Face To Face

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Face To Face episodes

November 08, 2022 Bird Runningwater is reversing the erasure of Indigenous Peoples in popular culture
On this episode of Face to Face: Bird Runningwater

Bird has been the director of Sundance Institute's Native American and Indigenous Program for over two decades. He has now created his own production company and has a first-look deal with Amazon Studios.
27 min
November 01, 2022 Métis singer-songwriter says she wouldn't be here today without her sobriety
On this episode of Face to Face: Brandi Vezina

Métis singer-songwriter Brandi Vezina has been nominated for five 2022 Manitoba Country Music Association Awards. She has been sober for a decade and says music has been her "saving grace."
23 min
October 25, 2022 Saulteaux-Cree politician feels Saskatchewan is scared of vocal, educated, First Nations women
On this episode of Face to Face: Betty Nippi-Albright

Betty Nippi-Albright was elected MLA for Saskatoon Centre in 2020. She says witnessing the racism Indigenous people were facing compelled her to run for office.
27 min
October 18, 2022 Medical association's first Indigenous president looks to fix health care crisis, considering a future in politics
On this episode of Face to Face: Dr. Alika Lafontaine

Dr. Alika Lafontaine is the first-ever Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association. He says his path to becoming president wasn't an easy one.
25 min
October 11, 2022 Cree lawyer considered leaving law after Gerald Stanley verdict
On this episode of Face to Face: Eleanore Sunchild

Sunchild is a Cree lawyer and a member of Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan.

She says representing the family of Colten Boushie has been the defining case of her career.
25 min
October 04, 2022 Healing and support needed in the wake of mass stabbings says Saskatoon Tribal Council chief
On this episode of Face to Face: Mark Arcand

Arcand is the tribal chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, which represents seven First Nations.

In September 2022, Arcand lost his sister and nephew in a deadly stabbing spree in Saskatchewan.
27 min
May 31, 2022 Autumn Peltier hopes to meet the prime minister face to face again
On this episode of Face to Face: Autumn Peltier

Peltier rose to prominence at 12 years old when she told Trudeau she was not happy with his choices on pipeline projects.

She has spoken at the United Nations and has received honours for her advocacy.
23 min
May 24, 2022 New book details lasting effects of hydroelectric projects in Manitoba
On this episode of Face to Face: Aimée Craft

Craft is a lawyer, academic and co-editor of a book that is amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples impacted by Manitoba Hydro dams.
25 min
May 17, 2022 MMIWG advocate says cost of not implementing calls for justice is a 'continuance of violence'
On this episode of Face to Face: Hilda Anderson-Pyrz
Hilda Anderson-Pyrz has been a tireless advocate for Indigenous women and a leader to end gender-based and race-based violence for more than 20 years.

She is currently chair of the National Family and Survivors Circle in Canada.
25 min
May 10, 2022 Roland Vandal, survivor of abuse and addiction, commits life to help others
On this episode of Face to Face: Roland Vandal

During his years of addiction, Vandal says he had overdosed many times, been hospitalized numerous times and survived a stabbing.

Vandal has been vocal about his experiences.

He believes it has helped other people dealing with abuse and addiction.
25 min

About Face To Face

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Face to Face, hosted by Dennis Ward, is a one-on-one interview show putting the spotlight on First Nations, Inuit and Métis people that are making an impact in society.