History of Indigenous Media in Canada (INCA 283)

Assignment #1 – Survey of Aboriginal Media in Canada/10 marks

Name of media Contact information Area and population served Media produced Languages used Ownership/governance, Special features
funding/revenue sources

Missinipi Deb Charles, CEO Saskatchewan; 70 24 hours/day, 7 days/week Cree, Dene, English, Board of directors established Offer scholarships to youth in
Broadcasting La Ronge, Saskatchewan communities; 100,000 Michif in 1984; NNADAP funding; media programs; dedicated to
Weekdays 1-3 Missinipi Acimowin
Corporation (MBC Tel: (306) 425-4003 listeners (50% treaty, 20% advertising and community preserving Aboriginal
(Cree program); 3-4 Missinipi Dene
Radio) mbcradio@mbcradio.com Metis, 10% non-status, 20% bingo languages and culture
Honi; Sunday night bingo; also top
non-Aboriginal); core 35-64
30 Aboriginal music countdown
and House Party youth show

Head Office for 13245 - 146 Street Windspeaker is published 24 “They'll use Cree Launched in 1999 and based in Provides links to historical
Windspeaker.com / times/year by the Aboriginal Multi- language to describe Canada, APTN presents issues of Windspeaker.
Windspeaker Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CFWEradio.ca / CJWE-FM Media Society (AMMS) and is things. When they "...programming by, for and Search interface not available
Peoples-Television
Radio / CIME-FM Radio / T5L 4S8 "Canada's most widely circulated want to create a word, about Aboriginal Peoples...", yet, but is planned for a
Network
CAZIN Radio (Internet) Indigenous news publication". In they will have to including "...documentaries, future stage in National
addition to current content, 24,000 describe it.” news magazines, dramas, Heritage Digitization
Phone: 780-455-2700
articles dating back to 1983 are Windspeaker is in entertainment specials, Strategy (NHDS) project.
Toll Free: 1-800-661-5469 available in the online Windspeaker talks with other CFL children’s series, cooking
Fax: 780-454-2820 Archive Search. franchises to broadcast shows and education
their games in local programs".
To contact News email: Windspeaker - vol. 4 (1986-87) to
Indigenous languages,
news@ammsa.com vol. 33 (2015)
said Crowfoot.

info@aptn.ca
Aboriginal Mailing Address APTN launched in 1999 and APTN has served Indigenous APTN's network The launch of APTN on The Aboriginal Peoples
Peoples-Television is located in Manitoba, Peoples in Canada and Canadian programming is c. September 1, 1999, represented Television Network (APTN,
Network (APTN) Canada. audiences for over two decades. 56% English, 16% a significant milestone for stylized aptn) is a Canadian
APTN During this time, the network has French, and 28% Indigenous Peoples across specialty channel.
339 Portage Ave, Winnipeg,
339 Portage Avenue steadfastly adhered to its mission: Aboriginal languages. Canada. The network has since Established in 1992 and
MB R3B 2C3, Canada
To share our Peoples' journey, become an important maintained by governmental
Former names:
celebrate our cultures, inspire our entertainment, news and funding to broadcast in

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Winnipeg, Manitoba children and honour the wisdom of Television Northern educational programming Canada's northern territories,
our Elders. Canada (1992–1999) choice for over 10 million APTN acquired a national
R3B 2C3
households in Canada. broadcast licence in 1999. It
Owner: Aboriginal
airs and produces programs
Peoples Television
Phone made by, for and about
Network Inc
Indigenous peoples in
+1 (204) 947 9331 Language(s): English Canada and the United
Toll-free States. Based in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, it is the first
+1 (888) 278 8862 network by and for North
Fax American indigenous
peoples.
+1 (204) 947 9307
APTN will avoid stereotypes
and clichés when they choose
advertisers.

Phone Number : Since 1992, regardless of The Eastern Door is a community- Through Kahnawake The Eastern Door is a In 2016 and 2017, the weekly
birth, gender, age, language, based newspaper serving the Mohawk territory was community-based weekly won The Canadian
The Eastern Door (450) 635-3050
politics or religion community of Kahnawake since the First Nations newspaper established by Community Newspapers
Website 1992, regardless of birth, gender, reserve of the Kenneth Deer (Mohawk) in Association (CCNA) award
Website: age, language, politics or religion. Mohawks of 1992 to serve the community of in the General Excellence
Kahnawá:ke is located Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. category for best small
on the south shore of newspaper in Canada. It left
www.easterndoor.com the St. Lawrence River the association after the
in Quebec, Canada, organization restructured.
across from Montreal.
The newspaper also won best
The weekly newspaper
overall newspaper in the
is published in
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English, and appears Quebec Community

every Friday. It also Newspapers Association in
has an online edition. 2017 and 2018.
Steve Bonspiel, who
bought the paper in
July 2008, is the editor
and publisher.

