This episode features Liz Akiwenzie, Dr. Nicole Redvers, Pam Plain, Joanne Jackson, Glenna Jacobs, Toni Murphy, and R. Doug George, recorded at the Southwestern Ontario First Nations and Inuit Cultural Practitioner Gathering on August 18 and 19.   Liz Akiwenzie was raised in Chippewa of Nawash and lives in southwestern Ontario. She is Ojibway on…

This episode features Dr. Albert Marshall, Mi’kmaq Elder and co-creator of Two-Eyed Seeing. Dr. Marshall is a respected Elder from the Moose Clan of the Mi’kmaw Nation and lives in the community of Eskasoni in Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia.   A fluent speaker of the Mi’kmaq language, he is a passionate advocate for cross-cultural…

This episode features Dr. Annelind Wakegijig, an Anishinaabe family physician and the Lead Physician at the Baawaating Family Health Team in Batchewana First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. A graduate of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, she has dedicated her career to improving health outcomes in Indigenous communities through culturally safe and community-based care.…

This episode features Ma-Nee Chacaby, a Two-Spirit Ojibwe-Cree Elder, activist, and author from Ombabika, near Lake Nipigon in northwestern Ontario. A survivor of both colonial and personal trauma, she has dedicated her life to sharing stories of resilience, cultural reclamation, and community healing. Her acclaimed memoir, A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree…

This episode features Vincent Pawis (‘Vince’), an Elder of Shawanaga First Nation. He founded White Buffalo Healing Lodge in 2005 when he served as a Native Inmate Liaison Officer at the Sudbury Jail. Vince was instrumental in founding its Elder Assisted Aboriginal Circle Parole Hearings, a program allowing offenders to be heard in a setting…