Podcasts about Nipissing First Nation

Brian Francis answers the question of what is a guilty pleasure and gives a book pick to match a few of his favourites; Mirian Njoh talks about Christian Allaire's book and his journey from Nipissing First Nation to the pages of Vogue; Susan Swan, author of Big Girls Don't Cry, answers the Proust Questionnaire; and Amanda Leduc on why her protagonists are talking coyotes on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Big Girls Don't Cry by Susan SwanPaperbacks from Hell by Grady HendrixThe Donut: A Canadian History by Steve PenfoldCue the Sun! by Emily NussbaumFrom the Rez to the Runway by Christian AllaireWild Life by Amanda LeducAnd Then She Fell by Alicia EliottNot Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy FindelyThe White Bone by Barbara Gowdy

Indigenous business leaders in the U.S. and all over the world will now have to adjust to the uncertain effects of President Donald Trump's aggressive new series of tariffs. Economic experts predict some measure of chaos in the short term. It's impossible to predict how the tariffs will play out in the long run, but it will certainly affect everything from the beads used in regalia to groceries to auto sales. Trump insists the new tariffs will put American businesses on a more level playing field and boost the federal government's coffers. We'll hear how Native business experts are responding to the new economic reality. GUESTS Tabatha Bull (Nipissing First Nation), president and CEO of Canadian Council for Indigenous Business John Desjarlais (Cree-Métis), executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network Dante Biss-Grayson (Osage), founder of Sky-Eagle Collection Tally Monteau (Hunkpati Dakota and Chippewa-Cree), program manager for the Native American Development Corporation (NADC) Triia program and beadwork artist Benjamin Haile (Shinnecock), owner of Thunder Island Coffee Roasters

Tabatha Bull is president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business and an Anishinaabe member of Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. Her leadership has earned widespread recognition, including CEO of the Year by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in 2022, one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2023, and a four-time Top 100 Lobbyist in Canada. She also serves on the Prime Minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.

Shayla Praud (Eagle Clan from the Nisga'a Nation), Dominga Robinson (Nakota Jamaican l Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation) and Justin Thompson (Member of Nipissing First Nation), students at the time of recording earlier this year, share their views on Indigenous self-governance. Together, they discuss how Indigenous legal systems and practices contribute to reconciliation efforts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and the responsibilities of the Canadian government and legal community in supporting these efforts; alternatives to courts, in the context where not all Nations or communities may want to or be able to take on the challenge of implementing their own courts; and the example of the community Nipissing FN, which became the first community to enact a Constitution taking power away from the Indian Act as a key governing document. From November 4 to 6, 2024, CIAJ will be holding its second Symposium on Indigenous Justice (November 4-6, 2024 I In person in Calgary, AB – and online) Indigenous Justice System: A Knowledge Sharing Symposium - Join the discussion: https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-programs/symposium-on-indigenous-justice-systems/ 

Laura Couchie is Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Two Spirit from Nipissing First Nation. She's a multidisciplinary artist and Indigenous language revitalizationist living in Dish With One Spoon territory. Her artistic practice has spanned several outlets over her lifetime including; performance (acting, comedy/improv, dance), music and beadwork. Laura has published op-ed pieces tackling issues such as cultural appropriation and "pretendianism". Her book "No Rainbow" was published in 2018, featuring sensual poetry and prose about love, longing and identity that spans earthly, spirit and human form. In 2022 and 2023, Laura had the honour of serving as a Final Juror for The City of Hamilton Arts Awards. Laura worked for many years in the urban Indigenous community and is a passionate advocate and public educator. Laura is in 3rd year of the Bachelor of Arts in Onkwehonwe Language at Six Nations Polytechnic.

Chief Scott McLeod of Nipissing First Nation says his communty and most other First Nations have been disrupted by the process of colonization and are trying to find their way back.This includes what has been described as a crisis – the lack of enforcement of First Nations laws.He told host Richard Perry that so-called "Crown' land, where his people have been sustained for centuries, can no longer continue to be withheld from the true rights holders.Links:Contact Chief McLeod by email: scottm@nfn.caNipissing First Nation website2023 Conference on Enforcing First Nation Laws website for updates and resourcesFirst Nations Land Management Resource Centre website

For all its faults, Twitter is an effective means for sharing and discussing Native issues, culture, language, and business. But for many #NativeTwitter users, the social media platform is increasingly losing its luster after its takeover by Elon Musk. There are fears that un-muzzling far right and white supremacist voices is making it a hotbed of hate speech against people of color. Is that a good reason to leave? Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce reveals the results of our Twitter poll and takes your calls about the platform-in-transition with author Traci Sorell (Cherokee); Dr. Twyla Baker (member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation), president of Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Aylan Couchie (Anishinaabe from the Nipissing First Nation), interdisciplinary artist and writer; and Dr. Emily Haozous (Enrolled Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), research scientist for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.

