Face To Face

Jan 28 2025 100 ep. 25 mins 196
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Face To Face is an interview show that focuses on Indigenous issues. Host Dennis Ward features guests who make headlines, and those affected by problems facing Indigenous urban and rural communities.

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Creator of first of its kind documentary says small decisions having big impact on water

Jan 28 2025 25 mins  
The first-ever Indigenous underwater documentary series is airing now on APTN. Created by Len Morissette, the 13-part series explores the impact of human activity on fragile aquatic life and ecosystems. In this episode of Face to Face, Morissette shares his hopes for the series.

Cree artist Jade Turner set to release new LP following 'wild year'

Jan 21 2025 25 mins  
Cree singer-songwriter Jade Turner released three singles in 2024, including a song that took home the song of the year award at the Manitoba Country Music Awards. On Face to Face, she discusses her recent accolades and her upcoming third studio album.

Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin says she adds unique opinion on Supreme Court

Jan 14 2025 24 mins  
Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous person to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada – and says she felt the weight of it on her shoulders in her first year. On this Face to Face, she talks about the lived experience she brings to the role.

Much work ahead in the next 2 years of mandate says AFN national chief

Jan 07 2025 24 mins  
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak of the Assembly of First Nations says there’s still a lot of work to do during her term as national chief. She tells Face to Face the AFN will continue to call for an inquiry into police brutality and killings.

Music industry has not always been welcoming for singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish

Dec 17 2024 26 mins  
It’s been a transformative year for Mohawk singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish. She became a mother, was nominated for two Juno Awards, released five singles and was named one of TikTok’s 2024 Indigenous Visionary Voices. Kish feels lucky to be in the position that she is in, but admits the music industry has not always been welcoming to her as an Indigenous, Two-Spirit person.

U of M prof says Murray Sinclair 'changed Canada forever’

Dec 10 2024 25 mins  
University of Manitoba History and Indigenous Studies Prof. Sean Carleton doesn't mince words when it comes to the impact of the late Murray Sinclair. “Quite simply, Murray Sinclair changed Canada forever,” says Carleton on the latest episode of Face to Face.

Investigative journalist ‘surprised as anyone’ reporting led to cabinet resignation

Dec 03 2024 25 mins  
Indigenous leaders have raised concerns over Ottawa’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business initiative for decades. On Face to Face, investigative journalist Patti Sonntag says she never expected her reporting would lead to a cabinet resignation.

Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond explores the West’s fascination with Indigenous Peoples

Nov 26 2024 25 mins  
It started with Hollywood and the portrayal of Indigenous Peoples on the big screen in the 2009 Peabody Award-winning film Reel Injun. The documentary used hundreds of clips from classic and newer movies and featured interviews with Hollywood legends like Clint Eastwood to look at the evolution of Indigenous Peoples on the big screen. Fifteen years later, Neil Diamond is back as a

Podcast by Navajo journalist Charly Edsitty looks into the water woes of her nation

Nov 19 2024 27 mins  
On this episode of Face to Face: Charly Edsitty A lack of a clean water supply in the largest reservation in the United States is a century-old issue, but it’s an issue that many Americans have never heard about. Navajo journalist Charly Edsitty says she hopes to raise awareness of the history of oppression and exclusion that has kept the Navajo from their water and the ongoing l

Paul Spence’s Deaner character still ‘givin’r’ 20 years later

Oct 29 2024 26 mins  
On this episode of Face to Face: Paul Spence Paul Spence is an actor known to many as Dean Murdock from the mockumentary FUBAR, which spawned two films, a TV series and a book. Now, Spence is back with an origin story of Dean that is unrelated to the FUBAR franchise called Deaner ‘89.