Digital Resources
Podcasts
All My Relations
Hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), All My Relations invites guests to delve into a different topic facing Indigenous peoples today.
Indigenous Cultural Competency Early Years Podcast series
The Indigenous Cultural Competency Early Years Podcast series is intended to support individuals, child care centres and agencies that support Indigenous children and families and/or want to ensure they are respectfully weaving Indigenous ways of learning, knowing, being and doing into their programming.
MediaINDIGENA
Hosted by Rick Harp, MediaINDIGENA is a roundtable podcast with a group of panellists who tackle weekly affairs in so-called Canada. The podcast draws in people of all backgrounds but appeals to those who enjoy a more academic look at things.
Nation to Nation
Hosted by Brett Forester, Nation to Nation takes a weekly look at the politics affecting Indigenous people in Canada.
Residential Schools
Residential Schools is a three-part podcast series created by Historica Canada and hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais. It aims to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, and honour the stories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Survivors, their families, and communities.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Telling our Twisted Histories is an 11-episode podcast series that reclaims Indigenous history by exploring 11 words whose meanings have been twisted by centuries of colonization.
The Kid Advocate
The Kid Advocate is a podcast series hosted by SEMA’TSE Jordan where she talks about her experience in government care as well as topics such as the residential school system, intergenerational trauma, sexual abuse, and distance learning. SEMA’TSE Jordan is First Nations from Ahousaht (Nuu-chah-nulth), Nanaimo (Snuneymuxw) and Terrace (Nisga’a).
This Place
This Place, the bestselling graphic novel anthology that tells 150 years of Canadian history through Indigenous stories, is now available as a podcast by CBC Books. This Place features Indigenous creators — including David. A Robertson, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette and Brandon Mitchell — and incorporates elements of fantasy and magical realism to examine the 150-plus years of Canadian history since Confederation from an Indigenous perspective.
Toasted Sister
Toasted Sister is a culinary and cuisine podcast focused on highlighting and promoting Indigenous cuisine and culture.
Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
Unreserved is the radio space for Indigenous community, culture, and conversation. Host Rosanna Deerchild takes you straight into Indigenous Canada, from Halifax to Haida Gwaii, from Shamattawa to Ottawa, introducing listeners to the storytellers, culture makers and community shakers from across the country.
Warrior Life
Warrior Life is a podcast that focuses on decolonizing our minds, bodies and spirits while educating and connecting a larger community.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ (Inuit Unikkaangit)
Host and Archivist Mary Powder reunites Inuit with stories from CBC North’s vast Inuktitut language archives by replaying them for the descendants of the original storytellers, some of whom are hearing them for the very first time.
Videos
A Journey of Discovery, Truth and Reconciliation
Cecelia Reekie, a member of the Haisla First Nation, shares her very personal journey of adoption, reunion, learning and understanding residential schools and reconciliation.
A Mother’s Voice
The history of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools and their legacy is seen through the eyes of a survivor (Lina Gallup) and her daughter (Holly Fortier).
APTN Lumi (Streaming app)
Stream Indigenous-focused content made by, for and about Indigenous Peoples to your device anywhere and anytime. You can watch a wide variety of films, series, family-friendly shows, documentaries and digital musical performances. The app provides Indigenous storytellers and artists with a platform to reclaim and share their stories in innovative ways. You can access a 7-day free trial; no credit card and no commitment required. Once your free trial ends, access limited content with your free Basic membership, or become a Premium member for just $4.99/month.
Canada’s Dark Secret
This featured documentary by Al Jazeera sheds light on the residential school system and the deep trauma it has inflicted on survivors and their families.
Intergenerational Survivor and Healing
Having been a permanent ward of the Child Welfare system in Manitoba, Matthew Shorting shares Adverse Childhood experiences and how to heal from this while working through interpersonal conflicts in society.
Talking to Kids about Residential Schools
Best-selling author and speaker, Monique Gray Smith, shares tips on how to talk to kids about Residential Schools and how to prepare yourself to have these difficult conversations.
Resilience and the Power of One
Monique Gray-Smith talks about the Four Blankets of Resilience and the influence one person can have in fostering resilience.
A Truth to be Told
A Truth to be Told unravels stories buried deep under layers and layers of resiliency built by those directly impacted by the Sixties Scoop and the residential school system.
Canada’s Residential Schools
Dan Ming, Amanda Pisetzner, and Anya Zoledziowski discuss their experience reporting on Canada’s residential schools.
Reports
At a Crossroads: The roadmap from fiscal discrimination to equity in Indigenous child welfare
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Indigenous Resilience, Connectedness, and Reunification: From Root Causes to Root Solutions
Lessons Learned: Survivor Perspectives
Organizations
Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
First Nations Health Authority
Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Indigenous community-based services and organizations
Indigenous Perspectives Society
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