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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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Government releases advisory council report on finfish aquaculture
April 5, 2018 VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia has released the report that it received from the Minister of Agriculture’s Advisory Council on Finfish Aquaculture (MAACFA). The council worked over the past 18 months to complete the report, which provides strategic, immediate and long-term recommendations. They are grouped into six themes: Salmon farm […]
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Award-winning Tsilhqot’in filmmaker Trevor Mack on his new short film ?Etsu (Grandmother) – National Observer
Trevor Mack, a 25-year-old, award-winning Tsilhqot’in filmmaker released his newest film over the weekend. The innovative, 13-minute short film, shot in the point of view of a young indigenous boy, follows his story after the death of his ʔEtsu (grandmother). The film explores themes of child abuse, and child suicide on reserves. Mack told National […]
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Optimism shines bright at upbeat Juno Awards show in Vancouver – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2018 By David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ It was a night of positivity and resilience at the Juno Awards as the stars of Canadian music focused on celebrating the upsides of life. Host Michael Buble set the tone early on Sunday night by announcing his wife’s third pregnancy _ […]
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Docs Opening in Canada this Week (Mar. 23 – 29) – Point of View Mag
March 23rd, 2018 It’s raining cats and dogs at movies theatres this week! While film buffs looking for drama can settle for prized pooches in Wes Anderson’s zany Isle of Dogs, doc walkers may enjoy some feline follies in Michael McNamara and Aaron Hancox’s loveable Catwalk: Tales from the Catshow Circuit. The documentary adds to […]
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NFB launches “Indigenous Cinema” (#NFBIndigenous) online. Over 200 films by Indigenous creators available for free streaming—including 20 new and recently added titles.
March 21, 2018 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) On March 22, the National Film Board of Canada will launch Indigenous Cinema (#NFBIndigenous), an NFB Web page offering free streaming of more than 200 new and classic titles from its unparalleled collection of films by Indigenous directors—including 20 new and recently added films. Indigenous Cinema has been […]
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NFB launches Indigenous Cinema website with more than 200 films to stream – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2018 The National Film Board of Canada has launched Indigenous Cinema, a website that offers free streaming of more than 200 titles by Indigenous directors. The website is part of the NFB’s three-year Indigenous Action Plan and will also feature playlists and filmmaker biographies. Films available to stream include Mike Kanentakeron […]
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Terese Marie Mailhot: ‘Even if everything is stripped from me I still have my voice’ – The Star
Mailhot speaks about her debut memoir Heart Berries and how she was initially discouraged from writing a memoir March 16, 2018 Terese Marie Mailhot doesn’t own a passport. Travel was an unimaginable luxury growing up impoverished on the Seabird Island Reservation in British Columbia. But now with the runaway critical success of her debut memoir, […]
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Your 2018 Indigenous JUNO Nominees Are… – Digital Drum
Thanks to an epic opening performance (A Tribe Called Red featuring Tanya Tagaq and Black Bear Singers), and a quartet of awards (A Tribe Called Red, William Prince, Quantum Tangle and Buffy Sainte-Marie), the 2017 Juno Awards shone a well-deserved and long-overdue spotlight on the Indigenous music scene in Canada. After the nominee announcements on […]
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Richard Wagamese’s final novel, Starlight, to be released in August 2018 – CBC
Richard Wagamese’s final novel, Starlight, will be published posthumously on Aug. 14, 2018. Wagamese, who died in March 2017, is acclaimed for his body of literature, which explores the Indigenous experience in Canada, particularly the impact of the residential school system. His books include the novels Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, the memoir For Joshua […]
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