Native Calgarian

Brye Robertson, the urban Inuk, joins me to talk about culture, recovery, post secondary and her business. She opens up on the loss of her husband, Nathaniel Goodeye. 
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First Steals Woman - Latasha Calf Robe is from the Kainaiwa First Nation (Blood Tribe) and one of the cofounders of Niitsitapi Water Protectors which can be found on Twitter: @NiitsitapiWater and FB: https://www.facebook.com/NiitsitapiWaterProtectors/

Katrina Hewton-Backfat joins to discuss her experiences with racism growing up in Calgary, her education journey, part of the story of her name and more!

Joey English’s 30th birthday and today is the last day a woman has never been vice president of the US. (Thank you Cleo Abram from Twitter for that point!) 

#CoalMinesAB #LandBack #treatyTeaching #LastDayofTrump #Cdnpoli #Abpoli #yyccc #ProgressiveAlbertans #LJ4Ward10 #RenameLangevin

A huge shout-out to the previous guests over the year and to 10yr old Isabella Kulak and a reminder that Jan. 4 is ribbon skirt/shirt day. plus I give a call out on Langevin School here in Calgary. Written notes and links in a  PDF

Chapters and Chat book club in Calgary, founded June 2016, had our  monthly meeting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report on the  missing children and unmarked burials of the Calls to Action 71-76

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The official govt response: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1...
Yellowhead  Institute's report in 2019:  https://yellowheadinstitute.org/resou...
Beyond 94's progress: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longf...

I am so excited and grateful to be joined by Sara, Danica, and Cassidy who are part of Canadian Youth Letters Project.  Their mission is to engage youth in politics and give them a political voice and to open communication between the government and the general population.  I strongly encourage you to follow and share the work of these amazing future leaders.  Their website is HERE or check them out on twitter @cyl_project and their instagram @canadian_youth_letters_project

Amber Twoyoungmen joins me to talk about filmmaking and being in Big Kitty Magazine.  We also talk about her struggle to get her nephew's status card through their band.

Boban joins me to talk about his immigration story starting with what life was like as an LGBTQ2+ activist in his home country and why he had to leave due to violence and the lack of bystander intervention.

I am happy to be joined by Jennie, who has launched Big Kitty magazine here in Calgary.  Big Kitty is a Calgary arts, music & culture magazine.  Check out their website www.bigkittymag.com.