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Centring Indigenous voices in sports and advocacy: a conversation with Taylor McPherson – The Gateway
From Moose Hide Campaign day to SHED, Taylor McPherson hopes to make spaces more accessible and safe for Indigenous individuals. From bringing Indigenous voices to the forefront of anti-violence advocacy to making sports an accessible place for Indigenous communities, Taylor McPherson hopes to make spaces safer for Indigenous individuals from all walks of life. McPherson, […]
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AHS launching Indigenous healthcare support line – CFWE
May 19th, 2022 The new addition to Alberta’s healthcare system is designed to provide Indigenous people with culturally appropriate care and improve health outcomes. Indigenous residents in Northern Alberta are set to receive a dedicated support line to improve accessibility within the provincial healthcare system. On May 30, the line will be deployed in phases […]
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Student Designs Underrepresented Comic Characters For Practicum Requirement – Lethbridge College
May 18, 2022 Second-year Multimedia Production (MMP) student Hayden Mountain Horse is using her incredible artistic skills to bring conceptual characters to life – a practicum assignment she calls “a perfect fit.” Mountain Horse has been working with Bej’a Christmas, founder and CEO of Anemoia Studios – a production house and talent agency based in […]
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McMurray Métis Festival returns for first time since 2019 – CFWE
May 18th, 2022 The event brings people together to celebrate Métis culture and create a better understanding of the people’s history. An annual cultural celebration is set to make its grand return after a two-year hiatus. On Friday, May 27, McMurray Métis, an organization founded to represent and support the Métis people in Northeastern Alberta, […]
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This video of two Métis hunters being shot in rural Alberta is at the centre of a murder trial – Toronto Star
May 19, 2022 A jury is being asked to decide whether the accused acted in self-defence or intended to kill two Métis hunters. Lawyers on either side are casting the video in very different lights EDMONTON—A jury is being asked to decide whether newly released video footage of two Métis hunters being shot to death […]
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Alberta First Nation reveals findings of human remains near residential school – CBC
WARNING: This video contains distressing details | An Alberta First Nation is asking for support from the federal government in the search for unmarked graves after revealing members had repeatedly found evidence of remains of children near the site of a former residential school. Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2034145859650
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Inspiring Indigenous speaker and former Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller to be granted honorary degree – ULethbridge
Strong and resilient are two terms that barely scratch the surface when describing former Olympic athlete, trauma survivor and inspiring Indigenous speaker Waneek Horn-Miller, who will be presented with a University of Lethbridge honorary degree at Spring 2022 Convocation. A Mohawk woman from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Horn-Miller narrowly survived being stabbed by a Canadian soldier’s […]
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Accused in fatal shooting of Métis hunters in rural Alberta plead not guilty – CBC
May 16, 2022 Jury views video of confrontation on first day of Roger and Anthony Bilodeau 2nd-degree murder trial An Edmonton jury will have to decide if the fatal shooting of two Métis hunters was a deliberate crime or an act of self-defence. In March 2020, Jacob Sansom, 39, and his uncle Maurice Cardinal, 57, […]
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Alberta girl soars in winning performance at one of world’s biggest powwows – CBC
May 15, 2022 Demi Potts, 12, won the junior girls fancy shawl dance at the Gathering of Nations Demi Potts swings her arms, pink shawl sweeping the air and feet flying in time with the fast-paced beat of the drum during her performance of the fancy shawl dance at one of the largest powwows in […]
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Advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous people wants national alert system for Canada – CBC
Washington state brought in a statewide alert system earlier this year Despite the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, a disproportionate number of Indigenous people continue to go missing to this day. Stephanie Harpe, a member of Fort McKay First Nation, 54 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta., believes a national alert system is […]
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