Fanachu! is a weekly podcast based in Guam in the Marianas Islands. It provides an decolonization and indigenous themed focus to news and events from the Marianas, Micronesia and the Pacific. It is live streamed each week on Facebook and features monthly episodes that promote the use and learning of the Chamoru language.
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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
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Green Dreamer with kaméa chayne explores our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness *for all*. Curious to unravel the dominant narratives that stunt our imaginations and called to spark radical dreaming of what could be, we share conversations with an ever-expanding range of thought leaders — each inspiring us to deepen and broaden our awareness in their own ways. www.greendreamer.com
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IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time. With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring ...
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Roots and Stems, an Indigenous language podcast, explores ways to support and join language revitalization efforts. Hosted by Sealaska Heritage, an Alaska Native nonprofit organization, the podcast features interviews with those in the field sharing their experiences in language learning and community.
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The Tongue Unbroken (Tlél Wudakʼóodzi Ḵaa Lʼóotʼ) is a podcast about Native American language revitalization and decolonization, as seen through the eyes and mind of a multilingual Indigenous person who is Lingít, Haida, Yupʼik and Sami. This podcast explores complex concepts of identity, resilience, erasure, and genocide and features guests involved in language revitalization and decolonial efforts in Alaska, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. This show hopes to connect to all audi ...
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A weekly podcast for anyone practicing or interested in learning more about the Where Are Your Keys? (WAYK) system of language acquisition. We discuss topics around language revitalization, language acquisition, methodologies and approaches, and catch up with the team and where they're at. The WAYK system is a comprehensive method for revitalizing endangered languages and skills. Endangered languages are languages on the precipice, with only a handful of speakers left as a result of coloniza ...
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ÍY SȻÁĆL HÁLE, Nick TŦE NE SNÁ ĆSE LÁ,E SEN EṮ W̱SÁNEĆ, ĆSE LÁ,E SEN EṮ TŦE BOḰEĆEN ÁLELEṈs. Good day everyone, My name is Nick I am from Saanich and I am from the Pauquachin Nation. This is W̱ILṈEW̱ Radio on CFUV 101.9FM. W̱ILṈEW̱ Radio translates to Indigenous Radio. It is a Indigenous show that features Indigenous: Musicians, Story telling, Artists, Language revitalization, Careers, Plant knowledge and more. W̱ILṈEW̱ Radio was made possible with support from the Government of Canada
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The University of Victoria is home to a handful of hardworking graduate students doing trailblazing work in their field. In this series, CFUV correspondents sit down with UVic graduate students to learn more about the work they do in a conversational setting.
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A podcast where journalists from Southeast Asia and beyond share their insights on the week's news from the region. Radio Free Asia's Mat Pennington speaks with the network's reporters and local language broadcasters about their top stories and RFA exclusives.
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Collegeland is a podcast featuring untold stories from campuses around the United States, co-hosted by professors Nan Enstad and Lisa Levenstein.
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Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. Join us as we meet with experts from Statistics Canada and from across the nation to ask and answer the questions that matter to Canadians.
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This podcast takes listeners coast to coast in discussion with National Board Certified Teachers who offer their advice and insights into the process. Each episode is an exploration into the amazing journey that these teachers have undertaken to get nationally board certified. We hope this podcast acts as a tool for prospective candidates for the National Board Certification while answering questions and concerns that candidates may have.
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Moe and Jenna Abdou interview a highly influential roster of founders, venture capitalists, CEO’s, master thinkers, bestselling authors, academic minds, and creatives to deconstruct the hidden insights that only those who are building breakthrough ventures can reveal. For ten years now, 33voices has engaged closely with founders, senior executives and company builders to identify interesting & pressing challenges that give rise to thoughtful dialogue with contributors who not only think diff ...
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The Educating Empathy podcast explores diverse perspectives on secondary and postsecondary education. Discussions on the podcast will cover a wide range of topics related to educational policy, advocacy, leadership, pedagogy, and personal stories. We also delve into discussions about promoting empathetic understanding in society. This podcast is produced by SissyMarySue Education Fund, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) committed to providing educational children’s programming, play-based learning, and ...
