3/15 UPDATE: 2023 Juno Award Nominees Aysanabee and Digging Roots have been added to the lineup, along with the full vendor list Celebrate and honour springtime at Ziigwan (SEE-gwon), a free three-day Indigenous music and arts festival at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, March 24 – 26, 2023. 106.5 Elmnt fm, Red Music Rising, Music Tourism, […]
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women all across Turtle Island. It is especially important to recognize the unique experiences of Indigenous women and the strength and resilience they bring to their communities. Indigenous women have long been subject to racism, sexism, and various forms of […]
The 2023 Juno Award nominees have been announced, and a number of Indigenous artists are being recognized for their accomplishments over the past year. OMBIIGIZI, a collaboration between Anishinaabe artists Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non-Status (Adam Sturgeon) is nominated for Alternative Album of the Year for their debut album Sewn Back Together. Likewise, Inuk throat […]
84-year-old Anishinabek elder Yvonne “Bonnie” Bressette is one of a number of people who will receive the Order of Canada from Governor General Mary Simon this year. Bressette is best known as the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation‘s first female chief, serving from 1988 to 1990. Afterward, she remained stayed on as a member […]
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship kicked off in so-called Atlantic Canada on December 26th, and this year some of the top players will receive awards featuring art from four artists from the Wabanaki Confederacy – consisting of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien, Maliseet artist Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Qalipu […]
The holiday season is once again upon us, so let’s take a look at what’s open and closed in Ottawa throughout the holidays. The Toronto Public Library will be closed on December 25th, 26th, and January 1st. However, all Toronto Public Library locations will be open from 9am to 1pm on Christmas Eve and New […]
This holiday season, you can give back to those less fortunate with a simple click of a button. McDonald’s Canada and Food Banks Canada have partnered up for The Giving Page initiative. The primary goal of The Giving Page initiative is to donate 500,000 meals this holiday season to Canadians in need. For every visit […]
Indigenous communities will soon have more financial support in order to establish and take care of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs), courtesy of World Wildlife Fund Canada. This new support fund will offer communities anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 in grants and contracts for up to three years, in order to help Indigenous communities […]
Today, we acknowledge the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women. It was 30 years ago today that 14 women at Polytechnique Montreal were murdered. While much has changed in the past 30 years, violence and misogyny are still issues that girls, women, and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals have to deal with far too […]
The Toronto Argonauts have won the 109th Grey Cup, narrowly taking down the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with a final score of 24-23. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were hoping to earn a third consecutive title after winning in 2021 and 2019 (The Grey Cup championship was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Backup quarterback […]