The Gifts of Literacy and Education – with Tishina Shannacappo
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Tishina Shannacappo feels a lot of strength from the support that her parents provided during her…
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Amanda Patrick discusses Running as Medicine and the Run for Reconciliation
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “When I run, I feel like I fit in with the land, I don’t have to…
Leanne McLeod discusses building good relations and walking each other home
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The bridge that is between worlds, centres around visits with our Indigenous communities to learn how…
Annie Korver discusses Reconciliation as Relationship
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the nehiyawe understanding, we are all teachers, and we are all walking each other home….
Co-existing in a harmonious way with Miranda Saddleback
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – Miranda Saddleback is the co-founder of Mother Tongues Network and director of community engagement, cultural affairs, and web development, where…
Writing is Healing: The Untold Love Story of Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This story began in 1990 – when Constance Brissenden was teaching a creative writing class at…
Josh Alexis: We are all a part of Mother Earth
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Don’t be so in a rush, take your time,” are words of wisdom from Josh Alexis,…
Gabrielle Weasel-Head and the spirit of learning
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is this understanding that we, the two-legged ones, cannot get to the healing without pain…
Chef Shane Chartrand: An understanding of protocol
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The relationship one has with food is intimate, it is a bond and an understanding of…
Reconciliation and a flourishing future with Jaime Fiddler
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Take your left hand and place it at the back of your head and now take…