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City of Victoria – Call to Artists: Summer Banner Program Now Open
January 4, 2023 Summer Banner Program Local digital artists and designers are invited to apply to showcase their work through the City of Victoria Summer Banner program. The successful applicant from the Capital Region, including the Southern Gulf Islands and First Nations, will have the opportunity to have their original art displayed on banners for the summer of 2023 and 2024. The artist will receive a fee of $2,000. The summer […]
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Read MoreMNBC Recognizes the first-ever National Ribbon Skirt Day
January 4, 2023 Today MNBC recognizes the first-ever National Ribbon Skirt Day. On January 4, 2021, 10-year old Isabella Kulak, a member of the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan showed up at school with local community members wearing ribbon skirts after Isabella was shamed for wearing a ribbon skirt at her school in December 2020. […]
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Read MoreDecade of Indigenous Languages kicks off in Paris – New West Record
“I know that (children) live in a time where the colonizer’s language is so dominant in everything we do. It’s a real challenge for our young people to not just learn, but to use our languages,” says Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams (Lil̓wat7úl) is at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, celebrating the formal […]
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Read MoreFun and Festivity at the TNDC 2022 Community Christmas Party
16 Dec, 2022 It’s a wrap! Thanks to record business partner sponsorship, industry provisions and community contributions, the 22nd Annual TNDC Community Christmas Party, held December 11th in Dease Lake, was a smashing success. In addition to food, games, prizes and gifts for all children and youth who attended, this year’s event included Ugly Sweater […]
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Read MoreProvince supports inclusive, diverse arts sector with $2.7 million
Dec. 15, 2022 VICTORIA – More than 250 artists and arts organizations throughout B.C. are benefiting from over $2.7 million in BC Arts Council (BCAC) grants to support a more inclusive and diverse arts sector. “These grants are an important part of increasing access to arts funding for a broader range of organizations and individual artists,” […]
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Read MoreDealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada – Global News
December 14, 2022 It’s early spring on the South Coast of B.C. – not exactly swimming weather. But some “citizen scientists” are taking the plunge: snorkeling in the frigid waters of Howe Sound, or Átl’ḵa7tsem (pronounced ‘Atkatsim’ in the Squamish language). They’re looking for a minuscule but all-important fish – herring. The presence of herring […]
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Read MoreFNLC pleased BC Court of Appeal upholds decision that demonstration of Indigenous ceremonies in schools, does not infringe on religious freedoms
December 13, 2022 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is pleased that the BC Court of Appeal (BCCA) has upheld the BC Supreme Court decision in Servatius v. Alberni School District No. 70 – and intervenor Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. In the case, the mother of two of […]
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Read MoreVancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Returns + More Fashion News – FASHION Magazine
Date December 9, 2022 Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is back After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the goal for Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week’s (VIFW) return was not only to showcase beautiful designs, but to recognize Indigenous communities as triumphant. “For the Indigenous community, the last two years [have] been marked by grief,” explains Joleen Mitton, founder and […]
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Read More5 seasonally spectacular Indigenous businesses around Nanaimo – The Discourse.
December 6, 2022 Ay Lelum’s pop-up Christmas market will feature Nanaimo-region favourites. This gifting season, don’t miss these local Indigenous businesses. Shopping local has become a regular holiday call, a way to show the talented artists and entrepreneurs in your area some extra love. Pop-up markets and small business networks are eager to share spaces […]
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Read MoreVan Vogue Jam teams up with Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week for blowout Supernatural Kiki Ball, December 2 – Stir
December 2, 2022 Expect runway divas, vogue battles, and competitions for grand cash prizes Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week and Van Vogue Jam present Supernatural Kiki Ball on December 2 at Performance Works VANCOUVER INDIGENOUS Fashion Week is closing its weeklong event with a fashion dance extravaganza. Founded by dance artist Ralph Escamillan,Van Vogue Jam is […]
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