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Join CBC Vancouver and celebrate Indigenous performance, art and film- CBC
Jun 02, 2023 Talking Stick Festival | June 1 – July 2 CBC Vancouver is a proud returning exclusive media partner of the 22nd annual Talking Stick Festival, North America’s premier, multidisciplinary Indigenous arts and culture festival running from June 1 to July 2. The vibrant month-long festival celebrates National Indigenous History Month with events […]
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Read MoreFirst Nation says Nanaimo hotel will showcase its culture – Times Colonist
June 2, 2023 Long-awaited nine-storey hotel next to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, majority owned by the Snuneymuxw First Nation, celebrated its grand opening this week The Snuneymuxw First Nation, majority owner of the new Courtyard by Marriott in Nanaimo, celebrated this week the grand opening of the long-awaited nine-storey hotel next to the Vancouver […]
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Read MoreMinister’s statement for Pride 2023 in K-12 education
June 1, 2023 VICTORIA – Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has issued the following statement to mark Pride 2023 and celebrate the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in B.C.’s education system: “The month of June is a time for all in K-12 education throughout B.C. to hear more about Pride month, recognize and celebrate the […]
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Read MoreI Had to Break the Rules’ – The Tyee
Angela Sterritt on ‘Unbroken,’ and seeking justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A Tyee Q&A. Angela Sterritt’s new book Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls blends the narrative of her early life living homeless in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with that of how she came to […]
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Read MoreSecwepemc creator featured on TikTok for National Indigenous History Month – Castanet
Jun 1, 2023 A Kamloops creator has been featured on the first ever TikTok Indigenous Visionary Voices List, which highlights Indigenous people in B.C. making a difference on social media. TikTok has made similar lists for pride month and black history month, but this is the first one created for National Indigenous History Month, which […]
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Read MoreRothenburger: Indigenous veterans memorial sends reassuring message – CFJC Today Kamloops
May 29, 2023 ANYONE TEMPTED to accept the stereotype of indigenous peoples always asking for more from Canada should have been at a ceremony in the Lower Nicola on Sunday. Because let’s face it, some Canadians do think that way. And they think indigenous Canadians have given up on this country. But listening to what […]
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Read MoreTalking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb kicks off National Indigenous History Month on June 1
May 25, 2023 Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents North America’s premiere Indigenous Arts and Culture Festival, featuring film, theatre, visual arts, music, industry series and more Vancouver, B.C. – On June 1, 2023, the 22nd annual Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb celebrates and honours National Indigenous History Month. The highly anticipated festival is […]
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Read MoreFirst Métis Man of Odesa draws from real-life Canada-Ukraine love story, amid COVID and war – Stir
May 24, 2023 Métis playwright and Ukrainian actor recount their harrowing, and often hilarious, journey together at rEvolver Festival MATTHEW MACKENZIE recalls starting to take notes for a play based on his real Ukraine-Alberta love story at about 30,000 feet—on a frantic, mid-pandemic flight that he wasn’t quite sure would take him to his destination. […]
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Read MoreNanaimo Airport Celebrates Indigenous Culture With Connect-With- Canada Contest – Business Examiner
May 24, 2023 NANAIMO – The Nanaimo Airport is offering its 2nd annual Connect with Canada Trip Giveaway contest. This year, YCD is partnering with the Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Indigenous Tourism Alberta, and Spectacular Northwest Territories to offer an immersion in indigenous culture with a 14-night trip giveaway to the Edmonton and Yellowknife area. […]
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Read MoreSecwépemc poet, residential school survivor Garry Gottfriedson says poetry was his ‘saviour’ – CBC
May 23, 2023 ‘Through poetry, I began to speak about things that I was too afraid to share with another human being’ Renowned Secwépemc poet Garry Gottfriedson is set to receive an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in Prince George on May 26. According to the university, […]
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