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Indigenous Language Revitalization with Nicki Benson
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24:53How do you learn an Indigenous language when there aren’t any fluent speakers around to help? In this episode, Nicki Benson, a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, shares how adult learners are finding creative, community-driven ways to bring Indigenous languages back into daily life. Want to learn more? Explore NEȾOLṈEW̱, a…
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What it means to call your loved one a ‘corpse’
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54:08In the hour’s following her mother’s death, Martha Baillie undertook two rituals — preparing a death mask of her mother’s face, and washing her mother’s body. That intimacy shaped her grief. She had learned earlier to witness death and be present, living with regret after she left the room to get a nurse when her father died. For Baillie her mother…
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The limitless mind and body of an 83-year-old super-athlete
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54:08"Never let anyone tell you that you're old," says Dag Aabaye, an 83-year-old super athlete who defies age. He runs two to six hours daily in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley, where he lives alone on a mountain. For him, running is “life itself." Blizzards, heat waves, even running 24 hours straight Until he met Aabaye, Brett Popplewell used to dread growing …
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How the American cowboy ignited the Republican movement
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54:07The cowboy — a symbol of the true American man who is anti-government, works independently and protects his family. Historian Heather Cox Richardson calls this rhetoric “cowboy individualism”, and says this myth is the basis for 40-year-old Republican ideology. In this public lecture, Cox Richardson argues that the current Trump administration has …
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How horses shaped humankind, from wearing pants to vaccines
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54:08We have a lot to thank horses for in our everyday lives, from the Hollywood motion picture, to life-saving vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus, to a staple in our closets: pants. "Prior to riding horses, no one wore pants," says historian Timothy Winegard. He argues that horses are intertwined in our own history to the point that we overlook their …
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Elections results are in. IDEAS recommends World Report
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10:43IDEAS listeners think deeply about the state of the world and how to improve it. To do that, you need to know what's going on. That's why we're recommending World Report. It's a daily news podcast that brings you the biggest stories happening in Canada and around the world, in just 10 minutes. Today you can get the latest Canadian election results …
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Mitch Anderson: Join the Amazon’s resistance against oil expansion
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54:40The Ecuadorian government is currently planning to auction off 8.7 million acres of the Amazon rainforest to oil interests. What is at stake — for the Indigenous communities of the Amazon, for people outside of the Amazon, and for the planet — with millions of acres of lively, intact rainforest being put on the line? What can we learn from how the …
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When reality TV first exploded in the early 2000s, the media panicked about the effect "unscripted" content would have on viewers. They found it difficult to distinguish between what was real and fake. But these days, people generally know better. Viewers now lean on the assumption that most of it is artfully manufactured. And according to experts,…
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What it takes to become a ruthless tyrant
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54:08Looking back about 3,000 years, the playbook on authoritarianism remains pretty much the same as it is today. Back in the 5th century BCE, when Herodotus travelled the ancient world gathering stories, he became an expert in would-be tyrants. His groundbreaking tome, simply called The History, shared vivid descriptions of autocratic and tyrannical r…
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How did colonialism unfold off the coast of the Pacific Northwest? Jesse Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of History, explores how encounters between Indigenous mariners and colonial newcomers at sea shaped the course of history. From shipwrecks to shifting power dynamics, we dive into how the ocean became a central stage for colonial enc…
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[ES/UNTRANSLATED] Nemonte Nenquimo: Listen to the voices of the Amazon Rainforest
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29:41(By request, this is the raw, untranslated version of our interview with Nemonte Nenquimo — in which you will hear Nemonte's original responses in Spanish to Kaméa's questions presented in English.) What has been the historical relationship between missionary work and the development of the oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon? What does it mean t…
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Attacking our biggest fear — political polarization
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54:07Canadians’ biggest fear for the country’s future is “growing political and ideological polarization,” according to a 2023 EKOS poll. As part of our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy), host Nahlah Ayed headed to the fast-growing city of Edmonton to talk about the creative ways local resid…
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Why PEI cares more than any other province about voting
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54:08PEI has the highest voter turnout of any other province in Canada. Voting is fundamental to this community. Residents see firsthand how their vote matters — several elections were decided by 25 votes or less. In this small province, people have a personal and intimate connection with politicians. MLAs know voters on an individual basis and they fee…
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Has the housing crisis shaken your trust in democracy?
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59:00Like many cities in Canada, Nanaimo has a housing crisis. As rent prices have surged, so has homelessness. According to the city's last official count, there are 515 unhoused people in Nanaimo at any given time. By population, that is a higher homelessness rate than the city of Vancouver. Our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnersh…
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Libraries are fighting for their freedom — and our democracy
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54:08Public libraries are the forum for intellectual freedom, a core value that librarians protect for the sake of democracy. Yet libraries have now become a target in the culture wars of the U.S. – and in Canada, too. It’s an urgent conversation to have, no matter where one sits on the political spectrum. Libraries exist to give everyone access to a wi…
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In the face of violence, do you radically 'turn the other cheek'?