For all its faults, Twitter is an effective means for sharing and discussing Native issues, culture, language, and business. But for many #NativeTwitter users, the social media platform is increasingly losing its luster after its takeover by Elon Musk. There are fears that un-muzzling far right and white supremacist voices is making it a hotbed of hate speech against people of color. Is that a good reason to leave? Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce reveals the results of our Twitter poll and takes your calls about the platform-in-transition with author Traci Sorell (Cherokee); Dr. Twyla Baker (member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation), president of Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Aylan Couchie (Anishinaabe from the Nipissing First Nation), interdisciplinary artist and writer; and Dr. Emily Haozous (Enrolled Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), research scientist for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.

Andrea Donsky joins me on behalf of New Roots Herbal. Canadians love their supplements spending nearly $80 million dollars every quarter on them, but many of us have no idea how they work once we swallow them. Andrea lays out all the ways you can get your supplements from orally to topically, and how they break down in your body. Sarah Landstreet retired from engineering at the ripe old age of 23 and started a bakery in Northern Ireland to teach herself about business. She then enrolled at the Ivey Business School to complete her MBA before starting Georgette Packaging, a carbon neutral packaging company she runs today. Sarah joins me to share how she's shaking things up in her industry. Anne Brodie brought the goods this week with so many amazing movies and shows newly released we couldn't get to them all. What I can tell you is that you won't want to miss Slow Horses with Gary Oldman or Life & Beth with Amy Schumer on Disney+ but you'll have to stick around for the rest because what a week! Summer is just around the corner and thoughts are turning to summer holidays but not too far from home please. Some of us just aren't ready for that leap yet. Thankfully Le Boat Vacations offers luxury houseboat holidays for around the price of a summer cottage rental. Lisa McLean. Marketing Manager for Le Boat in North America which is based on the UNESCO World Heritage Rideau Canal joins me to share details on this unforgettable summer vacay. Since 2009, Water First has collaborated with over 50 Indigenous communities in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador on a variety of water education and training projects. Bella McLeod is from Nipissing First Nation. A Water First intern training to become a Water Treatment Operator Bella is passionate about spreading awareness of how important it is to take care of this Earth and all her resources. She joins me to share her experience working with Water First. Finally Elke Rubach from Rubach Wealth joins me to discuss planning for retirement around the income gap, which is admittedly something I hadn't thought of before. Women need to plan differently than men to live a comfortable life in retirement and Elke wants to show us how. Social: Andrea Donsky for New Roots Herbal Website: https://newrootsherbal.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newrootsherbal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newrootsherbal/ Sarah Landstreet Website: www.georgettepackaging.com Instagram: Instagram.com/georgettepackaging Facebook: Facebook.com/georgettepackaging Other website: knowyourpackaging.com Le Boat Website: www.leboat.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/leboatvacations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leboatvacations/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leboatvacations/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZNA2oxm2w36UZwRpfJ0tnxNGyYlZT4Dm Water First Website www.waterfirst.ngo Twitter https://twitter.com/waterfirstngo Instagram https://www.instagram.com/waterfirstngo/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/waterfirstngo Elke Rubach Website: https://www.rubachwealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubachwealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubachwealth/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rubachwealth

Bush is back from his skiing trip NHL Tradeline is here Rez Hockey top 5- reasons why your spouse was mad!  With special guest Dan Frawley (Former NHL, AHL'er) of Nipissing First Nation  and much more........

