Spirit Seeds celebrate First Nations beadwork

For over 15 years, Naomi Smith collected beadwork designs while she created traditional beadwork, leather craft, moose hair embroidery, quillwork, sweetgrass or birchbark basket making…

First Nations Cultural Awareness Day at Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery

The fourth annual First Nations Cultural Awareness Day at Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery took place alongside the Ogitchidaa Kwe: Warrior Women exhibition on June…

McMahon’s pitch green-lighted by imagineNATIVE

Ryan McMahon’s feature film script pitch has been selected by the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival’s inaugural script development lab.

AAGNO launches annual show in Thunder Bay

The Aboriginal Artworks Group of North Ontario (AAGNO) presents its fifth annual Spring Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Show and Sale at the Victoriaville Centre…

Loretta Todd’s Indigenous viewpoint powers sci-fi thriller

Loretta Todd grew up in a television era of science fiction where giant ants or Godzilla tried to take over the world.

OFIFC’s Villages Equity Corporation Signs Agreement with 2015 Pan Am & Parapan American Games

Villages Equity Corporation (VEC), an economic development organization founded by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC), signed a license agreement on Tuesday, April…

Indigenous led tourism creates new opportunities

Environmental respect for Mother Earth provides fertile ground for Indigenous communities engaged in the business of tourism in Ontario’s North.

Miss Universe Canada Contestant Cares About the Environment

Amanda Vallieres, Chippewa from Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., is a national finalist for the Miss Universe Canada 2014 pageant. Vallieres, 26, has the…

Cordillera Day commemorates Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle in the Philippines

TORONTO – Cordillera Day, an annual commemoration of the Indigenous peoples’ struggle in the Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, was celebrated in Toronto. Amidst…

Museum of Inuit Art Showcases Inuit Ceramics in Toronto

TORONTO – Toronto’s Museum of Inuit Art’s (MIA) latest exhibition, The Matchbox Gallery: A Retrospective, looks at the gallery’s history and production of fine ceramic…

CCAB Launches Aboriginal Business in Ontario Survey

Aboriginal entrepreneurs’ experiences, successes, and challenges in Ontario today came to light at the launch of a Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) survey.