News
Christine Brouzes with a copy of Driven: The Secret Life of Taxi Drivers/Used with permission
The ride-share collective safely transporting Winnipeg's Indigenous women and girls
Marcello Di Cintio | Many of Winnipeg's Indigenous women have a story about harassment at the hands of drivers, most commonly about cabbies proposing "another way to pay." Ikwe set out to change that.
RabbleTV
2021 Women's March
Libby Davies on the tragedy of missing and murdered women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Jase Tanner | Former Vancouver city councillor and former NDP MP Libby Davies discusses the issue of missing and murdered women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
RabbleTV
2021 Women's March
Downtown Eastside community gathers for 30th Women's Memorial March
Jase Tanner | This episode documents the 30th annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The march, which first took place on Valentine's Day in 1992, commemorates lost loved ones.
News
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Check your white male privilege Andrew Scheer
Pam Palmater | Scheer's ill-informed comments serve only to cause confusion and apprehension in the public, instead of offering thoughtful solutions that would bring everyone together.
Columnists
Demonstration against Alton Gas lead by Sipekne'katik First Nation. Image: Tori Ball/Flickr
Genocide, fairytales, and the expendables of election 2019
Matthew Behrens | Most election climate solutions are largely about avoiding system change and instead "adapting" to climate catastrophe, a climate apartheid strategy that benefits those with the necessary resources.
Blog
Women's Memorial March continues to demonstrate resilience and a call for justice
Tania Ehret | On Valentine's Day -- with snow in forecast -- the Downtown Eastside community comes together to honour and grieve the lives of women, missing and taken too soon, and recommit to justice.
Blog
Michelle Thrush's Inner Elder leads the dancing. Image: Penney Kome
Indigenous theatre productions celebrate grandmothers
Penney Kome | Calgarians had a chance to see two pieces of Indigenous theatre on consecutive nights recently, in which artists addressed painful subjects with humour and respect.
Blog
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"Ecstasy" personalizes missing and murdered Indigenous women through relationships of sisters
Heryka Miranda | An in depth interview about the making of the short film "Ecstasy" with Metis/Anishinaabe filmmaker, writer and director Cara Mumford.
Blog
Women’s Memorial March - Vancouver. Photo: Jen Castro/flickr
Inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women has been a slow motion implosion
Pam Palmater | Since its launch, the inquiry has been criticized for its numerous and lengthy delays, its failures to communicate with the families and its continued failure to provide information.
Podcast
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Seeking justice for Nadine Machiskinic
Scott Neigh | Delores Stevenson talks about seeking justice for her niece Nadine Machiskinic, an Indigenous woman killed under suspicious circumstances in Regina.
Columnists
The terror at home that Canada will not name
Matthew Behrens | Despite the daily barrage of patriarchal terrorism in our own neighbourhoods, the self-styled feminist government of Justin Trudeau acts in a manner inconsistent with the extent of the crisis.
Podcast
Resource development in northeastern B.C. brings increased risk of violence to Indigenous women and girls
Redeye Collective | A new report by Amnesty International raises the alarm over increased risks to Indigenous women in the Peace River region. Craig Benjamin says violence is so pervasive it has become normalized.