Recently Google Canada announced a $1.5 million commitment to Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) to support Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs across the country. To learn more about the announcement we got the chance to speak to Tabatha Bull. Tabatha is Anishinaabe and a proud member of Nipissing First Nation near North Bay, Ontario. She is the President & CEO of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal businesses to help strengthen a prosperous Indigenous economy and Canadian market. Also, a member of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce board, Tabatha is committed to working with members to improve business competitiveness across all industry sectors. Prior to her current role as CEO, Tabatha joined CCAB in the fall of 2018 as Chief Operating Officer.In this podcast, Tabatha discussed how CCAB attempted to bridge the digital divide with the help of Google Canada's $1.5 million commitment to the (CCAB) to support Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs across the country and what programs and business development offerings CCAB have in place for the growth of indigenous owned businesses.

In the summer of 2021 Blue Fish Canada submitted input on proposed changes to the Lake Nipissing recreational fishing regulations, and in January 2022 the new regs were released. Kim Tremblay is the Lake Nipissing Management Biologist for the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, and our guest on The Blue Fish Radio Show where we discuss the new fishing regs, and the nation-to-nation fisheries collaboration and understanding between the Government of Ontario and Nipissing First Nation. Listen and learn what it takes to juggle competing interests when developing and updating the Lake Nipissing Management Plan. This podcast follows the episode featuring Chief Scott McLeod from Nipissing First Nation.

The Government of Ontario recognizes the Nipissing First Nation's Chi-Naaknigewin (Constitution) and Fisheries Law, a first for Ontario. This recognition supports a new approach to fisheries management and nation-to-nation relationship building. Chief Scott McLeod of Nipissing First Nation is our guest on the Blue Fish Radio Show. Chief McLeod offers a brief historic and legal overview of their fishery, followed by a wide-ranging conversation that explores everything from the spring spear fishery, the catch-and-release recreational fisheries, and the responsibility that comes with modern fishing technologies.

I am joined by Tracy Primeau, a retired Shift Manager at Bruce Power who is now on the Board of Directors at Ontario Power Generation (OPG). She is a member of the Nipissing First Nation, and was the first woman to make her way to Shift Manager from the shop floor. She discusses her first hand perspective as an energy worker while Ontario transitioned from coal to nuclear, and the life quality benefits it brought to both workers and the province broadly. Primeau shares her experience of what it is like working at a nuclear plant and leading company engagement with surrounding communities, especially as an indigenous woman. We discuss the importance of nuclear energy companies engaging towns as collaborators rather than groups merely to be convinced, especially given the deep-rootedness of the “nuclear waste story” in indigenous communities. Finally, we discuss paths forward for nuclear in indigenous communities, developments underway, and the likelihood of meeting stated goals to get indigenous communities in Canada off of diesel by 2030.

Jason Harris was raised in Nipissing First Nation, and his filmmaking journey started as a news intern in February of 2011. In the ten years since then, he has been committed to community growth through documentary filmmaking. Some of his projects have reached certain national audiences and have been a part of nationally relevant campaigns. Today, Jason is looking forward to new projects within the developing networks in North Bay. Connect with Jason on his various social accounts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfJD512SYON6eka2JykvGw https://www.facebook.com/JayMichaelHarris https://twitter.com/Ziibinini https://vimeo.com/ziibinini https://www.instagram.com/ziibinini/ www.ziibinini.ca Please Enjoy! In order to connect and support the artists in our community, @rfpmedia created Richard Fortin Presents: a podcast and video series about the people re-shaping the entertainment industry by making, creating and producing impactful artwork. Directed and Edited by Darren Summersby Connect with Richard Fortin Presents: INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/richardfortinpresents/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/richardfortinpresents BLOG: http://www.rfpmedia.org/richardfortinpresents PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/richardfortinpresents YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcruSPw-t3E8UifSB-VM7A PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/richardfortinpresents EMAIL: info@rfpmedia.org

In this episode co-hosts Sacha Leduc (AC Online) & Sarah Gauen (Inclusion & Diversity Specialist) have a thoughtful and personal conversation with three experts on the experiences and learnings from balancing working in the College system while raising children during a pandemic, and where this experience may drive change for organizational culture in the future. Featuring Dr. Kim De Laat, Mitacs postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at Brock University and The Vanier Institute of the Family on what the newest research is showing; an injection of the Indigenous perspective and beliefs on parenting and children with Marina Westbrook who is Anishinaabe, from the Nipissing First Nation and an AC faculty member; and Patrick Devey Associate Vice-President of Global, Online, and Corporate Learning at Algonquin College, and father to Leyla on his perspectives on parental leave.

