Tag: Indigenous
Q+A: Indigenous educators of the airwaves reflect on Western honour
Longtime London-area Indigenous broadcasters Dan and Mary Lou Smoke received honorary degrees Friday from Western University after decades educating others about Indigenous culture on Southwestern Ontario airwaves. Smoke Signals, hosted by the duo, both 68, since the 1990s, is Canada’s longest running Indigenous campus radio show. The couple talked to reporter Heather Rivers about the […]
Education from Indigenous perspective explored in Western-backed documentary
Past and present learning and education from an Indigenous point of view is at the heart of a documentary that premieres Saturday at the Forest City Film Festival. The short doc N’Satung, meaning “understanding,” dives into the differences between the Western approach to education and the way Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region view […]
Indigenous Londoner nominated for Governor General’s literary award
An Indigenous author from London is nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award.
Man convicted of criminal negligence in fatal boating mishap
Christopher Solomon admitted he caused the death of Tyler Denning by criminal negligence in a boating accident at Wiarton more than three years ago. Solomon, 42, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound Tuesday to criminal negligence causing death on June 7, 2019 in Wiarton. Tuesday had been scheduled to be […]
Truth, reconciliation and a day to honour residential school victims
As a child, Jack Chrisjohn didn’t understand why he wasn’t allowed to speak his Indigenous language.