11 May 2016

Inuit Never Stopped Hunting

 “Inuit woman and child standing on bowhead whale after a 2002 subsistence hunt” by Ansgar Walk licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5. Taken in Igloolik, Nunavut. It’s February in Rankin Inlet, a predominantly Inuit hamlet on the northwest coast of Hudson Bay. It’s very cold...
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23 Apr 2016

Reclaiming Two-Spirit Health

Chris Pike offers to self-disclose. He went in for a specialist appointment last year, and when asked about his lifestyle, said he identified as a therapist and a sober person. Alcohol isn’t traditional so he doesn’t drink, do drugs or smoke commercial tobacco. When he told his...
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15 Apr 2016

Claiming a Name

When he was younger, James Costello wouldn’t correct people who thought he was Italian. It was an assumption made often, based on his olive skin and dark hair, and on the sound of his name. His grandmother, a survivor of the residential school system, saw his lack of...
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15 Apr 2016

A Common Thread

  With a steady hand, he calmly held a small sewing needle and ever so gently picked up tiny brown beads one-by-one. Curtis Oland, a fourth-year Ryerson fashion design student was taught traditional woven beadwork on a bead loom by his grandmother. It takes one hour to...
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15 Apr 2016

Rising to New Heights

Mathieu Plamondon has big goals. The 17-year-old from Timmins, Ont. has been running races since Grade 2, winning multiple gold medals at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations events and North American Indigenous Games. Now, Plamondon is beginning to look to the...
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