A ransomware attack has crippled parts of the provincial healthcare system the past few days. We hear from Greg Nuna of Sheshatshiu and Jessica Connors of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, whose medical procedures were delayed. Every year we hear warnings to look out for candies with things in them, and this year two sisters in Sheshatshiu found nails inside their chocolate. We hear from the older sister Anne Pone today. As world leaders continue to meet in Glasgow to talk climate change at COP26, we find out what message a Labrador environmental NGO will be bringing to the People's Summit, a separate gathering in Glasgow looking to deliver a loud message to world leaders. Roberta Frampton Benefiel of Grand Riverkeeper joins us to talk about it. The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay held a public meeting last night to update residents on the groundwater flooding. We hear what happened at the meeting and speak with Keith Decker, a resident affected by the flooding, and Mayor George Andrews. The tanks for Black Tickle's social enterprise gas station are on the ground in the community. We hear about what's next for this project and what it will mean for the town when we speak with Rich Lewis and Joseph Keefe. Diabetes can be a hard disease to manage but patients say there's a device that makes it easier, the problem is it's not accessible to everyone. Reporter Meg Roberts brings us that story. Finally, we hear about how a teacher from Nipissing First Nation is bringing indigenous mathematics to his students.

This week on Unreserved, Indigenous women who are telling their own stories on big and small screens and breaking barriers for other Indigenous storytellers. Jennifer Podemski took the long way to success in her TV, film and theatre career. Now she wants to make the path easier for others by producing Indigenous-led shows. Her latest TV show, Unsettled, was shot on Nipissing First Nation in northern Ontario and debuted this September on APTN. And Sherry McKay didn't let failure get in the way of her media dream… she simply changed the medium to become a social media star. Mckay goes by the nickname Nish Bish on TikTok. Her following on the video-sharing app sits at 493 thousand and her biggest video has 12 million views. As an Anishinaabe comedian and influencer, Mckay uses the platform to educate and inspire... and to show the world that Indigenous people are so much more than stereotypes.

In episode 247, Kestrel welcomes Christian Allaire, the Fashion and Style Writer at Vogue, to the show. Christian recently released his first book, titled The Power Of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used To Reclaim Cultures. “I think of something like ribbon work in my culture — like every color of the ribbon means something, or maybe it represents someone in your life or like you said, intention is first and foremost. How it looks is important, but why it's there is even more important. And so, I'm drawn to anyone who also approaches design that way.” -Christian As a fashion-obsessed teen, Christian grew up on the Nipissing First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada, scouring magazines or movies for style inspiration. Years later, he realized that so much of his personal aesthetic and attraction to fashion and dressing was influenced by his own community - being Indigenous Ojibwe. From the colors to the garment making process to the deep meaning that can be embedded in clothing, his love of fashion was largely shaped in his early years, and continues to inform his writing today. One of the chapters of Christian's new book — The Power Of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used To Reclaim Cultures — is focused on “Sewing Tradition”, and he explores some of the history and meaning behind ribbon work, a tradition connected to his own family's roots. Throughout the conversation, we touch a great deal on his experience having his own ribbon shirt made as an adult, and the layers of meaning literally built into that design. But in Christian's new book, he also explores beyond his own heritage, highlighting and connecting with an array of communities who are all using fashion and beauty to reclaim their culture. Quotes & links from the conversation: “I really just kind of understood more so why cultural clothing or Indigenous design is so important to keep up — it's up to us to continue these traditions, because no one else will. And so, yes I got a beautiful shirt out of it, but I think it was about way more than that for me.” -Christian Jamie Okuma, Indigenous designer Christian mentions Mobilize, Indigenous designer Christian mentions Tania Larsson, Indigenous designer Christian mentions Warren Steven Scott, Indigenous designer Christian mentions Keri Ataumbi, Indigenous designer Christian mentions Korina Emmerich, Indigenous designer Christian mentions “5 Shoe Lovers on Where They Shop for Heels, and Why Wearing Them Is Empowering”, article by Christian for Vogue that is mentioned Christian's book Power Of Style How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used To Reclaim Cultures > Follow Christian on Instagram > This week's episode is brought to you by For Days — they call themselves the “first closed loop clothing brand” and are dedicated to building a better, waste-free future. If you're interested in checking out For Days, you can use code CHATTER15 to get 15% off. Learn more and shop at For Days.com

This week... the story of a Nipissing First Nation man recovering from COVID-19, the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation comes out against bailing out Laurentian University, the price of lumber skyrockets, a young entrepreneur makes pizzas in Azilda, a message found in a bottle on Manitoulin Island, and a history lesson about multi-millionaire Sir Harry Oakes.

