Vancouver, BC – January 22nd, 2021 To celebrate the new year and pay homage to the past year we all lived through, AYA Optical has released a new eyewear capsule. The collection launching this week, features designs by celebrated Ojibwe artist Donald Chretien, and raises funds for the Pacific Associatio...
The Ontario government is expanding the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) for eligible programs at Indigenous Institutes starting in the 2020-21 academic year. This financial assistance will help ensure Indigenous learners have access to a culturally responsive and high-quality postsecondary edu...
IndigiMall.net is the First Indigenous Virtual Mall Rising Against Economic Exclusion in Canada Toronto, ON – After the recent allegations concerning Instagram racially targeting Indigenous artists by deleting their business accounts without an explanation, Indigenous people are distraught. According to...
Stay tuned for the New GoodMinds.com Video Web Series! “13 Moons 13 Reads” is launching on January 28th at 10 am. A fantastic lineup of Indigenous authors featured for each Moon. Subscribe to our YouTube to participate! Sign up for the event here: http://bit.ly/3nMBbGC Save the date for #13M...
Nîpin ISBN: 978-1-927410-67-7 $14.95 Nîpin – “It is summer” – introduces children age 5-10 to basic Cree phrases about summer including the hot sun, thunderclouds, little puppies, frogs singing, children picking berries, and other delights of the season. Vivid photos depict real objects for easy identi...
Toronto, ON — ACTRA Toronto is proud to announce Jani Lauzon as its 2021 Award of Excellence recipient. Jani Lauzon (she/her) is a Métis multi-disciplinary artist. She is an award-winning screen actress, a Juno-nominated singer-songwriter, a Gemini Award-winning puppeteer, a multi-award-winning stage ac...
Women’s March Global launches its fifth anniversary mobilisation event online, in place of in-person marches that have been postponed this year due to concerns around Covid-19. The ‘Global Count’ will be one of largest global mapping surveys ever undertaken to establish the cultural, economic and social...
At 12:01 a.m. Monday, January 18, Nunavut Independent Television (NITV) makes history when it launches Canada’s first all-Inuit Inuktut TV channel. Uvagut TV (“Our” TV) will broadcast 168 hours a week of Inuit-produced culture, arts, movies and information programming available nationally to...
“Five years since Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its report and 94 Calls to Action, we need to encourage and support initiatives that are demonstrably making a difference by redressing the past and working to eliminate bias, prejudice, discrimination, racism, and violence against...
Attawapiskat, ON via Winnipeg, MB — Northern Canadian musician Adrian Sutherland is pleased to be releasing Respect the Gift today, an upbeat song of celebration. “Respect the Gift is about using our ‘gifts’ for good, and not taking for granted the everyday freedoms and luxuries we have. There’s never b...
