Face To Face

Our guest on this episode of Face to Face is filmmaker and educator Doreen Manuel.

Doreen is the director of the Bosa Centre for Film and Animation at Capilano University in North Vancouver.

She recently co-authored an update to her father's biography - "Brotherhood To Nationhood: George Manuel And The Making Of The Modern Indian Movement"

Our guest on this episode of Face to Face is Blake Francis - A Mi'kmaq hip-hop artist from Esgenoopetitj First Nation in New Brunswick and former member of the award winning rap group, City Natives.

When Francis first started rapping, it was all about having fun but now Francis feels he can use his voice to make a statement about the injustices Indigenous people face.

At the age of four, Marcia Anderson says she knew that one day, she wanted to become a doctor.

Twenty years later, Anderson was the youngest Indigenous graduate from the Faculty of Medicine in Manitoba and the youngest president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada.

On this episode of Face to Face Anderson talks about medicine and a need to trust the COVID-19 vaccine.

Our guest this week is artist, activist and ambassador, Sarain Fox.

Sarain is Anishinaabe from Batchewana First Nation, just outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

She is no stranger to viewers of APTN, Sarain recently released her directorial debut Inendi.

Our guest this week is Aliyah Chavez - a multimedia reporter with Indian Country Today based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Indian Country Today is a digital news platform covering Indigenous news across the United States.

Aliyah is a member of Kewa Pueblo, one of the 21 Indigenous nations in New Mexico.

She is a journalism and communications graduate from Stanford University.

Launching a brand new venture in the middle of global pandemic may not seem like the best idea but it’s working out pretty well for Red Music Rising.

Director and artist manager Matt Maw says the pandemic allowed him to focus on building the company and the brand.

On this episode of Maw explains why there is a need for an Indigenous-only music company and how Red Music Rising is filling the gap.

Our guest this week is Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald.

Archibald became the first woman elected to the position in 2018.

She has been politically involved for 30 years when she became the first woman and the youngest chief elected in her community of Taykwa Tagamou First Nation in 1990.

She is one of three female regional chiefs for the Assembly of First Nations.

Award winning documentary filmmaker Loretta Todd recently released her first feature film.

Monkey Beach, based on Eden Robinson's book of the same name was released in theatres last fall and is now streaming.

Todd, who is also a producer of children's programming, is our guest on this episode of Face to Face.

Our guest this week is Swampy Cree jingle dress dancer and TikTok Star Michelle Chubb.

The 23-year-old Winnipegger has more than 300-thousand followers on the social media app.

Her videos have garnered more than 10 million likes.

On this episode of Face to Face, Dennis Ward sits down with Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.

Mary Ellen is a lawyer, judge and a long time advocate for children and youth.

She was B.C. representative for children and youth for a decade.

In June 2020, Mary Ellen was appointed to head up an investigation into racism in the B.C. health care system.