"We've been working really hard with the government of Canada on meeting their 5% target of procurement from Indigenous business. We did some work with them to look at where they spent their money and compared that to Indigenous businesses in Canada and found that Indigenous businesses could actually serve 24% of the government spend. So 5% is a minimum target. It is definitely achievable." Tabatha Bull is the President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. She joins National Chief Bellegarde to talk about challenges facing First Nations businesses in the pandemic, her thoughts on what the Federal Budget means for First Nations entrepreneurs, the importance of getting more First Nations leaders on corporate boards in Canada, and the impressive work of First Nations in developing green energy projects. Tabatha Bull is a proud member of the Nipissing First Nation in Northern Ontario. As well as being President and CEO of the CCAB, she is also a board member of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and sits as a member on both the Positive Energy Advisory Council and the C.D. Howe Institute's Energy Policy program. An electrical engineer, she is a graduate from the University of Waterloo. To learn more about the CCAB, visit their website: https://www.ccab.com/ And for more on the work of the Assembly of First Nations visit: AFN.ca The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music, Intertribal, is by the Red Dog Singers from Treaty 4 Territory in Southern Saskatchewan.      

Research has revealed despite a steady growth in recent years, Canadian businesses owned by Indigenous women already up against systemic barriers have fallen prey to COVID. Tabatha Bull, an Anishinaabe woman from Nipissing First Nation and the president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, joins “This Matters” host Saba Eitizaz to speak about how we level the playing field for Indigenous women in business and why it is essential for Canada’s economy to do so.

Richard speaks with long-standing Land Advisory Board member and former Chief of Nipissing First Nation, Phil Goulais. Phil was a part of the creation of the Framework Agreement and championed one of the earliest at Nipissing. Having been involved from the beginning, Phil is confident that the youth will carry on the great work of self-government, and that Framework Agreement communities' tendency to help each other out is one of the greatest strengths of the land code process.SHOW NOTES:1:03   The meeting in Hull, Quebec that led Nipissing to pursue the framework agreement.3:10   Important work to acknowledge the inherent right to manage lands and resources. Doing away with 'delegated authority' under federal legislation.4:42   Biggest issue in the north is the loss of youth. New opportunities from land code help bring them home.6:35   His experience in a small home compared to the new size of family homes today in residential developments.7:32   He is encouraged by youth today and their understanding of the value of land code.10:00   Describes community size and demographics. Senior population is growing and needs more services.12:15   Employment has skyrocketed since the 1970s. Funding for new social, cultural and educational programs. Nipissing also settled the Boundary Land Claim.14:25   Phil expresses his pride in resource centre staff, band staff, chiefs and councils for being willing to help at a moment's notice.15:59   Confident that youth will work hard to eliminate further sections of the Indian Act and move to full self-governance.17:30   How the band lost 16 business opportunities due to Indian Act delays.19:10   There is a move afoot to repeal the Land Management Act to remove impediments. "There is enough teeth in the Framework Agreement."21:43   Describes funding available to communities for each step in the land code process.23:13   Communities need strong committees for land code management, including managing other laws that are enacted.24:30   Tribal Council are great at word-of-mouth promotion of benefits/challenges of land code. Lots of money going into the economy, as cited by KPMG study. (see link below)27:25   Great pride in 25th anniversary...starting with 13 communities in 1996 to almost 100.LINKS:Nipissing First NationFramework Agreement on First Nations Land ManagementFirst Nations Land Management Resource CentreKPMG Benefits (2014) on First Nations Land Management

What does economic reconciliation look like? This week on the CEO Series, Karl Moore of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management speaks with Tabatha Bull, President & CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business to discuss Indigenous business in Canada. A proud member of Nipissing First Nation, Bull took over the CCAB at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and has led the organization through a new phase of business leadership entirely from home since March.

