On a recent summer trip to North Vancouver, I spent a morning at Polygon Gallery, which is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Not only did I get to see the Patkau Architects striking building i...
This year’s 60th annual Venice Art Biennale marked the first-ever solo exhibition of an Indigenous artist from Turtle Island. Jeffrey Gibson, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, transformed the American pavilion with his unabashed array of colours. Curated by Kat...
The farewell season of Moosemeat & Marmalade airs on APTN. Photo Credit: Dean Azim APTN’s much-loved food docuseries “Moosemeat & Marmalade” has come to an end after seven seasons. Since its debut in 2015, the Leo award-winning show produced more than 90 episodes, exploring communities from acro...
Mi’kmaw-settler author Amanda Peter’s first book, The Berry Pickers (Harper 2024) was a critically acclaimed bestseller in Canada, and was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, and was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction P...
The world of Coyote and Crow starts with a question; what if the colonization of the Americas never happened? It’s a world where societies and cultures were able to change and grow along their own trajectories. Technology has advanced to dazzling heights and in new directions that Indigenous peoples of...
Our stories are written and reflected in our bodies. Our DNA, our memories, and our somatic experiences are a setting as vital as the external world through which we navigate. In Cree poet Dallas Hunt’s second collection Teeth, the titular body parts are pieces of autobiography that erupt from those pla...
Feature Image: Photo by Cody Turner At 71 years old, there isn’t a day that passes where Mi’kmaw artist Alan Syliboy isn’t engaged in the process of creation. He keeps the creative taps flowing like a river, which continues to take him many places, and offer many lessons just like his song “The Dream Ca...
Featured Image: TVOKids Host Taviss Edwards courtesy of Fifth Ground Entertainment In the lush green forest of Harrison Park, Owen Sound, Anishinaabe chef Zach Keeshig shows 10-year-old Taviss Edwards how to pick cedar tree leaves, which Indigenous peoples use to make tea. Keeshig smiles as he recalls h...
Feature Image Courtesy of Rezolution Pictures F3M Much like how breaking a fever can signify healing, the title of Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge’s latest documentary, Red Fever, hints at both challenge and transformation. Premiering at Toronto’s 2024 Hot Docs Festival, the film de...
Douglas Walbourne-Gough is a poet and mixed/adopted status member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation from Elmastukwek, which is colonially known as the Bay of Islands in western Ktaqmkuk/Newfoundland. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia Okanagan and a PhD in Engli...
