MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs

ON THIS EPISODE: Part 14 of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods , as we return to all original recordings from our series on Indigenous climate narratives, rooted in a 3-day gathering of journalists, scholars and experts at UBC in late 2025. Here, we launch BFF' s third day with a session entitled 'Lens Back, Land Back.' And with one Indigenous-led NGO arguing Land Back is itself climate policy, we turn...

This episode, the return of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods —our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives rooted in a 3-day gathering at UBC of journalists, scholars and experts in late 2025. An event co-convened by MEDIA INDIGENA regular Candis Callison and host/producer Rick Harp, so far we've shared its first two days of discussion. And with one still to come, this episode is about somethi...

In this fourth and final instalment of "Petrostate Pushback"—our 2026 mini-summer-series on Indigenous resistance to energy extraction and exploitation—the back half of our investigation into infrastructure, from the material to the relational. Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): • Trina Roache , Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of King's College • Kenneth T...

On the third instalment of "Petrostate Pushback," our 2026 mini-summer-series on the Indigenous-led struggle for climate justice, we look at the climate implications of infrastructures, structures which invariably reflect and reinforce the priorities of power. (Part one of two.) Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): • Clifford Atleo Jr. , Senior Advisor and Associate Vice-...

Our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" continues with part two—'Tactics and Terrains'—as we focus on the various frontlines of Indigenous resistance to governments and corporations trying to sacrifice their territories for massive energy projects. Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): • Lisa Kingshott , communications and broadcasting expert • Karyn Pugliese , j...

Introducing the first in our four-part series for Summer 2026! Collected, connected conversations drawn from our decade-deep archive, it's a mini-series that falls smack dab in the middle of our mega-series , Beyond Fires & Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes , our co-convened gathering of climate journalists, scholars and experts. Which is why we thought it only makes sense to mak...

ON THIS EPISODE… Part 12 of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods , our extended climate series based on a three-day gathering of Indigenous journalists, scholars and experts we co-convened last fall at UBC. And at the tail-end of BFF 's second day, we set aside time for participants to pause and reflect on all they'd heard to that point, a session we entitled 'Synthesis.' Kickstarting it all last episode...

ON THIS EPISODE: Part 11 of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods , our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives, based on conversations we co-convened over 3 days last fall at UBC. And with a lot of ground covered those first two days, we thought it best to end day two with a session for reflection, an open-ended exchange we entitled 'Synthesis.' (So, if by chance this is your very first foray int...

ON THIS EPISODE: the tenth takeaway from BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods , our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives, collecting close to 40 journalists, scholars and experts last fall at UBC. This time 'round, the closing portion of "Taking on Water," which, if you caught the first half , got a little 'fishy' as we went along. Proving perhaps that everything and everyone is connected at s...

ON THIS EPISODE: The ninth instalment of BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods —our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives—presents the beginning of "Taking on Water," the fourth session of our gathering's second day, encapsulated as follows: Oceans cover some two-thirds of the planet; watersheds traverse and transcend human borders. Water is literally everywhere, yet that hasn't stopped colonial g...

ON THIS EPISODE: The eighth instalment of BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods —our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives—presents the back half of "Reframing Fire & Forests," recorded at day two's third session. Moderated by UBC Professor (and MI regular) Candis Callison , she re-joins panelists  Warren Cardinal McTeague , Keara   Lightning , Leonard Linklater , and Bernard Perley , with follow-...

ON THIS EPISODE: Part seven of BFF: Beyond Fires and Floods, where we go beyond mainstream infatuation with crisis and catastrophe to instead dive deep into Indigenous climate narratives. Recorded at a 3-day gathering of nearly 40 journalists, scholars and experts last fall at UBC, "Reframing Fire & Forests" was day two's third session, encapsulated as follows: With extreme fire events monopolizin...

ON THIS EPISODE: the sixth instalment of BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods —our extended series on Indigenous climate narratives—in which we bring you the back half of "Storying Systems vs. Symptoms," day two's second session. Returning for the remainder of this conversation, moderator  Candis Callison picks things up with panelists Michelle Cyca , Tiara R Naputi , Jeffrey Ansloos , and Gina Starblanket...

ON THIS EPISODE: Part five of BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods , in which we bring you the first half of 'Storying Systems vs. Symptoms,' the second session of the second day of climate conversations we co-convened with dozens of Indigenous scholars, journalists and experts last October at the University of British Columbia. Moderated by long-time MEDIA INDIGENA roundtabler Candis Callison—a jointly-app...

ON THIS EPISODE: BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods —part four, featuring the back half of "Storytellers Without Borders," the lead-off session on BFF 's second day, where close to 40 scholars, journalists and experts gathered to discuss Indigenous climate narratives last October at UBC. Returning with their thoughts are panelists Tristan Ahtone, Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Deborah McGregor and Stephanie...

ON THIS EPISODE: part three of BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods! (And if this is your first encounter with our new series, you might want to start with BFF Part 0 , i.e. , episode 365, for best results.) Based on three days of conversations hosted at UBC last October, BFF brought together close to 40 scholars, journalists and experts who document and depict how Indigenous peoples contend with climate ch...

ON THIS EPISODE: The back half of our live panel at the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, it was the only public portion of  BFF: Beyond Fires & Floods, our 3-day gathering of journalists, scholars and experts focused on Indigenous narratives of climate change. Assembling four seasoned storytellers— Judi Kochon , Paul Seesequasis , Tanya Talaga , and Mark Trahant —they joined host/m...

On this episode, the formal kick-off to our extended series,  Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes, beginning with the first half of a panel recorded last October before a live audience in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC . The opening, public component of a 3-day gathering of journalists, scholars and others focused on Indigenous narratives o...

ON THIS EPISODE: Part 0 of "Beyond Fires and Floods: Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes." Otherwise known as "BFF,"  it's the name of a three-day gathering we co-convened last October on Musqueam Lands, home to the campus of UBC. Assembling close to 40 participants from media, academia and more, BFF fostered connections and conversations on Indigenous experiences and expertise with climat...

On this episode: the last of our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration,'" where we jump into genomics, a realm rife with racialized thinking and practice according to population scientist and Princeton graduate anthropology student Noah Collins. Yet despite challenges to Indigenous-led research in terms of access to financial...

ON THIS EPISODE: part four of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" Based on a presentation about pretendianism by  Kim TallBear (Professor of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota–Twin Cities), she joins fellow MI roundtabler Candis Callison (Professor in the Institut...

ON THIS EPISODE: part three of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" This time around, the property in question is intellectual. Rooted in a talk by Olga Ulturgasheva (Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester), we digest and dis...

ON THIS EPISODE: Part two of 'the White Possessive.' And back in part one , we brought you the basics of this analytical framework as articulated by Aileen Moreton-Robinson, an analysis at the heart of the event, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" Featuring five presentations, the first was by none other than MI's Candis Callison (Professor in the Inst...

ON THIS EPISODE: Interrogating 'the white possessive.' And according to Indigenous scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson , countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S. are best understood as 'white possessions'—possessions which take a great deal of work and resources to maintain, a relentless reproduction of "the nation-state's ownership, control and domination" over stolen Indigenous lands and waters...

On this episode: the back half of the all-Indigenous panel MI host/producer Rick Harp moderated at "Reimagining Political Journalism: Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next"—convened last November by Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa—in which the audience joins in with their thoughts and questions for our all-star panelists: Candis Callison , Associate Profess...