Impact

Topic: Indigenous Reporters Program

  • Re-righting the Narrative

    By Ara Sauvage, Community Journalism Trainer The title of my thesis for my honours BA in Religion was “The Myth of Myth and Native Mythology.” I started off with a quote from Oglala Lakota leader Black Elk, who said the First Nations knew the one true god and prayed to it continuously. This was a

  • Questions and Answers

    How going back to basics made me think harder about what I think is basic. By: Sarah Ladik, IRP Community Journalism Trainer DEER LAKE FIRST NATION, ON – There are many good habits you develop as a journalist. Bring an extra pen. Bring a pencil in case it’s cold out and your pen freezes. Bring

  • Journeys to Nibinamik

    By: Kimberley Hartwig, Community Journalism Trainer It was only a few days before I departed Thunder Bay for this place that I learned its name and wrapped my tongue around its unfamiliar syllables, Ni-bin-a-mik. Nibinamik is a small reserve of about 400 people nestled amongst picturesque lakes and stately swaths of trees. In the three

  • Walking with Two-Sox: A complicated homecoming.

    by: Ara May Sauvage, Community Journalism Trainer Greetings from Iskatewizaagegan* #39 Independent First Nation in Ontario. Some refer to it as Shoal Lake #39 and up until the late 1950’s it used to be one community with Shoal Lake #40, its neighbour across the lake. The city of Winnipeg, located about 2 hrs away, gets