INCA’s National Indigenous People’s Day Special
INCA Cousins Special It’s INCA’s National Indigenous People’s Day 1 Hour Special! Hosted By Amanda Leader & Brittany PoitrasStories By INCA Students More Posts for Show: INCA 2024 – First News Stories
Wiseman Mathematics Contest
Wiseman Mathematics Contest By Belinda Nelson The Wiseman Mathematics Contest has announced the winners for 2024. The Contest aims to motivate young students in First Nations schools to learn Mathematics in a competitive environment. The Wiseman Mathematics Contest meets the needs of Mathematics teachers in First Nations Schools who want to assess their students’ problem-solving […]
Eden Fineday’s journalism career began with a leap of faith coupled with a desire to reconnect
Eden Fineday’s journalism career began with a leap of faith coupled with a desire to reconnect By: Shanaiah Geddes Indiginews publisher Eden Fineday took a leap of faith into journalism. Photo by Shanaiah Geddes. The media landscape has gone through many harsh changes over the last few years and it’s been tough for those new to […]
Trauma-informed education for journalists is important
Trauma-informed education for journalists is important By Samuel Tipewin. Sharing news and stories is not a new concept among First Nations. Elder Harry Francis from Piapot Cree First Nation says Indigenous tribes had messengers who carried news back and forth between camps. “When a messenger would enter the homelands of a tribe, a scout of […]
Survivors of the province’s oldest residential school are still waiting for justice
Survivors of the province’s oldest residential school are still waiting for justice By: Randi LaRocque. The federal and provincial governments still don’t acknowledge their roles in the operation of the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School and Survivors say that’s not Reconciliation. It opened in 1821 and was operated by the Roman Catholic Church until it closed in […]
Decolonizing Journalism: Long Overdue
Decolonizing Journalism: Long Overdue By Kenneth Gordon What does the phrase ‘decolonizing journalism’ mean to you? For Dan David, founder and former president of APTN News, it’s something “long overdue.” He’s part of a new ‘Decolonizing Journalism’ course offered by the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. To decolonize journalism, we must turn to […]
Jennifer Laewetz is blazing a trail on the internet.
Jennifer Laewetz is blazing a trail on the internet. By Hannah Scott Traditional journalists and online journalists have entered a friendly rivalry in the constantly evolving media world. It is no secret the world of journalism and media has become a turbulent whirlwind of controversy, debate, and public mistrust. At the same time, fast-changing new […]
Creeson Agecoutay shares his next chapter in journalism
Creeson Agecoutay shares his next chapter in journalism By Desiraye Noname From his humble beginnings to his current role as a host on APTN National News, Creeson Agecoutay’s journey is an inspiration to Indigenous youth aspiring to pursue a career in journalism. Raised in a single-parent household on the Cowessess First Nation, he credits his […]
CBC Indigenous Pathways Paves the Way for Success
CBC Indigenous Pathways Paves the Way for Success By Brittany Poitras Micheal Dick is a First Nation journalist, who wanted to increase the number of Indigenous stories being told within Canadian media. So, he decided to do something about it. In 2021, he established the groundbreaking Indigenous Pathways program at CBC. Originally from the Fort […]
Indigenous truths must be shared, says award-winning journalist Connie Walker
Indigenous truths must be shared, says award-winning journalist Connie Walker By Belinda Nelson Advocating for truth, sharing Indigenous stories and navigating a fast-changing media industry are all in a day’s work for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Walker. Walker and her investigative team at Gimlet Media shared journalism’s highest honour in May 2023 for Stolen: Surviving […]
