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On-Air Team Announced for CityNews Vancouver, Launching Sept. 3
– Ashley Burr, Kyle Donaldson, Travis Prasad, Isabelle Raghem, Tom Walsh and David Zura make up the on-air CityNews Vancouver team – – Local residents will be kept up-to-date on the biggest headlines of the day with one-hour newscasts, broadcast seven days a week at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. PT – – CityNews teams […]
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For Iskwé, anger energizes the fight for social justice – Straight.com
July 11th, 2018 Although she works with sounds that are far removed from conventional notions of folk music, there’s a good reason why the Cree-Dene-Irish EDM producer and singer known as Iskwé is going to find herself at Jericho Beach Park this weekend: as folk performers have always done, she frequently concerns herself with the […]
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Jarrett Martineau’s Confluence brings interculturalism to Indian Summer minus the messy soup of fusion – The Georgia Straight
South Asian and Indigenous people share several things in common in B.C. history. Both endured severe repression and family separation. Both were denied the right to vote for decades into the 20th century. Pioneers from India were legally prevented from bringing South Asian family members into Canada and prohibited from entering the professions. First Nations […]
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How a new wave of Indigenous cinema is changing the narrative of Canada – CBC
Indigenous filmmakers keen to tell fresh stories themselves, but funding still hard to come by Jun 21, 2018 It’s being called the “new wave” of Indigenous cinema. Indigenous filmmakers got a boost in 2018 with the creation of the Indigenous Screen Office, an organization helping Indigenous media makers develop their content. The National Film Board […]
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Darrell Dennis: Tommy Orange’s debut novel There There ‘epitomizes the new voice of Indigenous writers’ – CBC
June is Indigenous Book Club Month and National Indigenous History Month in Canada. To celebrate, CBC Books is asking Indigenous artists, community leaders and advocates to share their favourite #IndigenousReads. First Nations comedian, actor and screenwriter Darrell Dennis chose There There by Tommy Orange. Dennis is the 2018 co-host of the Indspire Awards, an event […]
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9 beautiful children’s books by Indigenous writers to read – CBC Radio
June is Indigenous Book Club Month and National Indigenous History Month in Canada. To mark this occasion, Métis writer Cherie Dimaline curated this list of nine children’s books by Indigenous writers and artists that are worth checking out. Nicola I. Campbell is a powerful storyteller (you should go to a reading, trust me) and a […]
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Fierce Girls web series empowers Indigenous girls – Westman Journal
From New Zealand to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, teenage superheroes provide alternative narrative Like many web series created with kids in mind, Fierce Girls wants its young viewers to embrace their inner superheroes. Unlike most series, however, it employees a distinctly Indigenous approach that runs counter to Hollywood ideas around superheroes, according to Fierce Girls’ lead […]
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Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend – Inside Vancouver Blog
June 7, 2018 Contemporary takes on classics is what it’s all about this weekend. For performance, there’s the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival. In art, there’s an exhibition of Indigenous tattoo artists reclaiming traditional techniques. For food and music, head to Italian Day on The Drive. Even cheese gets a new take with a […]
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7th Annual BREAKTHROUGHS FILM FESTIVAL
SHOWCASING SHORT FILMS BY EMERGING WOMEN FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE June 15 & 16, 2017 – The Royal Cinema – 608 College St. Doors Open – 7:00PM Screenings Start – 7:30PM $12 one night | $20 for two night festival pass Tickets Available For Purchase Here BREAKTHROUGHS FILM FESTIVAL has been working tirelessly towards its vision of an industry that […]
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The Firehall Arts Centre Presents Sheldon Elter’s Métis Mutt – My VanCity
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present Sheldon Elter’s Métis Mutt from Wednesday, April 25 to Saturday, May 5, 2018. Written and performed by Métis actor, writer, stand-up comic, musician and director Sheldon Elter, Métis Mutt recounts the story of Sheldon’s coming of age under extremely difficult family and cultural circumstances. The child of […]
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