Upcoming Mir Centre for Peace speaker: Duncan McCue (Selkirk College)

Upcoming Mir Centre for Peace speaker: Duncan McCue - Nelson News

An award-winning journalist, author, professor and member of the Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario is a guest speaker at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on Oct. 29.

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Sept 30. Truth and Reconciliation. As a settler it is my job to listen and learn. Kuper Island with Duncan McCue www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

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An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and li...

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Our Certificate in Journalism in Indigenous Communities has kicked off, with its first cohort of 20 learners! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Journalism program for Indigenous learners, taught by Indigenous faculty, welcomes 1st students | CBC News

Twenty students from across Canada have been selected for the inaugural cohort of a new journalism program offered by Kenjgewin Teg on Manitoulin Island and Ottawa's Carleton University.

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High Country News & the @indigenousja.bsky.social join forces next week to host a free webinar for Indigenous photojournalists interested in collaborating with HCN and to learn about freelancing in general. Join us at 11 a.m. MT, Sept. 23. Register here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/09/call...

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Join freelance photographer, Tailyr Irvine, HCN Visuals Editor, Bear Guerra, and HCN’s Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sunnie Clahchischiligi on September 23, 2025 at 11a.m. MT for an informative conversation about freelancing and collaborating with HCN.

Join me, Joy SpearChief-Morris (CBC), Alessia Passafiume (CP) & Duncan McCue (Carleton U) to talk Truth & Reconciliation & politics. Wed. Sept 17, 6:30 pm @ 3 Brasseurs, 240 Sparks St., Ottawa. It's Free. #Indigenous #cdnpoli #cdnmedia Space is limited. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/shared-byl...

Global Indigenous cinema is taking center stage at the Toronto International Film Festival’s 50th anniversary, marking the festival’s most expansive Indigenous program to date. redpopnews.com/tiff-2025-to... #redpopnews #TIFF2025

TIFF 2025 to Showcase Best of Indigenous Cinema From Around the World

Global Indigenous cinema is taking center stage at the Toronto International Film Festival's 50th anniversary, marking the festival's most expansive Indigenous program to date. For this milestone year...

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a really great and well-researched story from @zoeyunker.bsky.social about the context and implications of the Cowichan decision, including how the namesake of Port Moody, B.C., secretly bought a Cowichan village site that should have been a reserve: thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee

The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

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Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought

Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates

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A journalist in Northern Ontario posted these FYIs about talking to reporters. And they’re all true of course - but I had a conversation with a Native writer yesterday (before seeing this) - and every point is a rule we talked about breaking in First Nations communities.

Cabin Radio, an independent online radio station and news outlet based in Yellowknife, has been granted its FM license after nearly a decade in operation.

A new frequency for Yellowknife’s independent radio voice | APTN News

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"The Sacagawea found in the oral histories of the Hidatsas is both grander and humbler — more like a person, less like a symbol — than the one taught in schools." — @cwhe.bsky.social for The New York Times Magazine

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear.

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I've got an article out on the Narwhal today... talking about the First Nations Leaders Summit from the inside. One thing I talk about in this piece that I haven't elsewhere was how weird it was to see the disrespect from Cabinet Ministers to Musqueam MP, Wade Grant.

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · last yr.

First Nations have raised concerns about the Building Canada Act since it was introduced as part of Bill C-5. As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...

Todd Labrador is a traditional Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe maker in southwestern Nova Scotia. But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable. Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.

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Guesting on The Current all week - always happy to keep Matt’s chair warm but extra shot of java required this AM!

This is probably one of the most important documentaries of the last decade for NDN Country and the US in general because tribal disenrollment has led to armed conflicts and it is a precursor to the end of US birthright citizenship. youtu.be/DcrtdiDASUg?...

You’re No Indian – Official Trailer | Tribal Disenrollment Documentary

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Proud of my Reporting in Indigenous Communities students’ excellent work on this piece about the impact of #climatechange on birch crafts amongst Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg, published with our media partner @cangeo.bsky.social canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pee...

Peeling back the impact of climate change on traditional birch crafts in Kitigan Zibi

Algonquin artist Pinock Smith is keeping the tradition of building birchbark canoes alive. But, as harvesting birchbark becomes increasingly difficult because of climate change, how will artists like ...

