Trailbreakers (CBC Radio 1)
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Trailbreakers: Fred Sasakamoose
Fred Sasakamoose is the first status First Nations player in the NHL. He broke a trail that many Aboriginal players have since followed. We'll hear his story and the tales of some of the stars that followed. Folks like Brian Trottier and Jordin Tootoo. And these players have made some dreams come true for generations of young players, we'll hear from them.
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Trailbreakers: Lisa Meeches
Lisa Meeches is an award winning Aboriginal film maker. Now she's mentoring a new crop of story tellers and teaching them modern techniques of ancient traditions. But she's also breaking some of her own rules and working with peoples of all cultures, integrating anyone interested into stories of Aboriginals and First Nations culture.
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Trailbreakers: Chef David Wolfman
Chef David Wolfman serves traditional foods in unexpected ways. It must be working because Cooking with the Wolfman wrapped it’s 8th television season, and he’s a culinary arts professor at George Brown College, teaching a new generation of Native chefs. All while infusing his cooking with advice on healthy eating, exploring Aboriginal foods and practicing what he preaches by taking his techniques out into the community. Along the way he’s created a new food trend: Aboriginal Fusion.
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Trailbreakers Rina Bright Aug 8 and 10
Rina Bright grew up on the Sandy Bay First Nation, a community where the doctor showed up once a week, and the dental office was a school hallway. Today she's a teacher at Children of the Earth School in Winnipeg, dedicated to a special program aimed at Aboriginal students who want to become health care workers. In this unique model, Rina stays with her students for four years, as they get the chance to work in clinics and assist in surgeries. Rina believes this program is a powerful way to...
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Trailbreakers Wabano and Allison Fisher Aug 1 & 3
Wabano: It’s a health clinic to some and a way of life to others. Wabano is Cree for New Beginnings and under the guidance of Executive Director Allison Fisher it is becoming exactly that: a place where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal alike are able to get their body and soul together and begin anew. On this episode of Trailbreakers you’ll discover how Allison has taken a small clinic in Ottawa and turned it into a medical centre blending Western and First Nations medical practices, gives...
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Trailbreakers Clarence Louie July 25 & 27
In Osoyoos, Chief Clarence Louie is shaking things up with a restaurant where you can eat BC Salmon on the patio, while drinking Pinot Noir from the first Aboriginal owned and operated winery in North America. Just one of the innovative new industries there. But, does it serve the needs of the actual rez residents? And, are jobs in restaurants really what Indigenous folks should be striving for?
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Trailbreakers Summer Corrine Hunt
Corrine Hunt of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage http://www.corrinehunt.ca is an artist making waves, both positive and negative ones. She created the wavy medals for the Vancouver Olympics, earning both kudos and complaints. And she’s on the front lines of meshing traditional cultural art and icons in very non-traditional settings, such as the frames of a commercial line of eye glasses. Moving traditional Art into the mainstream can bring both celebrity and condemnation.
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Sports and culture part one: Fred Sasakamoose
Fred Sasakamoose is the first First Nations player in the NHL. He broke a trail that many Aboriginal players have since followed. We'll hear his story and the tales of some of the stars that followed. Folks like Bryan Trottier and Jordin Tootoo. And these players have made some dreams come true for generations of young players, we'll hear from them.
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Sports and culture part two: Lisa Meeches
Lisa Meeches is an award winning Aboriginal film maker. Now she's mentoring a new crop of story tellers. But she's also breaking some of her own rules and working with peoples of all cultures.
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Working it out and getting to work part one: Chief...
In Osoyoos, Chief Clarence Louis is shaking things up with a restaurant where you can eat BC Salmon on the patio, while drinking Pinot Noir from the first Aboriginal owned and operated winery in North America. Just one of the innovative new industries there. But, does it serve the needs of the actual rez residents? And, are jobs in restaurants really what Indigenous folks should be striving for?
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Working out and getting to work part two: Rina Bright
Rina Bright grew up on the Sandy Bay First Nation, a community where the doctor showed up once a week, and the dental office was a school hallway. Today she's a teacher at Children of the Earth School in Winnipeg, dedicated to a special program aimed at Aboriginal students who want to become health care workers. In this unique model, Rina stays with her students for four years, as they get the chance to work in clinics and assist in surgeries. Rina believes this program is a powerful way...
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Working it out part two: Rina Bright
Rina Bright grew up on the Sandy Bay First Nation, a community where the doctor showed up once a week, and the dental office was a school hallway. Today she's a teacher at Children of the Earth School in Winnipeg, dedicated to a special program aimed at Aboriginal students who want to become health care workers. In this unique model, Rina stays with her students for four years, as they get the chance to work in clinics and assist in surgeries. Rina believes this program is a powerful way...
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Trailbreakers Jan 19, part 2, Blackstone
If Corrine is making waves, it’s nothing compared to Ron E. Scott and his television series Blackstone. The Rez Drama takes on the big issues facing many reserves: violence, substance abuse and corruption; all things that many Aboriginal folks feel shouldn’t be brought out into the open, never mind made into a TV show. But the Gemini award winning show is hugely popular and back for a 2nd season. How Art is shaking up Indian country!
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Trailbreakers Jan 26, Clarence Louis
In Osoyoos, Chief Clarence Louis is shaking things up with a restaurant where you can eat BC Salmon on the patio, while drinking Pinot Noir from the first Aboriginal owned and operated winery in North America. Just one of the innovative new industries there. But, does it serve the needs of the actual rez residents? And, are jobs in restaurants really what Indigenous folks should be striving for?
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Trailbreakers Feb 2, Lisa Meeches
Lisa Meeches is an award winning Aboriginal film maker. Now she's mentoring a new crop of story tellers. But she's also breaking some of her own rules and working with peoples of all cultures.
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Trailbreakers Jan 19 Corrine Hunt
Part 1: Corrine Hunt of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage http://www.corrinehunt.ca is an artist making waves, both positive and negative ones. She created the wavy medals for the Vancouver Olympics, earning both kudos and complaints. And she’s on the front lines of meshing traditional cultural art and icons in very non-traditional settings, such as the frames of a commercial line of eye glasses. Moving traditional Art into the mainstream can bring both celebrity and condemnation.
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Justice and the law part one: Don Worme
Don Worme is one of the great defenders of the Aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan. Don is the first lawyer most Native people in Saskatchewan will call if they come in conflict with the law. A modern day warrior of the courtroom; in fact his licence plate reads WARYER. He was the man behind the prosecution of the Starlight Tour cops that were leaving young native men outside the city in tshirts in the middle of winter. But Don’s involvement in the legal system comes from a place of deep...
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Justice and the law part 2: Cindy Blackstock
Cindy Blackstock has been surveilled by Canada's own government. Her crime? Caring for First Nations children. Blackstock is the head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and a member of Gitksan First Nation. She filed suit against the government before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 2007, charging that First Nations children were discriminated against by inequitable child welfare services on reserves. It's made her unpopular with government, but a crusader...
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