In the media
Podcasts:
Drilled “Season 10, Episode 12: Modern-Day Bead Trading: ‘Red Washing and Repression in Canada.” I have a few brief quotes at the end about Indigenous communities, resource extraction and corporate capitalism with host Martha Troian.
Speak Up!: Talking about the Willow Project and Indigenous communities navigating the persistent fossil fuel economy, with host Vivienne Freidl for CJSF 90.1.
Below the Radar Episode 203: “Supporting Indigenous Self-Determination Through Research.” A great conservation with host Am Johal about my current research focusing on Indigenous communities, self-determination and resource management in BC.
Media Indigena episode 255: “Canada’s Carbon Economy and Indigenous Ambivalence.” I really enjoyed this in-depth (over an hour) and wide-ranging conversation with host, Rick Harp about my chapter in the book, Regime of Obstruction (2021).
Print/Online News:
B.C. government affirms Haida Nation title over all of Haida Gwaii in draft agreement. Article by Jackie McKay for CBC News, March 28, 2024.
B.C. pauses plan to amend Land Act. Article and video clip with Jackie McKay for CBC Indigenous and News Vancouver, February 21, 2024
B.C. government scrapping proposed Land Act amendments. Global News (Vancouver) at 6 with Richard Zussman, February 21, 2024.
B.C. regional chief decries ‘fear mongering’ over proposed changes to the Lands Act. Article by Jackie McKay for CBC Indigenous, February 13, 2024.
Could an Indigenous-Owned Pipeline be a Force for Good? Article by Zoë Yunker for The Walrus, November 21, 2022.
Jusqu’où peut aller l’activisme des Blancs? Story about non-Indigenous protesters and First Nations people at Fairy Creek by Marianne Dépelteau for Franco Presse, August 1, 2022.
Canada sides with a pipeline, violating Wet’suwet’en laws — and its own. Article about Wet’suwet’en defending their lands from Coast Gas Link pipeline construction by Mark Armao for Grist, November 18, 2021.
Election 2021: No shows and no interest — leaders may regret ignoring Indigenous voters. Article by Denise Ryan about the 2021 federal election and Indigenous peoples, for the Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2021.
Activists seeking to protect Canada’s old-growth forest say they are aligned with First Nations. Is that really true? Article by Rochelle Baker about the Fairy Creek old growth protests for Canada’s National Observer, September 21, 2021.
Des groupes racialisés font preuve de solidarité avec les chefs héréditaires Wet'suwet'en. Article by Mugoli Samba regarding solitary with and support for Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs by radicalized communities in Canada, for Radio-Canada, February 23, 2020.
What it’s Like Living in a Region Divided by a Pipeline and Colonialism. Article by Jesse Winter for Vice, February 13, 2020.
Why Forcing Indigenous People to Move Off Their Land Won’t Solve Anything. Article by James Wilt for Vice, April 28, 2016.
Television and Film:
British Columbia: An Untold History on the Knowledge Network, directed by Kevin Eastwood. I am featured in episode 4: Nature + Co-Existence. (I’m now on IMDb.com!)
February 19, 2020 - Interview with Andrew Bell for Commodities on BNN Bloomberg regarding the Wet’suwet’en land defense and Canada’s oil and gas industry. You can view the segment here. (Because I called oil and gas a dying industry, this interview garnered me my first hate mail - mostly from Albertans)
February 19, 2020 - Interview with Deutsche Welle News (German media outlet) regarding the Wet’suwet’en opposition to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline incursion into their territories.
February 14, 2020 - Panel discussion with Andrew Nichols on CBC News Network regarding the cross-Canada solidarity protests supporting the Wet’suewt’en hereditary chiefs. You can view the segment on the CBC website here.
Radio:
October 2021 - I was interviewed by Matt Galloway for The Current on CBC along with fellow guest Ken Wu regarding the Fairy Creek old growth logging protests. You can listen to the segment on the CBC website here, and read a transcript of the interview here.
October 15, 2021 - Journeys with Kelly Kenny, host of CFNR.
September 30, 2021 - Interview with Ryan Price on CFAX 1070 re: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and supporting Indigenous peoples. You can listen to the interview here.
September 1, 2021 - Syndicated interviews with eight CBC Radio stations across Canada regarding the federal election and Indigenous peoples.
March 2, 2020 - Syndicated interviews with sixteen CBC Radio stations across Canada regarding the Wet’suwet’en land defense against the Coastal Gas Link pipeline.
February 12, 2020 - Interview with Michelle Eliot on BC Today (CBC) regarding the Wet’suwet’en land defense.
February 12, 2020 - Interview with Jill Bennett on CKNW regarding the Wet’suwet’en land defense.
January 10, 2019 - I spoke with the host of CBC Daybreak North, Carolina de Ryk, again about the Wet’suwet’en opposition to LNG pipeline incursions on their territories.
January 8, 2019 - I spoke with Margaret Gallagher on CBC Vancouver’s On the Coast regarding the January 7th RCMP raids on Wet’suwet’en checkpoints.
November 17, 2017 - I spoke with Charlie O'Connor and Brooke Wahsontiiostha Deer for 90.3 CKUT in Montréal regarding my research on Indigenous community economic development and neoliberal capitalism.
December 13, 2016 - Interview with Dr. Minelle Mahtani on her show, Sense of Place on Roundhouse Radio (98.3), Vancouver, BC.
Banner photo by Eugene Doudko