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5 DAYS AGO

The Art and Heart of Collaboration

It’s a sacred gift to tell the stories that we carry – that’s one of the lessons Tanya Talaga shares with emerging writers. Rosanna speaks with the award-winning author and other creatives about how they lift each other up by creating safe spaces, supporting each other’s art and offering opportunity and mentorship to the next generation.

5 days ago

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47 min
5 JAN

Wisdom from Indigenous authors guiding us into the new year

Reconnecting with language, family and culture is a journey without a map. It's one Melissa Powless Day has been walking through and sharing about in her poetry as she seeks reconnection and belonging. We also reflect on lessons and wisdom shared from Indigenous authors Rosanna has spoken with to help us move into the new year.

5 Jan

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50 min
27/07/2021

Nimkii

It's 1990 on the Wabaseemoong Reserve, and a group has just blocked the Children's Aid Society from entering their community and taking any more of their children. After the confrontation, Sixties Scoop survivor Nimkii shares with her daughter the story of her life, and the promise she made to a little boy.

27/07/2021

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28 min
17/08/2021

Warrior Nation

This isn't your average coming-of-age story. It’s the summer of 1990 and apathetic Anishinaabe teen Washashk is on a road trip with his mom Raven. She wants to support the land defenders at Kanesatake. Washashk wants to go to the movies, but it's in The Pines that he'll find his place in the world.

17/08/2021

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28 min
24/08/2021

kitaskînaw 2350

The year is 2350 and the future is Indigenous. 15-year-old Wâpanacâhkos, a knowledge-keeper in training, is sent back in time by the Council of Elders to the 21st century. Her journey will shape Indigenous-settler relations on kitaskînaw — our Earth — for generations to come.

24/08/2021

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28 min
26/12/2025

Lessons in Giving

Who are the cookie people in your life? They bring light and calm in moments of chaos and darkness, and their gifts – whether they’re delicious treats, kind words, or time – hold lessons for us all. Rosanna digs into the season of giving and hears that some of the best gifts are those that come with lessons and stories. These gifts connect us to the past and give us hope for the year to come.

26/12/2025

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54 min
12/12/2025

Sacred Seven: Beaver is nurturing, giving, wise

Beaver mimicry is helping scientists on Blackfoot territory keep water on the land and put an end to decades of drought. It’s one of many ways Indigenous people look to our beaver kin for lessons on restoring balance to ecosystems. Rosanna hears how traditional knowledge and stories about beaver make us more nurturing, generous and wise.

12/12/2025

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51 min
10/08/2021

Migwite'tmeg: We Remember It

It’s the early 1980s in Listuguj, Que., a Mi’kmaw community nestled between the Appalachian Mountains and the mighty Restigouche River. The Mi’kmaq have been fishing these waters since time immemorial, following the natural cycle of the salmon. The government seeks to disrupt that cycle, but the Mi'kmaq push back to defend their way of life.

10/08/2021

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28 min
03/08/2021

Like A Razor Slash

It's 1975 in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, and a young Dene Chief named Frank T'Seleie is about to change the course of history. Follow Frank's fight to stop the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline — from his youth, to his days as a band administrator, to his celebrated speech at the Berger Inquiry, which is remembered as an integral part of the efforts to protect and defend the lands within the Northwest Territories.

03/08/2021

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28 min
24/10/2025

The Haunting of Unreserved

In Mi’kmaq Spirit Talker Shawn Leonard’s experience, ghosts and spirits aren’t actually all that scary. As a psychic medium he likes to show people how their loved ones who have passed still walk with them. On this spooky season edition of Unreserved, Rosanna speaks to Shawn and other lovers of the supernatural – from ghost hunters to scary story-tellers – about the lessons we learn from our connections to the spirit world.

24/10/2025

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51 min

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