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For centuries, Indigenous fire keepers kept forests clear of fuel. It’s time to fight fire with fire once again. “Cultural burns incinerate debris dropped on the ground by dead trees—fuel just waiting for a spark.” (Illustration by Pete Ryan) I grew up in Skeetchestn, a small riverside community northwest of Kamloops, British Columbia, in a…
“Inside UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre” Can architecture assuage pain? Can a building help visitors grapple with grief? The University of British Columbia’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is intended to do just that. The structure is designed as a resource centre for information on Canada’s residential school system and…
“Joshua Whitehead takes on CanLit” It has been an intense five years for Joshua Whitehead, marked by both personal loss and remarkable literary achievement. Since 2017, the Oji-Cree writer has published the poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer and the novel Jonny Appleseed, winner of both the 2019 Lambda prize for gay fiction and Canada Reads 2021….
“This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture” Qaumajuq is not just an art gallery or a stylish feat of architecture. It’s much more. It’s impossible to divorce Qaumajuq from Canadian history itself. The $55-million, 36,000-square-foot addition to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, or WAG, opened in March of 2021, housing the museum’s 14,000 permanent…
“Pope Francis apologizes for residential school abuses” Politics Insider for April 1: First Nations delegates make progress at the Vatican; Trudeau pushes for a G19; and a Wildrose battle Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. First Nations delegates left a two-hour meeting at…
“#The story behind Marc-André Fleury’s Indigenous-designed helmet” The Chicago Blackhawks wanted to honour their Indigenous namesakes. Toronto-based Ojibwe artist Patrick Hunter explains the thinking behind the new helmet. Last year, when someone working with the Chicago Blackhawks contacted Patrick Hunter via Instagram to ask whether the Toronto-based Ojibwe artist would be interested in working with…
“#We failed to hear them when they lived. We are obliged to hear them now.” The residential school children who rest in unmarked graves are lost to their communities. But the shared knowledge of their fates has its own compelling power. That is why they top our 2022 Power List. In Secwepemctsín, the language of…
“#Murray and Niigaan Sinclair, the father-son duo working toward reconciliation—and opening Canada’s eyes” If legal titan Murray Sinclair was the first person in the room, his media-savvy son is trying to change the room altogether. Together, they are at No. 30 on our Power List. Murray and Niigaan Sinclair are No. 30 on the 2022…
“#The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline” Plans to flush out salt caverns for gas storage hit a wall of Mi’kmaq grandmothers Cheryl Maloney’s eyes glossed over with tears as she stood near the bank of the Stewiacke River in the middle of Nova Scotia. The news was finally sinking in. Behind her, about 100…
“#Ottawa reaches $40 billion agreement to reform Indigenous child welfare” Politics Insider for Jan. 5: A landmark commitment to Indigenous child welfare; NORAD needs fixing; and a Canada-U.S. trade dispute settles Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. Compensation, reform: Ottawa announced Tuesday it…