A Day To Listen

Sep 29 2024 71 ep. 13 mins 5
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On September 30, in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) is proud to partner once again with major media outlets and radio stations in Canada for A DAY TO LISTEN.

This year’s theme is All My Relations. 

All My Relations is a term used by Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island to express that everything is interconnected. Humans, animals, insects, plants, and inanimate objects are all related. We are connected through ancestors, land, communities, air, water - everything. 

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A Conversation with Amber-Sekowan Daniels

Sep 29 2024 31 mins  
Host Kim Wheeler sits down with Amber-Sekowan Daniels, the creator and showrunner of Crave TV’s new hit comedy Don’t Even. Amber discusses the importance of Indigenous narrative sovereignty and why telling Indigenous stories from an Indigenous perspective matters and why we can have more than one Indigenous comedy series.

A Conversation with Dr. Verne Ross

Sep 29 2024 43 mins  
Dr. Verne Ross shares his courageous journey through the educational systems and his social work journey with host January Rogers. He also talks about the these he developed titled The Voices and Stories of Two Spirit People with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

A Conversation with Michael Etherington

Sep 29 2024 38 mins  
Host January Rogers talks with Michael Etherington about reconciliation, what it is, who is involved, and how he put the action in reconciliation through a song he developed with his uncle Vern Cheechoo called Bring the Children Home, in response to the discovery of the first 215 unmarked graves of residential school children who never made it home.

A Conversation with Apollo Hess

Sep 28 2024 11 mins  
Host Julian Taylor catches up with Olympic swimmer Apollo Hess, who is fresh off the Paris Olympics. In this candid conversation, Apollo shares his struggles in the qualifying trials for the Olympics and how he quelled nerves to compete in the biggest sport event in the world.

A Conversation with Madeleine Alakkariallak

Sep 28 2024 19 mins  
Host Julian Taylor speaks with Inuk broadcaster Madeleine Alakkariallak about her grandparents' forced relocation from the high Arctic lands to a land of broken promises in the middle of a blizzard where they had to eat frozen food from a garbage dump. And how later in life, Madeleine would translate English news to Inuktitut for her grandmother which lead to a successful career as

A Conversation with Miles Richardson

Sep 28 2024 36 mins  
Haida Miles Richardson takes host Kim Wheeler on a journey to the edge of the world – Haida Gwaii. Miles shares how “when the tide goes out, the table it set,” how the Haida maintained their strong cultural ties to the land, and have fought the federal and provincial governments for autonomy over Haida Gwaii.

A Conversation with Albert McLeod

Sep 27 2024 45 mins  
Host January Rogers is in conversation with Albert McLeod who is best known as the Grandmother of the Two Spirit Movement in Manitoba. Albert identifies as a fabulous animate being and candidly shares observations and developments from within the Two-Spirit movement since its inception in the 1970s through today.

A Conversation with Tina Keeper

Sep 27 2024 28 mins  
Host Kim Wheeler talks with Tina Keeper about her upbringing in her family, to being a role model at the age of 19 to middle school girls, being the first First Nation female to lead a prime time drama, serving as a Member of Parliament, and producing the number one show on CTV Comedy.

A Conversation with Aly Bear

Sep 27 2024 21 mins  
Host Julian Taylor speaks with Aly Bear, who was the first lawyer and youngest woman to ever be elected to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations. Aly shares her story about law school, how she almost quit and how a famous Métis matriarch inspired her to keep going.

A Conversation with Sage Paul

Sep 26 2024 29 mins  
Host Julian Taylor speaks with Sage Paul, the artistic and executive director of the Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival in Toronto. Sage, who identifies as urban Denesuline, talks about the importance of traditional and contemporary fashions, and her own beginnings into the fashion world as a young girl.