If you have any other
questions, please contact
First nation
Indigenous Services Canada
Canada
by phone at 1-800-567-
9604 or by email at
aadnc.infopubs.aandc@can
ada.ca
First Nations governments or
bands across Canada.
Roughly half are located in
the provinces of Ontario and
British Columbia.
In 1999, the Aboriginal Peoples
Television Network (APTN)
became a reality. As part of a first-
tier (basic) cable service, APTN
became available to 8 million
homes in the North and across
southern Canada via cable TV,
direct-to-home and satellite.
English is being the The Indian in Hagersville,
language used in the Ontario, in 1885. This tradition
publication has continued with papers such
as Wawatay News, based in
northern Ontario and
Edmonton’s Windspeaker.
Canada’s Indigenous people
made the connection between
cultural survival and the
ownership and control of
media.

To inquire about
advertising, please send to:
Muskrat Magazine
advertising@muskratmagaz
ine.com
Mailing Address:
MUSKRAT Magazine
PO Box 124
Parry Sound, ON P2A 2X3
It is an online Indigenous
literary, art, and culture
publication, published in
Toronto.
Muskrat Magazine is an online
Indigenous literary, art, and culture
publication, published in Toronto. It
includes profiles of Indigenous
peoples engaged in the arts
including literature, film, music,
and visual and performing arts.
English is the The online publication was
published language of launched in November 2010,
Muskrat Magazine with Tabobondung and Shilling
working from their Beverley It includes profiles of
Street apartment in Toronto. Indigenous peoples engaged
Tabobondung has stated that in the arts including
one of the goals for Muskrat is literature, film, music, and
to explore the history and visual and performing arts.
culture of Canadian Indigenous
people in urban cities, where
more than 50 percent now live.

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She and Shilling are cofounders

of Maaiingan Productions, a
collective of Aboriginal writers
and commercial artists who
work for a range of corporate
and nonprofit clients.
Tabobondung and Shilling felt
there was a need to start their
own publication when one of
Maaiingan's clients, the
Toronto Native publication
Spirit magazine folded in 2008.

Email : TVO TVO Today is the immersive home TV Ontario (often It is operated by the Ontario All pay television (cable,
for quality current affairs abbreviated as TVO Educational Communications satellite, IPTV) providers
TVO, Ontorio asktvo@tvo.org 2180 Yonge Street
journalism, award-winning and stylized on-air as Authority (OECA), a Crown throughout Ontario are
Call : Toronto, Ontario documentaries and podcasts that tvo) is a publicly corporation owned by the required to carry TVO on
Main Reception M4S 2B9 explore important issues and funded English- Government of Ontario. It their basic tier, and
inspiring solutions. language educational operates flagship station CICA- programming can be
1 800 613 0513 Canada television network and DT (channel 19) in Toronto, streamed for free online
416 484 2600 media organization which also relays programming within Canada.
serving the Canadian across portions of Ontario
Customer Relations province of Ontario. through eight rebroadcast
1 800 463 6886 stations.

416 484 2665

Request Line: (613)533- As of June 2015, the network English is the only Broadcasting since 1994, Doug
CFRC (2372) operated stations in Toronto, language used and Sean (hosts) bring fresh
Ontario (where its studios and new content every Tuesday
Main Office Line:
Aboriginal Voices offices were located), Calgary from 6-8 PM focusing on
(613)533-2121
and Edmonton in Alberta, and Indigenous music, issues of
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Radio Network Want to submit music? Vancouver, British Columbia.
Contact music@cfrc.ca!
All of its stations were
Want to set up a live licensed as rebroadcasters of
interview on one of our its flagship station, CKAV-
programs? Contact FM in Toronto.
programs@cfrc.ca or
The network's administrative
music@cfrc.ca!
office was located in
Want to advertise with us? Ohsweken, Ontario, on the
Contact station@cfrc.ca! Six Nations Indian reserve
near Brantford.
Email: Kukukwes.com is a news
news@kukukwes.com website dedicated to covering
Kukukwes
Indigenous news in Atlantic
Phone/Text/WhatsApp:
Canada.
902-805-6367
Atlantic Canada, also called
the Atlantic provinces, is the
region of Eastern Canada
comprising the provinces
located on the Atlantic coast,
excluding Quebec.
Box 1180, 16 Fifth Avenue, Wawatay's general office is
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T located in Sioux Lookout,
Wawatay News
1B7 Ontario, with bureaus in
Timmins and Thunder Bay.
Media produced
Kuku Kwes News is a website that
covers Indigenous news in Atlantic
Canada. It is owned and run by
award-winning journalist Maureen
Googoo, a Mi'kmaq from the Indian
Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik)
in Nova Scotia. Kuku Kwes News
specializes in news stories by and
for Indigenous people in Atlantic
Canada. It is supported by a
crowdfunding campaign.
Media Kits :
Published by Wawatay
Communications Society since
1974, the monthly newspaper is
distributed to more than 80 First
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Languages used Ownership/governance,
funding/revenue sources
local and national interest, and
topical interviews with a range
of guests.
English is only the [ September 9, 2022 ] Moderate
language which is livelihood treaty right at centre
used at the time of its of fishery trial in Nova Scotia
publication News · [ August 29, 2022 ]
Mi'kmaw Family and
Children's
Wawatay News covers First published in 1974
communities in
northwestern Ontario.
Also available in
Anishinaabe, Cree and
Special features
Kukukwes.com is the only
independent news website
that covers Indigenous news
in Atlantic Canada. We rely
on monthly subscriptions in
order to provide news
coverage to our readers.
Apart from this, Award-
winning journalist Maureen
Googoo is the owner/editor
of Kukukwes.com
this publication has won
more than 16 national and
provincial newspaper awards
for their work — and that's
just in the past five years

