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Month: April 2018

Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee Don Ross

April 28, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the second profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on May 3. […]
#MMIWG

Journalists, writers need to be more respectful to families of MMIWG, says panel

April 26, 2018 Karli Zschogner
A panel of mostly Indigenous writers and artists challenged journalists and writers to be more respectful to grieving families of their missing and murdered. “The lives that victims lead, there is a stigma attached,” Delilah […]
#MMIWG

Seek permission before writing about MMIWG, panel tells creative writers, artists

April 23, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Creative writers and artists should seek permission from families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls before publishing their work, panelists told an audience in Halifax on April 18. The panel was assembled in […]
#MMIWG

Family of Virginia Pictou to hold special “Letting Go” ceremony in Maine

April 20, 2018 Maureen Googoo
Family and friends of Virginia Sue Pictou are gathering in Caribou, Maine on April 21 to perform a special ceremony in her honour. “We’re having what they call a “letting go” ceremony,” Agnes Gould, the […]
#MMIWG

Family of Loretta Saunders relieved poetry book that contained graphic details of her death no longer for sale

April 18, 2018 Maureen Googoo
Inuk writer Delilah Saunders is relieved a book of poetry which contained graphic details about her sister’s murder has been pulled by the publisher. Book*Hug has pulled the book, “Who Took My Sister” by Shannon […]
Atlantic

Q&A with 2018 ECMA nominee Carolina East

April 17, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of profiles of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in […]
News

Halifax vying to host North American Indigenous Games in 2020

April 13, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Members of a Nova Scotia committee hoping to bring the North American Indigenous Games to Halifax in 2020 got a chance this week to show the selection team what the city can offer if chosen. […]

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