Of course, none of this would've been possible w/o the vision of BFF co-convenor @candiscall.bsky.social + joint sponsors @sppga.ubc.ca, the Trudeau Foundation, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, MOA at UBC, and supporters of @mediaindigena.bsky.social who got us to this point!

Sovereignty over stereotypes: The data behind false Cherokee identity claims in Canada Many claims to Cherokee identity are unsubstantiated, and this actively harms Indigenous sovereignty, distorts understandings of Indigeneity and enables appropriation of Indigenous rights and resource...

Excellent new article by Cherokee scholar Daniel Justice in @theconversation.com: "Cherokee relations are profound, abiding and verifiable realities. They are far from the self-serving extraction fantasies of colonizers and their claimant descendants"
theconversation.com/sovereignty-...

Thrilled to announce the first of the "Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes" series of podcasts has just been released!

@candiscall.bsky.social @rickharp.bsky.social @mediaindigena.bsky.social

Listen now:

🌱Learn how a germ of an idea @candiscall.bsky.social + I first had back in May 2024 took root by October 2025, and is set to flower in the weeks and months to come on the podcast, @mediaindigena.bsky.social 🌼👂📻

Our huge thanks to everyone who participated! We’re grateful for the support from the Trudeau Foundation, @sppga.ubc.ca, MOA at UBC, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, and supporters of @mediaindigena.bsky.social Many more episodes to follow!

MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Beyond Fires & Floods: Pt 0 (ep 365) ON THIS EPISODE: Part 0 of "Beyond Fires and Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes." Otherwise known as "BFF," it's the name of a three-day gathering we co-convened last October on Mu...

It begins! Long awaited first episode of @mediaindigena.bsky.social introducing Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, a series of amazing panels @rickharp.bsky.social and I organized at UBC podfollow.com/mediaindigen...

Thanks to @tazhii.bsky.social, @candiscall.bsky.social, @kimtallbear.bsky.social (and of course, @zoestodd.bsky.social) for just the latest in thought-provoking conversations!

MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 3 (ep 362) ON THIS EPISODE: part three of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" This time ...

🎙️ NEW AUDIO: In Part 3 in our series on 'the White Possessive,' our roundtable reflects on talk by @olgault.bsky.social about others’ misappropriation + misrepresentation of her personal stories and observations, a case study in "epistemological extractivism"

📻 PLAY👇 pod.fo/e/3827a7

PSAs that shouldn't be -- but still very much are -- needed: a message from Sermersooq Mayor Avaaraq Olsen, (Sermersooq is a municipality that includes Nuuk in Greenland) sermersooq.gl/da/2026/01/2...

We’re baaaack! So grateful to @rickharp.bsky.social for putting it all together and @zoestodd.bsky.social for organizing this event that the new episode dives into. Great to be back in conversation with Rick and @kimtallbear.bsky.social

Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...

Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com.

The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.

Eskay Creek mine faces make-or-break vote | The Narwhal Skeena Resources’ Eskay Creek mine in northern B.C. hinges on an upcoming vote by the Tahltan Central Government’s board

Essential read if you want to know what ‘the rush for critical minerals’ looks like for Indigenous communities and remote watersheds in Canada. This one’s about my First Nation but who’s next. Great reporting by @sevawood.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...

Tahltan members raise alarm over $10K offers before critical mine vote Some members of First Nation divided as it moves to vote on benefits connected to reopening of major gold mine in northwest B.C.

Impressive, complex, and in-depth reporting by @stefanlabbe on Tahltan territory and our upcoming vote for Eskay Creek mine. Insight into what all this infrastructure talk really means for First Nations www.biv.com/news/resourc...

👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social

A look at Vancouver-Quadra in Musqueam territory in B.C. A number of candidates are running to unseat the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver-Quadra which sits on Musqueam territory.

Wade Grant’s headquarters is buzzing with activity from volunteers working to make him the next federal representative of the Vancouver Quadra riding.

