Colonization, resistance and popular culture
From Katherena Vermette’s graphic novel A Girl Called Echo On January 7, 2019, the RCMP raided the Gidimt’en checkpoint and the Unist’ot’en blockade that was set up to protect traditional…
Culture, Indigenous Politics,
Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Kent Momkman, The Daddies (2016) 60ii X 112.5ii, Acrylic on Canvas Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience may not be the art exhibit Canadians wanted during Canada…
Our Land: 150 Years of Colonialism
The Graphic History Collective (GHC) has launched a new activist art project: Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project. The collaborative project will be an ongoing poster…
Changing the world with comedy
Ryan McMahon In Me Funny, Anishinaabe author and playwright Drew Hayden Taylor argues that humour has always been an integral aspect of indigenous cultures. Moreover, he suggests that in colonial…
KC Adams: Perception, imagery and the fragility of prejudice
Perception • Photo by KC Adams “The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are…