Outside Online • 10th May 2021

Why CEO David Epp Created Scout Trailers

The Pacific Northwest’s wet climate got David Epp thinking about what rain does to a camp trailer’s longevity. He grew up in British Columbia and now runs a family business there—Adventure Manufacturing—that’s been building RVs for more than 50 years.

VICE News • 7th May 2021

Instagram Stories About Violence Against Indigenous Women Are Disappearing

People who shared Instagram stories memorializing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) on a day meant to raise awareness of the high level of violence Indigenous women face were surprised to see their stories vanish without explanation.

Point of View • 3rd May 2021

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini Brings Empathy to an Opioid Crisis – Point of View Magazine

Doc is a masterclass in filming ethically in a community

Point of View • 30th April 2021

Tanya Talaga’s spirit soars with first documentary

With a world premiere at Hot Docs, award-winning investigative journalist Tanya Talaga has co-directed Spirit to Soar, a film debut, which follows up on the tragic stories in her award-winning non-fiction book Seven Fallen Feathers.

University Affairs • 27th April 2021

Weaving Indigenous and western knowledge

How Indigenous researchers and communities are working in partnership with universities and non-Indigenous researchers to shape the future of environmental sciences.

Northern Ontario Travel • 15th April 2021

Indigenous Ingenuity

When the doors open on Indigenous Tourism Ontario and Science North's Indigenous Ingenuity exhibit in Sudbury, visitors will be wowed by a vibrant interactive space showcasing Indigenous peoples’ valuable innovations.

MADE | NOUS • 13th April 2021

Fast Horse

You think a relay race, passing a baton while running at fast as humanly possible, is cool. Try adding horses into the mix. That’s the premise of Fast Horse, the Sundance Film Festival’s award-winning short documentary, following the Blackfoot team Old Sun as they prepare for the Calgary Stampede’s Indian Relay competition. In it, a jockey rides a thoroughbred horse bareback, and at the end of every lap, they must jump onto the next horse.

MADE | NOUS • 13th April 2021

Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Since “residential school revenge movie” isn’t a genre yet, the debut feature film from Jeff Barnaby can best be described as a drama about one family’s attempt to move on from the horrors of abuse.

MADE | NOUS • 13th April 2021

Angry Inuk

Nobody likes feeling invisible – so imagine being a community of 65,000 strong, feeling like the world’s decisions about your life-sustaining practice doesn’t include, or even consider you. This was the impetus for documentary filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s Angry Inuk, to let the European Union, animal welfare groups, and the world to know that bans against seal hunts are devastating to the Inuit.

Northern Ontario Travel • 5th April 2021

Think Outside the Teapot

Thunder Bay-based Tea Horse is blazing a culinary trail with Indigenous teas made from wild rice.

MADE | NOUS • 31st March 2021

Blood Quantum

Director-writer Jeff Barnaby’s film begins with Gisigu (Stonehorse Lone Goeman) a Mi’kmaq fisherman in the fictional Red Crow community in Quebec gutting his catch of the day, and horrifyingly, the fish doesn’t stay dead. Zombie fish set the tone for what’s about to transpire over 98 minutes in this apocalyptic Indigenous horror film.

Toronto Life • 25th March 2021

"The pilot won’t let you on the plane if you're not dressed for survival": This Toronto doctor travelled to Northern Ontario to vaccinate people in fly-in Indigenous reserves

Suzanne Shoush, a long-time family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, was selected to take part in Ornge’s Operation Remote Immunity initiative, joining staff and physicians to vaccinate members of 31 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario. Here’s what the experience was like.

The Local • 8th March 2021

A Year of Indigenous People Helping Indigenous People

In the middle of a pandemic, with multiple crises devastating their community, Nanook Gordon and Brianna Olson Pitawanakwat started a grassroots organization to bring compassion, aid, and culture to Indigenous people on Toronto’s streets.

FLARE • 7th December 2020

How 'Letterkenny' Got Indigenous Representation So Right

Ahead of the Canadian comedy's ninth season, writer Kelly Boutsalis explores how a show by non-Indigenous creators manages to respectfully—and accurately—represent Indigenous culture

CBC • 2nd December 2020

Wearable art, metallic fringe, tie-dye sweatsuits: The looks from the 2020 edition of Indigenous Fashion Week | Life

The second biennial Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) focused on water, from depictions that celebrated women as water carriers to models holding aloft "Water is Life" protest signs.

FASHION Magazine • 27th November 2020

How Kelly Boutsalis is Passing on Indigenous Design Traditions

Kelly Boutsalis shares what inspired her to start purchasing Indigenous-made pieces to pass on to her little girl.

Chatelaine • 23rd November 2020

Why the Wet’suwet’en Matriarchs Are Women of the Year

The Wet’suwet’en matriarchs are Women of the Year for standing up for unceded lands. Here, matriarch Freda Huson shares her own highlight from this highly eventful year.

Audubon • 19th November 2020

For These Cree First Nations, Canada Geese Are Central to Cultural Revival

In Northern Canada, Indigenous traditions surrounding the annual spring waterfowl hunt have stayed resilient to challenges.

The Narwhal • 20th September 2020

The art of fire: reviving the Indigenous craft of cultural burning

Indigenous Peoples have managed their lands with fire since time immemorial. But colonizers criminalized the practice, leading to a loss of culture and an increase in the risk of wildfires. Now, a small but mighty group of people is revitalizing the craft Yunesit’in Chief Russell Myers Ross stands in a clearing surrounded by seared pine trees in Tsilhqot’in territory in central B.C. on a crisp, sunny spring day.

The Walrus • 10th August 2020

Teaching Indigenous Star Stories

Educators like Wilfred Buck know that astronomy did not, in fact, start with Aristotle and end with Neil DeGrasse Tyson