Posts Filed Under: “First Nations”
This year's festival strived harder than usual for inclusiveness, accessibility and awareness.
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Mark Kay and Steve Fisher
The Trans-Mountain pipeline could become “Canada’s Standing Rock.”
By
Kalina Hada-Lemon
To reduce energy costs, one local initiative retrofits inefficient toilets, shower heads, and faucets in low-income neighbourhoods.
By
Wayne Roberts
With more than half of First Nations people living off-reserve, cultural preservation relies on creating unified Aboriginal communities in cities.
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Glenn Wheeler
The Five Nations of the Iroquois establish villages on the north shore of Lake Ontario in the 1670s, including one near the mouth of the Humber River, at the start of the Toronto Carrying Place.
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David Wencer
The Mississaugas' thriving agricultural village on the Credit River, 1826-1847.
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Kevin Plummer
The appropriation of aboriginal dress, history, and imagery, and the stereotypes associated with them.
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Jamie Bradburn
The repercussions of the 1796 killing of a Mississaugas chief.
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Kevin Plummer
The bones of 500 First Nations people are found in a centuries-old Scarborough burial pit.
By
David Wencer
With new exhibition highlighting Anishinaabe artists, the AGO is rethinking its Canadian galleries.
By
Jamie Bradburn
Oronhyatekha built the Independent Order of Foresters and the tallest building in Toronto.
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Jamie Bradburn
New designs revealed for Ontario Place's urban park.
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Jamie Bradburn
History buffs mounted their bikes and explored one of Toronto's most significant archaeological sites.
By
Jamie Bradburn
No, Toronto does not mean "meeting place."
By
Patrick Metzger
Scenes from Saturday's celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the battle.
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Jamie Bradburn • Photos by Nancy Paiva
Canada celebrates the War of 1812, but the Six Nations perspective on the war and its effects is a sombre one.
By
Jamie Bradburn
Filmmaker Andrée Cazabon brings her latest documentary to the ROM for a screening and discussion about issues facing children on First Nations reserves.
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Sarah-Joyce Battersby
TDSB students display their art in the rotunda of City Hall as part of National Aboriginal Day celebrations
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Sarah-Joyce Battersby
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