrets it holds, Monkey Beach is also a testament to Indigenous women's ability to not just endure trials but emerge from them empowered.Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor?Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar, FX Networks, Netflix, American Horror Story). He teaches you how to create beautiful images using three lighting techniques he has mastered on film sets over his 30+ years in the film industry. Each technique uses basic, low-cost lighting equipment so that anyone can achieve beautiful visuals no matter your projects's budget.Learn film lighting from an ASC cinematographer. If you want to take your cinematography to the next level, this free training will get you there. These videos are available for a limited time, so sign up for instant access. 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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage underresources indigenous communities across the United States, hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa consider the ways our country's Eurocentric obsession with quantification and categorization have fed the marginalization of Native peoples and African Americans alike, and how the historical undercounting of Native populations has led to the COVID crisis our indigenous brothers and sisters are experiencing today. They speak with activist, hip hop artist, and former state house candidate Lyla June about our shared struggles for sovreignty and how Native wisdom informs her environmental justice advocacy. And they honor Native hip hop from various corners of North America, from the boujee stylings of Haisla duo Snotty Noz Rez Kids to a pride in tradition seen in Dreezus' Warpath to the poetic resilience of JB the First Lady's Still Here. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Curious about Indigenous Peoples in Canada? Then join Krystyna and Becke this week with their VERY special guest, Dayna Grant. Dayna is a councillor and executive committee member for the Haisla nation located in Kitamaat, BC. She's also a counselor working with youth on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and soon to be a clinical counselor! Wowza! What a treat! If you have a passion for comfort, comedy, social justice, and self-care then this is the podcast for you.

