Media and Multimedia
Journals and Newsletters
- Canadian Journal of Native Education
- The Canadian Journal of Native Education is published twice yearly: in spring/summer and in fall/winter.
- Canadian Journal of Native Studies, The
- The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is a highly recognized journal in the field of Native Studies. It comes out on a bi-annual basis, and publishes original research which is refereed by peer review.
- First Nations Research Site On-Line Journal
- Source: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
- Indigenous Law Journal
- The Indigenous Law Journal is a student-run legal journal from the University of Toronto that exclusively publishes articles regarding Indigenous legal issues.
- Source: University of Toronto
- Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development
- CANDO's Resource Library maintains a collection of publications devoted to Aboriginal economic development.
- Source: Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO)
- Journal of Aboriginal Health, The
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Native Studies Review
- The journal's mandate is to feature original scholarly research on Aboriginal perspectives and issues in contemporary and historical contexts.
- Source: Native Studies Department – University of Saskatchewan
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Magazines and Newspapers
- First Nations Drum
- First Nations Drum is Canada's official native publication designed to inform and entertain its readers to strengthen understanding between native and non-native residents.
- Inuit Art Quarterly
- In depth coverage of the art with features, artist interviews, profiles, reviews and news.
- Source: Inuit Art Foundation
- Inuktitut Magazine
- Message from the Managing Editor of Inuktitut Magazine, a publication distributed across the Arctic and that presents the heritage of Inuit culture, language and society in a modern format.
- Métis National Youth Advisory Gazette
- The national Métis Youth Gazette publishes submissions by Métis youth from across the country, and is distributed across Western Canada.
- Say Magazine
- Features timely articles, inspiring profiles and keen insights into entertainment, sports, careers, celebrity and youth culture.
- Spirit Magazine
- As Canada's only national First Nations arts and culture magazine, Spirit Magazine examines and celebrates the recent history, the present and future of Native arts in North America with a Special Arts Issue.
- Windspeaker
- Windspeaker is one of Canada's national Aboriginal news source.
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Multimedia
- Aboriginal Multi–Media Society
- AMMSA is an independent Aboriginal communications organization committed to facilitating the exchange of information reflecting Aboriginal culture to a growing and diverse audience.
- CBC Aboriginal
- This CBC page provides news stories related to Aboriginal people, information on Aboriginal programming, as well as an archive section and in-depth reports on various Aboriginal issues.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)- Digital Drum
- The Digital Drum site provides a place for Aboriginal Cultural expression — storytelling, media literacy, community traditions, activism and music – and contains video and audio footage.
- Nation Talk
- NationTalk is a way of managing a great deal of information for and about the Aboriginal community in Canada.
- Tshinanu
- Tshinanu is an interactive multimedia project featuring 26 different themes of particular importance to Aboriginal communities in Canada.
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News Online
- Aboriginal Planet Magazine
- Welcome to the May 2004 issue of Aboriginal Planet! That month, aboriginal planet celebrated the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Nunavut!
- Source: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- AboriNews.com
- AboriNews is the only Canadian Aboriginial Website presenting current events, issues and information in French and English.
- First Perspective, The
- The First Perspective (National News) and The Drum (Manitoba & North West Ontarion News) are published together monthly by Taiga Communications Inc. at Brokenhead First Nation, Scanterbury, Manitoba.
- Société : Autochtones (In French Only)
- This page provides a directory of articles pertaining to Aboriginal people. These articles dates back from 2001 up to today.
- Source: Vigile.net
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Publishing Houses
- GoodMinds.com
- Native-owned and operated business located on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, providing one-stop-shopping for the very best in Native Educational ressources.
- Nortext
- Award-winning, full-service marketing, communications and publishing company with an Aboriginal focus.
- Pemmican Publications
- Pemmican Publications Inc. is a Metis cultural and educational publishing house established in 1980 by the Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. as a creative and vocational outlet for the Metis people of Manitoba
- Purich Publishing Ltd.
- Founded in 1992, Purich Publishing Ltd. is a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan based publisher specializing in books on Aboriginal, legal, and western Canadian issues.