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54:08The Sermon on the Mount is one of the greatest gifts of scripture to humanity; just ask Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Leo Tolstoy. But who's making any use of it today? In a time when an eye for an eye still seems to hold sway, IDEAS producer Sean Foley explores the logic of Christian non-violence, beginning with Jesus' counsel to 'tu…
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What if we could make chemical reactions faster, cleaner, and smarter? This week, I’m joined by Ian Chagunda, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, who studies catalytic reactions—key processes behind the production of everything from medicines to materials. Using mass spectrometry, he uncovers their hidden mechanisms to make chemistry more…
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IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. We value curiosity and deep conversation. And we work hard to bring you the ideas that shape and re-shape our world. No topic is off-limits. New episodes drop Monday through Friday at 3 pm ET.
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How Hitler's 'favourite' reptile became a geopolitical symbol
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Love or hate Elon Musk, 'we empowered him'
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54:08It’s been a few months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, with the wealthiest man in the world, Elon Musk, overseeing government operations. The U.S. has been a platform for him, a source of money, resources and leverage, says historian and author Quinn Slobodian who has studied Musk's global history. Slobodian points out that Musk is “the symp…
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Spyware abusers can easily hack your phone and surveil you
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54:08We are all vulnerable to digital surveillance, as there’s little protection to prevent our phones from getting hacked. Mercenary spyware products like Pegasus are powerful and sophisticated, marketed to government clients around the world. Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert tells IDEAS, "the latest versions can be implanted on anyone's device anywher…
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Nemonte Nenquimo: Listen to the voices of the Amazon Rainforest
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31:34What has been the historical relationship between missionary work and the development of the oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon? What does it mean to listen to the voices — both human and more-than-human — of the Amazon Rainforest? And how do the Waorani navigate tensions between their Indigenous cosmovisions and ways of life, and the outside wo…
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How does the growth of cities affect the lakes around us? Biology master’s student Ashley Mickens is using a small but mighty fish—the threespine stickleback—to investigate how urban development impacts freshwater ecosystems on Vancouver Island. Want to learn more? Tune in to Ashley’s podcast, OceanBites Out Loud: https://oceanbites.org/oceanbiteso…
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Do you truly live in a ‘free’ society? It’s complicated
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54:08There's no universal definition for the word freedom, according to American historian Timothy Snyder. He divides the word into two categories for people — the freedom "from" and the freedom "to" various things. In the U.S., Snyder calls oligarchs like Elon Musk and President Donald Trump "heroes of negative freedom,” focused on being against things…
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Voices of the Chamoru Diaspora - Virtual Zine Launch
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52:47Send us a text In 2022, Fanachu put out a call for Chamorus living outside of the Marianas to share their reflections and experiences in the diaspora. Dozens of artists, writers, musicians and performers responded and in 2023 we released an online zine titled "Voices of the Chamoru Diaspora" edited by Amara Rose San Agustin. For this episode of Fan…
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Why world maps illustrate an artificial reality
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54:08The Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico controversy reminds us that maps may appear authoritative, but are a version of reality. At the same time, they can be rich, beautiful and informative, as Vancouver’s Kathleen Flaherty explains, in this 2005 documentary made before Google Maps changed mapmaking forever.…
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Need some Stompin' Tom right now to celebrate being Canadian? We thought so.