Grace Dove and Face2Face host David Peck talk about rebuilding Indigenous Identity, truth and authenticity, safe spaces, representation, the wisdom of her ancestors, her new film Monkey Beach and how we just might be able to save each other.TrailerMore info hereSynopsis:Waking up in her East Van apartment nursing another hangover, Lisa (Grace Dove) is served notice by her cousin’s ghost (Sera-Lys McArthur), "Your family needs you." Reunited with her Haisla kin in Kitimaat Village, she realizes that she’s meant to save her brother (Joel Oulette) from a tragic fate she’s foreseen since childhood. Of course, there’s also the matter of contending with the mystical creatures lurking in the nearby woods. And so begins a captivating allegory about learning to coexist with both the ghosts that haunt us and spirits who might enlighten us.In bringing Eden Robinson’s beloved novel to the screen, Loretta S. Todd offers us a modern epic underpinned by themes that have long defined heroic journeys. Todd’s first feature narrative unfolds through a thrilling array of temporal shifts and stylistic flourishes. A film about reconnection with the land, its denizens and the secrets it holds, Monkey Beach is also a testament to Indigenous women’s ability to not just endure trials but emerge from them empowered.About Grace:Grace is a Secwépemc actress based on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.She has embraced a responsibility to lift up her audience and her community. She co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in the Oscar-winning film The Revenant. You can currently watch Grace in the Netflix thriller How It Ends alongside Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker and Theo James. Recently she wrapped up her first leading role in the feature film adaptation of Eden Robinson’s novel Monkey Beach premiering in 2020. Grace just wrapped production on her directorial debut film Kiri and the Dead Girl.When the red carpet is rolled up, and tucked away she facilitates her own youth-empowerment program “Thunderbird Dreams” in communities.Image Copyright and Credit: Grace Dove and Sparrow and Crow Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Loretta Sarah Todd and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Monkey Beach, indigenous storytelling, delicate spaces, narrative anchors, displacement and why it’s in the bones and blood.TrailerMore about the film hereSynopsis:Waking up in her East Van apartment nursing another hangover, Lisa (Grace Dove) is served notice by her cousin’s ghost (Sera-Lys McArthur), "Your family needs you." Reunited with her Haisla kin in Kitimaat Village, she realizes that she’s meant to save her brother (Joel Oulette) from a tragic fate she’s foreseen since childhood. Of course, there’s also the matter of contending with the mystical creatures lurking in the nearby woods. And so begins a captivating allegory about learning to coexist with both the ghosts that haunt us and spirits who might enlighten us.In bringing Eden Robinson’s beloved novel to the screen, Loretta S. Todd offers us a modern epic underpinned by themes that have long defined heroic journeys. Todd’s first feature narrative unfolds through a thrilling array of temporal shifts and stylistic flourishes. A film about reconnection with the land, its denizens and the secrets it holds, Monkey Beach is also a testament to Indigenous women’s ability to not just endure trials but emerge from them empowered.About Sarah:Female. Cree. Metis. White. Writes (been to Sundance Writer's Lab). Directs (many films, lots of festivals). Thinks (essays full of tersely cogent remarks or flamboyantly theoretical analysis). Produces (she understands the labyrinth). Challenges herself and others and makes things happen. And yes, she has many awards and accolades. Known for lyrical, expressionistic imagery combined with strong storytelling skills, Todd tells truths that are haunting, funny and real.Ms. Todd credits include award-winning documentaries, such as Forgotten Warriors, The People Go On and Hands of History, with the NFB of Canada, digital media work and television. She created, produced and directed Tansi! Nehiyawetan, a Cree children’s series on APTN. And, she created MyCree, a Cree language learning app – and which has over 20,000 downloads. Currently she is in production with Season 3 of Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science, the award-winning children’s series about Indigenous science. Ms. Todd was invited to speak at Kidscreen 2019 on the Indigenous Representation: Getting it Right Panel. And Coyote Science was also invited to MIPJr, on a panel on diversity in Canadian children's programming. And she created, produced, wrote and directed Skye and Chang, a martial arts sci-fi mash-up that one Best Drama at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.This fall, Ms. Todd is releasing Monkey Beach, her first feature film based on the iconic Canadian novel by Eden Robinson, And she created Fierce Girls, a webseries and transmedia project for Indigenous girls about Indigenous girl superheroes. She is also in development with a new animated children's series called Nitanis & Skylar.Selected Festivals include: Toronto International Film Festival, American Indian Film Festival, Sundance Festival, Yamagata Documentary Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, Hot Docs, Vancouver Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, etc, etc. Other significant honours for her work include the 2018 Women in Film Artistic Innovation Award, NYU Rockefeller Fellowship, participation at the Sundance Scriptwriter’s Lab, Mayor’s Awards for Media Arts (City of Vancouver), as well as numerous film awards, such as Best History Documentary at Hot Docs Festival, Special Jury Citation at Toronto International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the American Indian Festival, as well as awards from the Chicago Film Festival, Taos Talking Film Festival, Yorkton Film Festival – to name a few.In demand as a writer and lecturer on arts and media, Ms. Todd spoke at the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations, as well as other prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of the American Indian and numerous conferences on Indigenous language to AI and Immersive technology. Her essays appear in many publications from MIT Press to UBC Press.Ms. Todd also initiated organizational change within cultural practice in Canada, helping to develop media training programs, reviewing policy through various committees and creating the IM4 Lab – a VR/AR Lab in collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Recently she was chosen as a Lead Fellow to MIT, through the Indigenous Screen Office.Image Copyright and Credit: Sparrow and Crow Films and Sarah Loretta Todd.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guest today is Pulxaneeks (Pul-ha-neeks), from the Eagle Clan of the Haisla First Nation, a First Nations tribe located on the North West Coast what is now known as British Columbia, Canada. Pulxaneeks is a living, loving result of the coastal Indigenous village that raised her & all that survived in the lineage she was born to. She honours the Elders, Mentors and huge family whose love she is a living result of and the Ancestors whose strength and resilience is flowing through her veins. Her recognition of the responsibility to use her strengths in a meaningful way in contribution to greater change led her to develop “Heart to Heart Indigenous Relations Consultation” based on her unique understanding from walking in two worlds, both Indigenous and Settler cultures. As an unsettled settler on stolen land, I am grateful to consider Pulxaneeks a friend and mentor for me on this path of Practicing Allyship in support of the Indigneous Peoples of Turtle Island, as well as connecting with my own Ancestry and lineage. In our conversation today, we speak of the right use of privilege, the necessity of uncovering your trauma and discovering your gifts, and how every new encounter between indigenous folk and settlers is an opportunity to heal the unresolved pain of first contact, and come back into connection from the heart. Enjoy.

The Snotty Nose Rez Kids, an Indigenous hip-hop duo hailing from the Haisla nation, join us to chop it up about their new EP "Born Deadly", the #ShutDownCanada movement against pipelines and artist life under COVID-19. Like this podcast? Then support us! www.patreon.com/rebelbeatradio Paypal: rebel@ckut.ca Tracklist - Snotty Nose Rez Kids : Real Deadly Warriors Cops with guns are the worst!!! KKKanada Boujee Natives Skoden

Wet’so’weten Protests, blockades, and calls for meaningful reconciliation continue to make headlines and it’s hard to ignore the feeling that we are being pushed and pulled into an increasingly divided Canada. What are the next steps? What is missing as we try to move towards reconciliation for a post-colonial Canada? Briony Penn is an award-winning author and worked most recently with respected First Nations elder, orator and activist Cecil Paul - Wa’xaid by his traditional name -  to write his book Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid. They also are collaborating on Cecil’s biography, Following the Good River, which will be published this May. Cecelia Reekie is Wa’xaid’s eldest daughter and is a Cultural Presenter with the Langley School District working with students from Grades 2-12 in bringing awareness to the true history of Canada.  We sat down with Briony and Cecelia to talk about Cecil’s life, his legacy and, in these turbulent times, how we can learn from his stories and find the path towards reconciliation.