- Raven Publishing
- Raven Publishing sells Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian art books that teach how to understand, appreciate, draw, paint and carve designs using the different First Nations Native Indian art styles.
- Recherches amérindiennes au Québec (In French Only)
- Recherches amérindiennes au Québec is a publishing house dedicated to the knowledge dissemination of Aboriginal populations in Quebec and in America.
- Theytus Books Ltd.
- Theytus is a First Nations owned and operated publishing house that produces and promotes appropriate reading material and information created by Aboriginal authors, illustrators and artists.
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Radio
- Aboriginal Voices Radio
- The dream of providing a national medium for the urban aboriginal resulted in the birth of this unique network of Aboriginal Voices Radio.
- Métis Radio
- www.metisradio.FM is proudly brought to you by the Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission (MNOCC).
- Native Solidarity News
- Native Solidarity News is a national radio service and part of an international network of information and action in support of indigenous peoples' survival and dignity.
- Sleeping Buffalo Internet Radio
- Sleeping Buffalo Internet Radio enables Aboriginal communities to share local and regional issues, as well as national and international news, cultural affairs, music, arts and entertainment.
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Television, Films and Videos
- Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
- The first national Aboriginal television network in the world with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples, to share with all Canadians as well as viewers around the world.
- Arnait Video Productions
- The goal of Arnait Video Productions is to value the voices of Inuit women in debates of interest to all Canadians.
- Source: Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.
- Big Soul Productions, The
- Big Soul Productions is an award-winning Aboriginal-owned and operated film and television production company that offers a wide range of media and creative support services.
- Cooking with the Wolfman
- Cooking With The Wolfman remains a deliciously entertaining half-hour television program that presents the harvest of First Nations multicultural and regional cuisine in a fun-filled, informative and engaging manner
- Director General Films
- Director General has been active in Alberta's film industry for four years with projects ranging from issue-oriented programs to cultural and historical documentaries.
- Finding Dawn
- This NFB page provides a description of the film Finding Dawn, a compelling documentary that sheds light on violence against Aboriginal woman.
- Source: Government of Canada; National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
- First Nations Films
- First Nations Films through Motion Visual creates award-winning television documentary films for, by and about Indigenous people.
- Gryphon Productions
- The online store of Gryphon Productions Aboriginal Videos features a large number of documentaries about various Aboriginal issues.
- Hank William's First Nation
- Home page for the Canadian television drama Hank Williams First Nation - the Series, broadcast on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
- Inuit Adventure Africa
- This site introduces the film Road Scholars: Inuit Adventure Africa, a special one-hour documentary on six teenagers who spent their summer volunteering in rural Africa.
- Source: Road Scholars
- Isuma – Independent Inuit Film
- Produces independent community-based media - video, audio, TV and now Internet - to preserve and enhance Inuit culture and language, and to create jobs and needed economic development in Igloolik and Nunavut.
- Isuma – The Portal for Indigenous Filmmakers
- Isuma is an internet video portal were indigenous filmmakers can post their unique films including indigenous-language content.
- Moccasin Flats
- The official site for the television drama series Mocassin Flats, broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television, includes the show synopsis, the trailor and a photo gallery.
- Native Spirit Festival, The
- Native Spirit is formed with the ideals of promoting Native viewpoints, preserving and empowering indigenous communities and publicizing the traditions, identities and realities of surviving Amerindian cultures.
- Northern Native Broadcast Access Program
- The purpose of this program is to provide funding and assistance for the production and distribution of Aboriginal radio and television programming in Aboriginal Languages.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Pine Needle Blankets Productions
- Anishnabe Multimedia Company based in Whitefish Lake First Nation with a studio location in Sudbury that brings to their clients a range of services with a unique style of creativity based upon their native views.
- The Link
- Official site for The Link, a youth TV show airing on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network that features the latest music videos, interviews and movie/DVD/game reviews.
- Tkaronto
- This site introduces Tkaronto, a small Canadian independent feature film directed by Métis writer-director Shane Belcourt, and includes news and detailed information about the production.
- Visions from the Wilderness: The Art of Paul Kane (Documentary)
- Profiles the fascinating and paradoxical life of North American landscape and portrait artist, Paul Kane.
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