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Incredible to hear how much care went into making the Kuper Island podcast. Duncan McCue gives a masterclass in reporting on trauma with respect and sensitivity. Take a listen:

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A pleasure to have such an in-depth chat about the Kuper Island pod with true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson. Check out the episode - just dropped in the Wicked Words feed podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

A pleasure to have such an in-depth chat about the Kuper Island pod with true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson. Check out the episode - just dropped in the Wicked Words feed podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

To mark 25 years of reporting, we asked APTN News staff past and present to reflect on the moments that left a mark. Watch here: www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/2...

APTN News 25 | The Moments That Shaped Us

APTN News is celebrating 25 years. Present and former staff members reflect on the moments that made a lasting impression.

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His grandfather didn’t have the right to vote. Now, Wade Grant is representing Vancouver in parliament. A profile on the first Musqueam MP by @sevawood.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/wade-grant-v...

How Indigenous MP Wade Grant plans to face divisive issues

Former Musqueam councillor Wade Grant believes he can take on climate change, affordability, Indigenous rights in Vancouver while uniting people

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The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce that award-winning Anishnaabe journalist Lenard Monkman is the inaugural recipient of the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the @cmadocs.bsky.social (CMA). Read: www.newswire.ca/news-release... #CJFAwards

“My friend, the journalist Duncan McCue (@duncanmccue.bsky.social), coined this idea: ‘Be a storyteller, not a story taker.’ This really resonated with me.” — Investigative journalist @conniewalker.bsky.social. Full Q&A: https://twp.ai/9PSAOg

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‘Giving Sources Power’: Reporting on Indigenous Communities and Creating Compelling Investigative Podcasts

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Indigenous? Interested in journalism?Still time to apply for CJIIC. Deadline: June 1. Our all-Indigenous lineup of journalism instructors are prepping now for fall! www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Carleton University launches new program aimed at training Indigenous journalists | CBC News

Three educational institutions in Ontario have teamed up to offer a new model of journalism school aimed at "passing the mic" to Indigenous learners in remote communities who may have faced roadblocks...

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Proud of my Reporting in Indigenous Communities students’ stellar work on this piece about urban Inuit in Ottawa sharing country food, published with our media partner @cangeo.bsky.social canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-v...

‘A visceral way of connecting with your culture’: How Isaruit Inuit Arts brings country food to urban Inuit in Ottawa

For Ottawa’s urban Inuit, weekly drop-in meals at Isaruit Inuit Arts are a taste of home in the south

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The University of Ottawa has announced a new initiative for Algonquin students from federally recognized First Nations.

Algonquin students from federally recognized First Nations to receive free tuition at University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is offering free tuition to federal registered Algonquin students from Ontario and Quebec.

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A beetle, ash trees and basketmaking. We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.

What a treat to work with students in @duncanmccue.bsky.social's reporting in Indigenous communities course @carleton.ca on this story out of Akwesasne on the fight to save black ash trees — and the practice of basketweaving along with them.

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · last yr.

Basketmaking using black ash trees has been part of Kanien’kehá:ka culture for millennia. As it battles an invasive beetle and climate change, this Mohawk community hopes to keep its trees — and traditions — alive thenarwhal.ca/mohawk-baske...

Congratulations to Medill faculty member @cbrennansports.bsky.social (BSJ80, MSJ81) and @duncanmccue.bsky.social, 2023 IJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award Winner, on becoming members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more: http://spr.ly/633262bGQC

Timely and accurate reporting of indigenous/First Nations news in Nuu-chah-nulth territory has been of high benefit for years, we are lucky to have Ha-shilth-sa on the West Coast. More journalists helps create a landscape where citizens of our Nations could get good information to make good choices.

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Duncan McCue updates Nation to Nation on a new certificate program in Indigenous journalism at Carleton University — and how it could open doors for future journalists. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/oR-LT86ITlU?...

We’re hiring Indigenous journalists for 7 contract instructor positions, both in person and online courses. DEADLINE APR 2 carleton.ca/sjc/careers/...