At the World Economic Forum last week, Prime Minister Harper said that it is a “national priority” for Canada to begin diversifying our trade relationships, i.e. begin exporting oil to thirsty Asian markets. Along with chastising Europe for their egregious financial management and evangelizing about free trade, the underlying message of his bravado was synopsized [...]
The Joint Review Panel’s decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal will reverberate in Canada’s resource policy far into the future. The debate symbolizes a collision of competing paradigms of resource development, each vying for dominance in the collective Canadian conscious. But in the grandiosity of this national conversation, one question has been lost: if [...]
Christie Lee Charles sings her baby girl to sleep every night. Unlike the usual mom, she does it in a language only a handful of people in the world know. Charles, 27, speaks the Musqueam dialect of the Coast Salish First Nations language family. She learned the language at the feet of her great-uncle and [...]
Apr 5 2011 | Posted in
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Dennis Rose and Chris Turo sit on foldable chairs outside Robson Street’s designer shops in downtown Vancouver nearly every day, selling their art on the sidewalk. They carve wooden feathers and watch shoppers stroll by, arms draped with shopping bags that hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree. Wood chippings typically collect at their feet. [...]
Dec 7 2009 | Posted in
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Redwire Magazine, Canada’s first magazine for Native youth, is getting re-wired. The Vancouver-based publication stopped publishing in March because of funding cuts after 12 years in print. It is now moving to a solely digital product, said Marika Swan, manager and media society member of Redwire. The decision was forced when the group did not [...]
This very morning, Obama is assuming presidency of the USA. For Canadians, every earthquake south of our border has ripples up here in what Jon Stewart calls the attic and this man taking presidency is certainly a major event. Two weeks ago, a group of First Nations chiefs rode on horseback to Washington D.C. to [...]
The Vancouver International Airport, home to some of Canada’s greatest aboriginal art and a multi-million-dollar First Nations art collection, says it wants more controversial artists. It just doesn’t want their controversial work. This is the view of Rita Beiks, the curator of the renowned collection and the person charged with selecting artists whose work will [...]
Nov 23 2008 | Posted in
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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is critical of aboriginal leaders like those of the Four Host First Nation who partner with provincial and federal government to make BC First Nations an integral part of the 2010 Olympics. He is a strong advocate for aboriginal self-governance and favours a Canadian republic over the monarchical confederation. His giant canvases [...]
Nov 23 2008 | Posted in
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By Jodie Martinson Amanda Miller says she doesn’t look First Nations. But her mother is. Not appearing native has given Miller an uncensored understanding of what some white people really think. Miller was raised mostly by her father, who is white. She didn’t identify as First Nations until she was 19 and took a history [...]
Oct 6 2008 | Posted in
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