Preceded by Mapping the Interior and followed up by My Heart is a Chainsaw. There could be short works in between these as he is sometimes found between the pages of Datlow anthologies and literary quarterlies. The first thing I read by him stopped me in my tracks: 'Father, Son, Holy Rabbit' found in The New Black : https://amzn.to/2N2KWUA Find your copy of The Only Good Indians here : https://amzn.to/3i8T94U http://columbiajournal.org/on-being-a-good-indian-an-interview-with-stephen-graham-jones/ 4.5/5 - While not entirely a cover to cover love affair for me, it was a page-turner in that I was invested in the characters. All of them. From the mysterious to the dead. There were moments I felt I was reading a point-form note of what the author intended to write for the next page. I enjoy the curt and introspective style Jones uses but these few spots left me wanting. It is customary in Ottawa to acknowledge that while filming this video I was standing on unceded Algonquin, Anishinabek territory ~ with regards as ever to my Nipissing First Nation, Eagle Village First Nation, and Temagami First Nation Bear Island friends. For more on the Reconciliation here in Canada, meet Garnet: https://garnetsjourney.com/ I can earn when you shop on Amazon ✮ Music by aenorex ✮ ✮ Subscribe ✮ ------------------- Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks. Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show! If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show. Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

We are living in unprecedented times, and small businesses in Canada are feeling the impact. We at CanadianSME want to make sure small businesses are equipped with the right knowledge and tools and are prepared for the new normal.Recently we had a chance to chat with Tabatha BULL, President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.Tabatha is Anishinaabe and a proud member of Nipissing First Nation near North Bay, Ontario. She is the President & CEO of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal businesses to help strengthen a prosperous Indigenous economy and Canadian market. Also, a member of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce board, Tabatha is committed to working with members to improve business competitiveness across all industry sectors. Prior to her current role as CEO, Tabatha joined CCAB in the fall of 2018 as Chief Operating Officer.Tabatha, an electrical engineer from the University of Waterloo, led the First Nations and Métis Relations team at the IESO, Ontario's electricity system operator. Supporting and advising Canada's energy sector, academics and organizations to ensure a collaborative approach with Indigenous leaders, communities, heads of industry and government, Tabatha sits as a member on both the Positive Energy Advisory Council and the C.D. Howe Institute's Energy Policy program.The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) positions Aboriginal business at the focal point for strengthening Aboriginal communities, promoting progressive and prosperous relationships, and growing a new economy based on mutual respect and shared prosperity.CCAB provides an array of business development offerings, including certification for Aboriginal-owned businesses (CAB) and companies with Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR). TFAB (Tools and Financing for Aboriginal Business) connects Aboriginal entrepreneurs with tools, training and networks to strengthen and scale their businesses.CCAB builds bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples, businesses, and communities through diverse programming, providing tools, training, network building, major business awards, and national events.Today we are discussing the changes that happened since the pandemic arrive, some of the initiatives that the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has put in place to help small businesses during these challenging times challenges that Aboriginal Businesses will face post-COVID and her advice to entrepreneurs.

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Nathalie Pambrun, President, Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM).   Although she has worked as a midwife in urban, rural and remote communities across Canada and internationally, and sat on both the NACM (Nation Aboriginal Council of Midwives) and CAM boards before becoming President, Nathalie Pambrun emphasizes that none of us is a born leader. Finding our voice means connecting with our passion and purpose – something Nathalie says comes naturally to midwives! For her, articulating a vision for healthcare that’s inclusive of all people means remembering where we come from and always being aware of the voices you’re not hearing.   Key Takeaways: [1:03] Nathalie explains the history of CAM and NACM and how they work together [1:51] Does Nathalie struggle with leading CAM and continuing to serve the needs of Indigenous midwives? [4:35] The transformation and change that resulted from the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative [6:39] What Nathalie took from her Indigenous roots [7:30] How Nathalie was called to being a midwife [12:15] The impact of seeing maternal and child health on another continent [14:20Why Nathalie makes it a point to reach out and be aware of the voices she’s not hearing [16:50] The need for true leadership in our country [18:10] Why it’s important to look back and remind ourselves of how we got here [19:21] The ‘gift’ in the HIROC-CAM relationship [20:49] None of us is a born leader, but midwives need to articulate their passion and bring themselves to the table [22:08] How association work has pulled Nathalie out of her day-to-day struggles and focussed her ‘angry, feisty’ side on something constructive [23:11] All members should know that CAM is a safe place to have difficult conversations, explore topics together, and to be represented   Mentioned in this Episode: National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM) Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Carol Couchie (K’Tigaaning Midwives in Nipissing First Nation, Ont.) Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative Mohawk Council of Akwesasne   Read More Interviews with Healthcare Leaders at HIROC.com/podcast Follow us on Twitter, and listen on iTunes. Email us at Communications@HIROC.com.  