Joann from Tsawwassen Library reviews the Trickster series by British Columbia Haisla author Eden Robinson. The first book in the series, Son of a Trickster, is a CBC Canada Reads 2020 title, while the sequel, Trickster Drift, is the winner of the 2019 BC Book Prize for fiction. Robinson's writing seamlessly weaves traditional Haisla folklore into the lives of her contemporary characters.

Recent pipeline protests and rail blockades were intended to show solidarity with First Nations. But what about the aspirations of those First Nations who support--and depend on--resource development as a means to end poverty and enrich communities? Crystal Smith is the Haisla Chief Councillor and chair of the First Nations LNG Alliance. She discusses the importance of LNG and the Coastal GasLink pipeline to her community: how it is helping the Haisla and neighbouring First Nations support their members with training, jobs, social programs, and programs to preserve traditional culture and language. She also questions why more stories like the Haisla's aren't part of the national discussion on pipelines, Indigenous reconciliation and resource development.

Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia. Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998. Monkey Beach, her first novel, was shortlisted for both The Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction in 2000 and won the BC Book Prize’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her novel Son of a Trickster was shortlisted for The Giller Prize. Her latest novel is its sequel, Trickster Drift. Listen to our new podcast episode with Eden Robinson on ‘Tricksters Forever’ Event Presenting Partner: SFU Library Supporting Partners: SFU Publishing and Hari Sharma Foundation In association with 5x15

We connect with Crystal Smith, she's the Chief Councillor of the Haisla Nation.   She tells us why they support the project, and that they aren't alone.

Thank you again to Robin for commissioning this episode! I just realized that I'm only one episode away from the end of the book, and I'm completely unsure how this can possibly get wrapped up in a satisfactory manner. I'm LOVING this banana-pants book so far, though. I am actually remembering to post all of the links that Robin sent me, and I hope that you all will check them out! Robin, I'm pasting your words to me with the links, hopefully that's okay. "On the topic of North and Central Coast First Nations stories, there really aren't enough good resources out there - but the best printed collection of Haisla stories is actually by Eden Robinson's late uncle, Gordon Robinson. It's available on Smashwords at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/6324Some of the other things mentioned, like ogres, ape men (probably the basis for sasquatch legends in the Pacific Northwest), and cannibals are more Haida, as far as I can tell. This page (which is periodically up and down) was recommended to me by a Coast Salish friend: http://www.native-languages.org/haida-legends.htmAlso, the Wikipedia page for the society that Nana Sophia was implied to be a part of in the first book doesn't look too bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamatsa"Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

“From the Shadow of a Mine to the Shadow of a Smelter - Entanglements of Extraction from Jamaica to British Columbia” and “How finance colonised Aotearoa: A concise counter-history” and “The financialization of American slavery and the mundane political economy of sovereign debt” On April 5-6, 2019 RiVAL was among the hosts of a two-day symposium at the University of Sussex on the topic of "Finance Capital and the Ghosts of Empire" which brought together artists, activists and academics. For more information, visit: http://rival.lakeheadu.ca/ghostsofempire/ In this recording you will hear the following presentations: Nadine King Chambers (University of Central Lancashire) “From the Shadow of a Mine to the Shadow of a Smelter - Entanglements of Extraction from Jamaica to British Columbia.” My post-graduate work as an un-invited Jamaican guest in Indigenous territories in British Columbia examines how bauxite mining in Jamaica is connected to that province. My presentation will be an invitation to consider the neo-colonial cost of the aluminium in the technology with which I research digital archival material. I attend to the history of multinational corporations working  with various colonial nation-states to produce the conditions for how mining in Jamaica (understood as Black geography) was co-constituted with deepening settler colonialism in unceded Indigenous geographies in the 1950s. My approach gathers the works of economist Norman Girvan detailing both the thwarted dream of the bauxite industry to power decolonization as well as the fraught promise of  technology for the Caribbean. My research provides an example of tensions between de/postcolonial studies; but also links how specific Haisla and Jamaican experience with different forms of dispossession for extraction echo in current struggles by Wet'suwet'en, Saik'uz and Stellat'en peoples. Nadine King Chambers was first housed in the shadow of a mine. Her MPhil/PhD research strives to attend to communities on the other side of the story who lived in the shadow of the smelter. Catherine Cumming (University of Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand)) “How finance colonised Aotearoa: A concise counter-history” This paper intervenes in orthodox understandings of Aotearoa’s colonial history in order to elucidate another history that is not widely known. This is a financial history of colonisation which, while implicit in existing accounts, is peripheral and often incidental to the central narrative. Economy goes unexamined as a condition of possibility for the colonial project, while the actions and motives of individuals and states are accorded centrality as key drivers of colonisation and, as such, form the anchoring points of historical narratives. This paper brings to light a counter-history of early colonial Aotearoa in which finance, financial instruments, institutions and practices, were integral means by which colonial emigration and occupation proceeded. What this demonstrates is not simply that finance was a central instrument for and within an overarchingly state-driven colonial project, but actively colonised Aotearoa. Catherine Cumming, of Ngāti Ranginui and Pākehā descent, completed a Masters in Sociology at the University of Auckland in 2018. With roots in critical theory and political economy, her research explores finance capital and financialisation, colonisation, decolonisation, and their intersections. Her paper ‘How Finance Colonised Aotearoa: A Concise Counter-History’ is forthcoming for publication in Wellington-based journal, Counterfutures. John Handel (University of California, Berkeley) “The financialization of American slavery and the mundane political economy of sovereign debt” In 1833, at the same moment that Britain abolished slavery in its empire, Britons once again became slave owners on the London securities market. In the late 1820s and early 1830’s the Baring Brothers worked with planters and bankers in the American South to create state guaranteed sovereign debt bonds that were backed by mortgaged slaves. As investment in the American South accelerated in the 1830s, other firms—most prominently the Rothschild’s—attempted to replicate the same financial instruments used by the Barings in other states across the American South. But these firms did not have the Barings same relationship with planters or network of agents on the ground, and thus their investments were not driven by the value of the underlying assets, but rather on the accumulation of transaction fees and inter-firm competition. Ultimately, the bad loans made by the Rothschild’s to slave states like Mississippi, Florida, and Arkansas culminated in the Panic of 1837 and a massive loss for the firm, but the financial instruments developed to represent mortgaged slaved eventually came to structure other sovereign debt dealings in Europe throughout the 19th century. John Handel is a PhD Candidate in history at the University of California, Berkeley where he specializes in Modern European History. His dissertation is a socio-technical history of the makings of the global financial system as it was first implemented under the aegis of the British Empire during the 19th century.  