Grant is from Musqueam First Nation. The riding sits within the borders of his territory.

Indigenous leaders denounce UBC profs’ 'outdated and regressive' lawsuit against land acknowledgements B.C. Supreme Court petition says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts stifle ‘freedom,' while leaders call it 'thinly disguised' denialism

Facts. Land acknowledgments are facts. Grateful to @indiginews.bsky.social for doing an appropriately in-depth story indiginews.com/news/indigen...

Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.

Excited about this: grist.org/updates/gris...

MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics: Pt 1 (ep 358) On this episode: Reimagining Political Journalism, the title of a three-day November 2024 event at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, it included a formidabl...

NEW! 📻 Pt 1 of ‘Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics’ 🇨🇦👀

A panel at 'Reimagining Political Journalism'—a 3-day Nov/24 #cdnpoli event at Carleton U's School of Journalism & Communication, feat. MI's @candiscall.bsky.social + @rickharp.bsky.social

HEAR👇
pod.fo/e/2a3b65

Tallying up the cost of mining on Indigenous land Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909

Tallying up the cost of mining on #Indigenous land — Northern Ontario First Nation is seeking damages for ‘cumulative impacts’ since prospectors first discovered gold there in 1909.

The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/indigenous/t...

#Ontario #mining #landback #onpoli

Starter pack for good group of Science & Technology Studies scholars involved with @sthv.bsky.social go.bsky.app/L7FTy5w

Feds apologize for slaughter of Inuit sled dogs in Nunavik The federal government apologized Saturday for a 1950s and 1960s program that directed the RCMP to slaughter Inuit sled dogs.

Elders gather for long overdue apology in Kangiqsujuaq.

Criminal Charges Sought in Illegal Dumping Scheme – The Rover Most defendants so far have been small players or victims themselves, but investigators say they’re pursuing criminal charges against construction companies.

EXCLUSIVE: detectives gathering evidence against companies suspected of dumping thousands of tons of contaminated soil on Mohawk territory. This was only possible because of Mohawk whistleblowers putting themselves at risk to get the story out. Local news gets results.

therover.ca/criminal-cha...

Wrap up panel! What j-school profs have to say about #political #journalism #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
@karmicangel.bsky.social TMU
April Lindgren (TMU)
Brooks DeCillia (MRU)
Patrick White (UQAM)
@candiscall.bsky.social (UBC)

insightful panel from Indigenous journalists and experts on the fight to exist in the face of the canadian state/media’s denial of their peoples’ sovereignty. ft. @rickharp.bsky.social, @veldoncoburn.bsky.social, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, @pampalmater.com, @candiscall.bsky.social + Brett Forester

. @candiscall.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social remember how the IKEA monkey trumped #IdleNoMore in the news, noting every #Indigenous person remembers how they were effected by the IKEA monkey.

The #indigenous panel as always- serious, loud and funny #cdnpoli We have: Moderated by @rickharp.bsky.social Media
Brett Forester (CBC)
@veldoncoburn.bsky.social (McGill) Niigaan Sinclair (Winnipeg Free Press/UMB)
@pampalmater.com Palmater  (TMU)
@candiscall.bsky.social  (UBC)

I have left X… like so many, I debated it internally and among friends and colleagues for years. Frankly, I should have left ages ago… I have a research account still for a project I’m finishing (@arcticjourno) but I plan to be more active here!

During trump 1.0, we had to pull down all of the climate change pages off the EPA website. Start archiving shit now, document, backup, photograph, whatever you need to do.

NEW: "The 'clean, green' face of colonialism,' our latest Indigenous roundtable feat. MI regulars @candiscall.bsky.social + Ken Williams

📻 HEAR: pod.fo/e/216574

📻 HEAR: "Carbon Colonialism and Culpability," our extended discussion with Simon Evans, co-author of this 👇 sweeping analysis 🔊 pod.fo/e/20ec7b