Katrina Srigley is associate professor in the Department of History at Nipissing University in North Bay, Canada. Author of the award-winning monograph Breadwinning Daughters: Young Working-Women in a Depression Era City (University of Toronto, 2010), Srigley’s scholarship forefronts women’s collective and individual experiences and explores the dynamics of memory making and storytelling. Her Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded research developed in partnership with Nipissing First Nation picks up the themes of storytelling and engaged practice. Franca Iacovetta is a Canadian feminist historian of women and gender, the immigrant working classes, and the Cold War in Canada and a transnational scholar of Italian women workers and radical antifascist exiles around the globe. Her accomplishments include her award-winning scholarship, her mentoring of students, and her outreach to women, working-class, and multicultural communities. An activist historian, she is a co-founder of the Canadian Workers Arts and Heritage Centre and has been involved in various film projects, including, most recently, a documentary on wartime internment. She is president of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and host of the upcoming Berkshire Conference in Women’s History at UofT in 2014. Beyond Women's Words: Feminisms and the Practices of Oral History in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Katrina Srigley, Stacey Zembrzycki, and Franca Iacovetta Beyond Women’s Words unites feminist scholars, artists, and community activists working with the stories of women and other historically marginalized subjects to address the contributions and challenges of doing feminist oral history. Feminists who work with oral history methods want to tell stories that matter. They know, too, that the telling of those stories—the processes by which they are generated and recorded, and the different contexts in which they are shared and interpreted—also matters—a lot. Using Sherna Berger Gluckand Daphne Patai’s classic text, Women’s Words, as a platform to reflect on how feminisms, broadly defined, have influenced, and continue to influence, the wider field of oral history, this remarkable collection brings together an international, multi-generational, and multidisciplinary line-up of authors whose work highlights the great variety in understandings of, and approaches to, feminist oral histories. Through five thematic sections, the volume considers Indigenous modes of storytelling, feminism in diverse locales around the globe, different theoretical approaches, oral history as performance, digital oral history, and oral history as community-engagement. Beyond Women’s Words is ideal for students of oral history, anthropology, public history, women’s and gender history, and Women’s and Gender Studies, as well as activists, artists, and community-engaged practitioners. More about the book: https://bit.ly/2ybNt6Q

