ISWO’s Virtual Programming Creates Wellness Community for all Ages during the pandemic

Submitted to TRT Staff MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — When the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared last March, Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario (ISWO) knew that the…

Dr. Peter Bryce; residential school whistleblower

OTTAWA – Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Department, may not have been the first to publicly expose the horrible conditions…

Reconciliation continues to follow colonial paths

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has just appointed their first “indigenous” person, as the Governor-General of Canada. Under Trudeau’s Liberal leadership, Canada continues to make a…

Why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child care program

By Christine Alden, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Bilateral negotiations are underway to move the historic federal commitment to…

Suburban monumentalism: How do we change Indigenous settler relations when there are no statues to destroy?

By Patricia Landolt, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto and Paloma E. Villegas, Assistant Professor, Sociology, California State University San Bernardino Across Canada’s cities, protesters…

Letter to the Editor, RE: Father’s Day Golf Event 2021

On Friday, June 25,  38 golfers participated in 1st Annual Father’s Day Golf tournament at Monthill Golf & Country Club. They Are Coming Home, Carmen…

Reconciliation and Residential Schools: Canadians need new stories to face a future better than what we inherited

By Kent den Heyer, Professor of Secondary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta Indigenous leaders have advised Canadians to brace themselves for findings of…

Honour those found at residential schools by respecting the human rights of First Nations children today

By Anne Levesque, Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, L’Universite d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa   The discovery of more than 1,000 Indigenous children’s bodies in unmarked graves…

Colonialism is alive and well on the AM radio waves of 1380 CKPC in Brantford, Ontario.

On this day a gathering of numerous indigenous and non indigenous people gathered together to acknowledge the children that were killed in the genocidal residential…

If you can’t bite; don’t growl!

Thoughts of an elderly Mohawk man Sometime in the 1960’s, Little Jimmy Dickens sang a song about a man who chased and caught a pretty…

Statues, Churches and other delusions

By Terri Brown Statues toppled and churches burned is the news of the week. I listen with awe and amazement. As I search my being…

Get the facts, there is no tax.

The move to regulate cannabis on the territory is important work. As I mentioned in my video statement to the community, along with Elected Chief…

Canada is quietly fighting against residential school survivors in court

First Nation Indigenous across the land are enraged. For years the original peoples have been saying that their humanity was crushed under the auspices of…

How and when Canada created National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Indigenous Peoples Day is taking place on Monday, June 21. National Indigenous Peoples Day is a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions…

Why is Pride Month celebrated in June?

Pride Month takes place for the entire month of June and is dedicated to 2SLGBTQIA+ voices, the celebration of LGBTQ culture and support of those…