  Ep 240 Guest: Suzannah Pierce Headline: LNG Canada and First Nations agreements   When LNG Canada announced its final decision to go ahead with the massive LNG facility in Kitimat, it not only announced the largest industrial project in BC history – it also demonstrated that industry and First Nations can find agreement in energy projects.   The project meets a wide range of objectives that include, but are not limited to, the supply of natural gas to Asia which needs it to replace coal in the production of electricity. Thousands of construction jobs will be created and perhaps the most important component of the project is the model of engagement and agreement between natural resources producers and First Nations.   The Haisla, where the plant will be built, and the elected councils of 20 First Nations that will host the pipeline that will deliver gas from the northeast of the province to the LNG plant in Kitimat had to work together to develop long-term agreements. Chief Crystal Smith of the Haisla says this agreement provides jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs and resources to the community that allow her nation to take control of their destiny.   We invited Suzannah Pierce of LNG Canada to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the opportunity the liquified natural gas project offers to the Haisla and the other partner First Nations, BC and Canada.   Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue presents Conversations That Matter. Join veteran Broadcaster Stuart McNish each week for an important and engaging Conversation about the issues shaping our future. Please become a Patreon subscriber and support the production of this program, with a $1 pledge https://goo.gl/ypXyDs

Welcome to the third episode of First Listen Fridays!  This week we’re back with a track from Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids. With their brand new mixtape right around the corner, MCs Yung Trybez (aka Zazaxsmalis) and Young D (aka Darren Metz) talk to us about making music, life on the rez, and flipping the script on Indigenous stereotypes. You'll also get an exclusive first listen to their scorching new track, Growing Pains, featuring Winnipeg rapper Hellnback.

In this free ranging conversation with artist, poet and playwright, Janet Rogers, I have an opportunity to learn about some of the iconic female artists who've inspired some of Janet's work. We also talk about "feminism" as a concept and a word, and "reconciliation" as a concept and a word, and the notion of land-as-body. We get down and dirty about land, reparations, equality and activism. Also notable (for me, anyway), is how my privileged, possessive, white supremacist language which keeps slipping out – I can't seem to stop myself from referring to everything and everyone as "our", as in, the colonial "our". Ugh. Anyway, I do my best. I receive feedback. I apologize. It still pains me to hear it, though. It's what I suppose they call a "teachable moment" and I appreciate Janet for pointing it out and for being patient. Eden Robinson, mentioned by Janet in this interview, is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations and a prolific author. You can follow Janet on Facebook and purchase her books online at Indigo. In this interview, Janet read from her newest work, Totem Poles and Railroads. Yes, I cried.  

Nick Mount discusses Eden Robinson's debut novel Monkey Beach which was nominated for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award.