Judith is a playwright, director, actor and professor of theatre at the University of Guelph, and the Artistic Director of RARE Theatre Company. She is the author of 15 published plays, many of which are performed all over the world. They include The Crackwalker, Lion in the Streets, Perfect Pie, and Palace of the End. Her play Who Killed Snow White will premiere at the 4th Line Theatre in August, 2018. She has directed and co-created four plays with artists with exceptionalities including Body and Soul, Sick, RARE, and Borne Most recently, she wrote the play Wildfire specifically for 7 performers with Down syndrome, all of whom had appeared in Rare. She wrote two feature films, Perfect Pie and Lost and Delirious, several TV movies and many radio plays. She has twice won the Governor General's award for playwriting, as well as the Toronto Arts Award, a Dora Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and the Amnesty International Award for Freedom of Expression. She is honoured to have the privilege of collaborating with performers with exceptionalities.Welcome to my Underworld In Soulpepper’s fifth partnership with RARE Theatre Company, Canadian theatre pioneer and two-time Governor General award-winner Judith Thompson directs and dramaturges the World Premiere of Welcome to my Underworld, taking the Tank House theatre stage by storm from May 9th to May 25th, 2019 with a preview performance at 8pm on May 8th.In Soulpepper’s fifth partnership with RARE Theatre Company, Canadian theatre pioneer and two-time Governor General award-winner Judith Thompson directs and dramaturges the World Premiere of Welcome to my Underworld, taking the Tank House theatre stage by storm from May 9th to May 25th, 2019 with a preview performance at 8pm on May 8th.Welcome to my Underworld is a beautiful odyssey that erupts with heightened, illusory and playful language, as it follows Willow, a 10-year-old girl, as she gracefully weaves from one unique story to the next in search of her truest self.Nine blazing hot works written and performed by new Canadian dramatists have been woven into one spectacular play. Each playwright brings their own gate-crashing ideas and compelling characters who have never been seen on our stages until now.“What I love about RARE is that our plays cut through the artifice of so much common theatre, they aren’t ripped from the headlines but they do hold a mirror up to our society” says RARE Theatre’s Executive Director, Nick Hutcheson.Join the riveting performers Bilal Baig, Nikoletta Erdelyi, Radha S. Menon, Grace Thompson, Maddie Bautista, Samson Brown and Carolyn Hetherington as they dive fearlessly into their particular Underworld. What each piece has is the joyous discovery of a unique self, whether it be gender fluid, queer, proudly disabled and Roma, non-human, wounded, or an elder; in the face of social oppression they are unafraid to roar: This is Me. I am Here. Deal with It.Accompanying director Judith Thompson on this journey is Irish and Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation composer, Olivia Shortt, award-winning choreographer, Monica Dotter, and set designer, Brett Haynes. RARE Theatre is thrilled to welcome emerging lighting designer, Sharmylae Taffe-Fletcher to the RARE family.“I am beyond honoured to be collaborating with these nine superb emerging playwrights; as a playwright myself I was lucky enough to ride on the crest of the wave of Canadian nationalism in the early eighties, and to see that work valued not only in Canada but all over the world. Now it is my privilege to present to you the theatrical voices of Canada now; voices that will change the way we see this country and ourselves.” says RARE Theatre’s Artistic Director, Judith Thompson.With humour, honesty, rich writing and dynamic performances by an all-star cast of emerging and seasoned Canadian artists, Welcome to my Underworld is a theatrical experience that will thrill and entertain.RARE Theatre Company and Soulpepper Theatre Company presentWelcome to my Underworld Written by Bilal Baig, Maddie Bautista, Samson Brown, Simone Dalton, Nikoletta Erdelyi, Carolyn Hetherington, Ellen Ringler, Radha S. Menon and Grace ThompsonDramaturged and Directed by Judith Thompson May 8 – 25, 2019 Starring Bilal Baig, Maddie Bautista, Samson Brown, Nikoletta Erdelyi, Carolyn Hetherington, Radha S. Menon and Grace ThompsonChoreography by Monica DottorMusic by Olivia ShorttSet Design by Brett HaynesLighting Design by Sharmylae Taffe-FletcherStage Management by Jenna Borsato Tankhouse Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts 50 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4www.raretheatre.org Twitter: @rare_theatre Instagram: raretheatre

Racialized people pay a personal and collective cost for the constant pushing back against settler colonialism. It burns us out. But what we we doing it for? What is growing beneath the fires of activism? Aylan Couchie is an Anishinaabekwe interdisciplinary artist and writer hailing from Nipissing First Nation. She is a NSCAD University alumna and received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design at OCAD University in where she focused her thesis on reconciliation and its relationship to monument and public art. Her written, gallery and public works explore the intersections of colonial/First Nations histories of place, culture and Indigenous erasure as well as issues of (mis)representation and cultural appropriation. bio from https://aylan-couchie.com/

Material Witness is a play about violence and healing, co-produced by New York-based Spiderwoman Theatre and Aanmitaagzi, an Indigenous arts company from Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. We speak with Sid Bobb, assistant director of Material Witness.

Material Witness is a play about violence and healing, co-produced by New York-based Spiderwoman Theatre and Aanmitaagzi, an Indigenous arts company from Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. We speak with Sid Bobb, assistant director of Material Witness.

DEEKAST #16 @2oolman (Tim Hill) is an amazing hip-hop producer and one of my biggest influences. I caught up with him in Toronto after a set with his group A Tribe Called Red at George Strombo's house to chat about the group, his journey making beats and the current political climate. A Tribe Called Red is a Canadian electronic music group, who blend instrumental hip hop, reggae, moombahton and dubstep-influenced dance music with elements of First Nations music, particularly vocal chanting and drumming. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, the group consists of three DJs: Ian "DJ NDN" Campeau (of the Nipissing First Nation), Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk, of the Six Nations of the Grand River), and Bear Witness (of the Cayuga First Nation). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

In this episode of Red Man Laughing we have the honour to take you to Nipissing First Nation to look their community building efforts using storytelling, land based community knowledge and some old fashioned face to face chit chat.