Native Calgarian

International advocate, actress, and artist Stephanie Harpe is a member of the Fort Mckay First Nation, a survivor of domestic abuse, tragically lost her mother, is in recovery, & never gave up on he…

Cassandra and I talk about racism, lack of empathy, power and privilege dynamics/systemic bias in colonial structures, as it relates to Langevin and CBE.

The Alberta Govt put out a curriculum that is insulting to Indigenous, Cdns and many racial experiences. Dr. Pam Roach and I discuss part of this monstrosity.

Amélie Lamont resources on allyship, trying to dumb it down for the folkx in my life that failing miserably at allyship, swearing at the Alberta curriculum and you should know about the adorable nati…

Kathy Ong, a queer, Chinese-Cdn and a first time Liberal convention attendee, and I discuss the Liberal Party of Canada convention, the policies, our highlights, the racism panel, BIMPOC in politics,…

We discuss the TRC Calls To Action 79-83 which deals with commemoration, historic sites, monuments, establishing monuments in all capital cities and more.

Cory Ashley, the husband of the late Lillian Vanasse/Ashley or White Thunderbird Woman from the Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation, that was killed by racist medical neglect on Christmas Day in Hanna, Alberta,…

A committee that renamed Robertson Hall at Carleton University in Ottawa (Nadeea, Mackenzie, Emily & Aliqa) meet the Rename Langevin School committee here in Calgary.

Laura Shutiak & Larry Leach and I discuss Langevin School name change, the process of school boards, history of previous work on school boards & upcoming elections.

Aliqa Illauq joins me to discuss the Baffinland Mining protests, how the Earth, the Arctic, the activists, and Inuit are interconnected, Gordon Robertson, who relocated Inuit, name change in Carleton…

Brye Robertson, the urban Inuk, joins me to talk about culture, recovery, post secondary and her business. She opens up on the loss of her husband, Nathaniel Goodeye. 
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First Steals Woman - Latasha Calf Robe is from the Kainaiwa First Nation (Blood Tribe) and one of the cofounders of Niitsitapi Water Protectors which can be found on Twitter: @NiitsitapiWater and FB:…

Katrina Hewton-Backfat joins to discuss her experiences with racism growing up in Calgary, her education journey, part of the story of her name and more!

Joey English’s 30th birthday and today is the last day a woman has never been vice president of the US. (Thank you Cleo Abram from Twitter for that point!) 

#CoalMinesAB #LandBack #treatyTeaching #Las…

A huge shout-out to the previous guests over the year and to 10yr old Isabella Kulak and a reminder that Jan. 4 is ribbon skirt/shirt day. plus I give a call out on Langevin School here in Calgary. W…

Chapters and Chat book club in Calgary, founded June 2016, had our  monthly meeting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report on the  missing children and unmarked burials of the Calls to Act…

I am so excited and grateful to be joined by Sara, Danica, and Cassidy who are part of Canadian Youth Letters Project.  Their mission is to engage youth in politics and give them a political voice an…

Amber Twoyoungmen joins me to talk about filmmaking and being in Big Kitty Magazine.  We also talk about her struggle to get her nephew's status card through their band.

Boban joins me to talk about his immigration story starting with what life was like as an LGBTQ2+ activist in his home country and why he had to leave due to violence and the lack of bystander interv…

I am happy to be joined by Jennie, who has launched Big Kitty magazine here in Calgary.  Big Kitty is a Calgary arts, music & culture magazine.  Check out their website www.bigkittymag.com.