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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · 8d

Miigwech, thank you for listening 🧡

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CoachC 🇨🇦 @socrgal.bsky.social · 9d

Sept 30. Truth and Reconciliation. As a settler it is my job to listen and learn. Kuper Island with Duncan McCue www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Kuper Island | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and li...

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · 9d

Our Certificate in Journalism in Indigenous Communities has kicked off, with its first cohort of 20 learners! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Journalism program for Indigenous learners, taught by Indigenous faculty, welcomes 1st students | CBC News

Twenty students from across Canada have been selected for the inaugural cohort of a new journalism program offered by Kenjgewin Teg on Manitoulin Island and Ottawa's Carleton University.

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Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi @clahchischiligi.bsky.social · 20d

High Country News & the @indigenousja.bsky.social join forces next week to host a free webinar for Indigenous photojournalists interested in collaborating with HCN and to learn about freelancing in general.

Join us at 11 a.m. MT, Sept. 23.

Register here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/09/call...

High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 24d

Join freelance photographer, Tailyr Irvine, HCN Visuals Editor, Bear Guerra, and HCN’s Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sunnie Clahchischiligi on September 23, 2025 at 11a.m. MT for an informative conversation about freelancing and collaborating with HCN.

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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join me, Joy SpearChief-Morris (CBC), Alessia Passafiume (CP) & Duncan McCue (Carleton U) to talk Truth & Reconciliation & politics. Wed. Sept 17, 6:30 pm @ 3 Brasseurs, 240 Sparks St., Ottawa. It's Free. #Indigenous #cdnpoli #cdnmedia Space is limited. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/shared-byl...

Shared Bylines: Mixer on the Hill

In Conversation: Truth and Reconciliation – Mapping the Intersection of Indigenous and Political Reporting

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · Aug 22

Global Indigenous cinema is taking center stage at the Toronto International Film Festival’s 50th anniversary, marking the festival’s most expansive Indigenous program to date.

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TIFF 2025 to Showcase Best of Indigenous Cinema From Around the World

Global Indigenous cinema is taking center stage at the Toronto International Film Festival's 50th anniversary, marking the festival's most expansive Indigenous program to date. For this milestone year...

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 19

a really great and well-researched story from @zoeyunker.bsky.social about the context and implications of the Cowichan decision, including how the namesake of Port Moody, B.C., secretly bought a Cowichan village site that should have been a reserve: thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee

The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · Aug 5

Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought

Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · Aug 1

A journalist in Northern Ontario posted these FYIs about talking to reporters. And they’re all true of course - but I had a conversation with a Native writer yesterday (before seeing this) - and every point is a rule we talked about breaking in First Nations communities.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Jul 31

Cabin Radio, an independent online radio station and news outlet based in Yellowknife, has been granted its FM license after nearly a decade in operation.

A new frequency for Yellowknife’s independent radio voice | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Longreads @longreads.com · Jul 29

"The Sacagawea found in the oral histories of the Hidatsas is both grander and humbler — more like a person, less like a symbol — than the one taught in schools." — @cwhe.bsky.social for The New York Times Magazine

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear.

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've got an article out on the Narwhal today... talking about the First Nations Leaders Summit from the inside. One thing I talk about in this piece that I haven't elsewhere was how weird it was to see the disrespect from Cabinet Ministers to Musqueam MP, Wade Grant.

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Jul 24

First Nations have raised concerns about the Building Canada Act since it was introduced as part of Bill C-5.

As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...

Inside the Bill C-5 First Nations summit | The Narwhal

I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Jul 4

Todd Labrador is a traditional Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe maker in southwestern Nova Scotia.

But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable.

Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.

One last canoe: Mi’kmaw builder faces dying birch trees | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · Jun 30

Guesting on The Current all week - always happy to keep Matt’s chair warm but extra shot of java required this AM!

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · Jun 28

This is probably one of the most important documentaries of the last decade for NDN Country and the US in general because tribal disenrollment has led to armed conflicts and it is a precursor to the end of US birthright citizenship.

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You’re No Indian – Official Trailer | Tribal Disenrollment Documentary

YouTube video by You're No Indian Film

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · Jun 27

Proud of my Reporting in Indigenous Communities students’ excellent work on this piece about the impact of #climatechange on birch crafts amongst Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg, published with our media partner @cangeo.bsky.social canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pee...

Peeling back the impact of climate change on traditional birch crafts in Kitigan Zibi

Algonquin artist Pinock Smith is keeping the tradition of building birchbark canoes alive. But, as harvesting birchbark becomes increasingly difficult because of climate change, how will artists like ...

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · Jun 25

Miigwech Keili 🧡

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Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social · Jun 24

Incredible to hear how much care went into making the Kuper Island podcast. Duncan McCue gives a masterclass in reporting on trauma with respect and sensitivity. Take a listen:

Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · Jun 24

A pleasure to have such an in-depth chat about the Kuper Island pod with true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson. Check out the episode - just dropped in the Wicked Words feed podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · Jun 24

A pleasure to have such an in-depth chat about the Kuper Island pod with true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson. Check out the episode - just dropped in the Wicked Words feed podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Jun 12

To mark 25 years of reporting, we asked APTN News staff past and present to reflect on the moments that left a mark.

Watch here: www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/2...

APTN News 25 | The Moments That Shaped Us

APTN News is celebrating 25 years. Present and former staff members reflect on the moments that made a lasting impression.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Jun 6

His grandfather didn’t have the right to vote. Now, Wade Grant is representing Vancouver in parliament.

A profile on the first Musqueam MP by @sevawood.bsky.social

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How Indigenous MP Wade Grant plans to face divisive issues

Former Musqueam councillor Wade Grant believes he can take on climate change, affordability, Indigenous rights in Vancouver while uniting people

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Canadian Journalism Foundation @cjf-fjc.bsky.social · May 22

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce that award-winning Anishnaabe journalist Lenard Monkman is the inaugural recipient of the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the @cmadocs.bsky.social (CMA). Read: www.newswire.ca/news-release...

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A graphic with a multi-coloured background and a quote from CJF President and Executive Director Natalie Turvey

A graphic with a multi-coloured background and a quote from Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Joss Reimer

A graphic with a multi-coloured background and a quote from selection committee chair and Pulitzer- and Peabody Award-Winning Journalist Connie Walker

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · May 30

“My friend, the journalist Duncan McCue (@duncanmccue.bsky.social), coined this idea: ‘Be a storyteller, not a story taker.’ This really resonated with me.”

— Investigative journalist @conniewalker.bsky.social.

Full Q&A: https://twp.ai/9PSAOg

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‘Giving Sources Power’: Reporting on Indigenous Communities and Creating Compelling Investigative Podcasts

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · May 24

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How to Apply to the Certificate Program | School of Journalism and Communication

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Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social · May 24

Indigenous? Interested in journalism?Still time to apply for CJIIC. Deadline: June 1. Our all-Indigenous lineup of journalism instructors are prepping now for fall! www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Carleton University launches new program aimed at training Indigenous journalists | CBC News

Three educational institutions in Ontario have teamed up to offer a new model of journalism school aimed at "passing the mic" to Indigenous learners in remote communities who may have faced roadblocks...

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