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54:08At a time when Canadians are rallying around the flag, IDEAS thought we could all use a little Stompin’ Tom Connors to keep us going. Famous for his black cowboy hat, he was an original, writing hundreds of songs about what it means to be Canadian. He may have died 12 years ago, but his songs live on, and resonate today.…
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Democracies 'stay true to your values' tackling borders, says U.S. expert
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54:08A German, a Canadian, and an American meet to discuss national borders — crossing them, defending them, and reimagining what they could become before the century is out. Our three experts dig into what’s happening to the concept of borders, how they work, and how border policies have changed in the past 10 years.…
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How a network of journalists uncovered billions and toppled world leaders
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54:07Between $21 and $32 trillion is hidden in offshore accounts. These secret stashes have been uncovered by the work of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) — a network of almost 300 investigative journalists. Their findings have led to multiple arrests and official inquiries in more than 70 countries, and the resignations …
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Can you return home? This author says revision offers radical possibilities
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54:07"The first kind of return before language or story is a return to one another," says novelist Janika Oza. She looks at the ways in which the narrative arcs of ordinary lives are shaped by ruptures like colonialism, war, and the Partition of India — and what it means to continually seek to return through stories, memories and objects. This episode i…
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Immigrating to a new country is never easy, and for Sikh women in Canada, the experience comes with its own unique challenges. Jasmine Padam, a master’s student in the Department of Sociology, explores the stories of Sikh women in the Lower Mainland to fill a critical gap in our understanding of immigration. We discuss how history, policy, and comm…
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Loving Your Country in the 21st Century (Step Three)
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54:08Patriotism’s back in style. Along with it comes reasonable questions about when a love of your country is a good thing, and when it can lead you astray. Our series on the art of national pride continues with IDEAS producer Tom Howell gathering insights from Afghans, Israelis, and Americans in hopes of finding the key to doing patriotism right.…
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Walk with us through a rare old-growth forest in peril
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54:08The World Wildlife Fund lists the Wabanaki-Acadian old-growth forest as endangered — with only one per cent remaining. The Wabanaki-Acadian forest stretches from parts of the Maritimes and Southern Quebec down into New England states. IDEAS explores the beauty and complexity of this ancient forest with 300-year-old trees. *This episode originally a…
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How Galileo revolutionized science to make way for modernity
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54:08Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum physics, and finding evidence of black holes — trace the chain of discoveries that led to these breakthroughs and you'll end up with the Italian astronomer and inventor, Galileo Galilei. Renowned Italian theoretical physicist and author Carlo Rovelli says we can learn a lot from Galileo today. He explains ho…
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Prentis Hemphill: Becoming strange to the normalcies of this world
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47:43What is at stake if we bypass the “inner” work of personal transformation while we rally forward in the “external” work of dismantling systemic injustice? What does it mean to imbue wonder, mystery, and magic within movements for collective liberation? And what if these troubled times actually require us to become strange to its often-normalized va…
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Joyce Wieland's art of nationhood embodied Canadian pride
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Montreal's Confederate past revealed, from sympathizers to raids
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54:08Montreal was a hotbed of spies and conspirators during the U.S. Civil War. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed and investigative journalist Julian Sher, author of The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln, tour Montreal’s past and present, tracing the city’s hidden Confederate past.
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This week, we’re exploring how education policies can shape a student’s future—especially for those new to the country. Alycia Garcia, a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, breaks down how American educational policies impact newcomer students and what that means for their learning, belonging, and success. Want to learn mor…
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Protecting childhood innocence is a disservice to kids, argues expert
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54:08We should move away from this idea that childhood should be filled with innocence, safe from the knowledge of difficult things argues Critical Cultural Theorist of Childhood Julie Garlen. Kids do experience difficulty, even in the best of circumstances, and she suggests they need the tools and language to navigate the lives they are living. Constru…
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Why a small town newspaper is thriving in a declining industry
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54:07Need a babysitter? Phone Cindy. That's just one of the ads in The Inverness Oran, a small town newspaper in Cape Breton with a circulation of 3,000. For almost 50 years, the paper has kept the community updated on local news, many opinions, and letters to the editor. IDEAS offers a snapshot of what people are talking about in Inverness County, what…
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Normalizing Chamoru Language Learning
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1:07:33Send us a text The majority of the Chamoru people in the world today are unable to speak their native language. To help keep the language a living part of our community, it is imperative that we do away with the stigma of not being able to speak Chamoru and instead focus on normalizing the everyday learning of Chamoru. For this episode of Fanachu, …
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A School that Feels like Home: Revitalizing Mi’kmaq Language in Cape Breton
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54:08In 1997, the Mi’kmaq Nation took over on-reserve education in Nova Scotia. It was the first time in Canadian history that jurisdiction for education was transferred from the federal government to a First Nation. One year later, Eskasoni First Nation high school opened, and since then, the school has become an epicentre for Mi’kmaq language revitali…
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How Iqaluit's learning institute gave a generation of Inuit adults a path back to Inuktut
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54:07Younger generations in Nunavut today are less likely to grow up immersed in Inuktut. At a language school in Iqaluit, Inuit adults who didn’t grow up speaking Inuktut now have the chance to learn it as a second language at the Pirurvik Centre. By learning the words for kinship terminology, they’re also discovering things about their families they n…
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In today's episode, we’re zooming out from individual stars to entire galaxies! Max Kurzner, a PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, takes us on a journey through the Virgo Cluster—the closest galaxy cluster to our own. Want to learn more? Check out Max's research on his website: maxkurzner.com Explore a visual guide to the Virgo …
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Serene Thin Elk: An invitation into collective, generational healing
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46:00A lot of people seem to be struggling with our senses of belonging. So many people have been uprooted and forcibly displaced. Many have chosen out of free will to relocate. Many are born into places where they don't have deep ancestral roots. And many don’t have the privilege of feeling like their families and communities with whom they grew up are…
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