Name of media Contact information
1-800-243-9059 toll free
(807)-737-2951 phone
(807)-737-3224 fax
Wawatay News
(807)-737-2263 fax
WRN Call In Line
1-800-661-5171 toll free
(807)-737-4040 phone
Mark Kakekagumick, Chief
Operating Officer
markk@wawatay.on.ca
You can email us directly at
gopublic@cbc.ca, with your
CBC
name, contact information
and details of the story you
would like us to look into.
The History of Aboriginal Media in Canada (INCA 283)
Area and population served
Audience Relations, CBC
P.O. Box 500 Station A
Toronto, ON
Canada, M5W 1E6
Toll-free (Canada only):
1-866-306-4636
Media produced Languages used Ownership/governance, Special features
funding/revenue sources
Nations across Northern Ontario Oji-Cree languages
and to Aboriginal people living in
the region’s towns and cities.
Wawatay News features Aboriginal
news, people, culture and language
published in English and the
Aboriginal languages of Northern
Ontario – Ojibway, OjiCree and
Cree. Wawatay News coverage and
distribution area serves an
Aboriginal population of almost
58,000.
The CBC operates two national The English- and November 2, 1936; 85 years It is a priority for CBC to
broadcast television networks: CBC French-language ago (radio); September 6, 1952; create a website that is
Television in English, and Ici service units of the 70 years ago accessible to all Canadians
Radio-Canada Télé in French. corporation are including people with visual,
commonly known as hearing, motor and cognitive
Services: CBC Television; Ici
CBC and Radio- challenges.
Radio-Canada Télé; CBC Radio;
Canada, respectively.
CBC News; CBC.ca; ...
Industry: Mass media; Public
broadcasting; Radio; Television;
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Digital media
Predecessor: Canadian Radio
Broadcasting Commission
Products: Television; Radio; Digital
media

On-Air Request Line — Located in the basement of 2021: Best in Podcasting, Out Loud Creole Languages are CJSR made its first FM CJSR’s mandate is “to
(780) 492-CJSR ext. 1 the University of Alberta’s Award, Best in Sports been used in Cjsr broadcast on January 7, 1984- enlighten and entertain our
Students’ Union Building on the first song was "You Turn audience through high
24-Hour Listener 2020: Breaking Barriers,
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Comments — (780) 492- Syndicated Radio Show, News,
CJSR operates as a non-profit arts & Mitchell-but its roots programming that constantly
2577 ext. 2 Neskie Manuel Award, Indie/Rock,
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Best in Sports
Listener Comments by We do this by the creation
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Office Phone — (780) 492- enriches the lives of U of A
2577 students and the broader
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Broadcasting in a handful of
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diverse community of
listeners in and around the
Edmonton area.

CKON RADIO CKON-FM is a private radio

station located in Akwesasne,
P.O. Box 1260
a Mohawk nation territory
CKON Hogansburg, NY 13655 that straddles the Canada–
United States border (and

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also, on the Canadian side,

the interprovincial border
Listener Request Lines:
between Quebec and
(518) 358-3427
Ontario).
Business Phone: (518) 358-
3426
The station's studios are
Fax: (518) 358-9456
located in the Akwesasne
Communication Society
CKON RADIO Building; that building is
itself on both sides of the
St. Regis, QC. H0M-1A0 international border, with part
of it being in Hogansburg,
New York, and part of it in
Listener Request Lines: Saint Regis, Quebec
(613) 575-2101
Business Phone: (613) 575-
2100
Fax: (613) 575-2566

331 Cooper St., Ste. 301 Media producers make There are five main Broadcast in Inuktitut, it is Smiling Eskimo woman
programming about one of the Inuit language dialects North America’s first wearing traditional clothing
Ottawa, ON Contact _
richest and enduring cultures in our spoken throughout Indigenous-language television in wind against clear blue
K2P 0G5 Administration nation, the Inuit of Canada, in the Canada: Inuvialuktun, network and the world’s first sky.
Inuit broadcasting 309 Cooper St., Suite 310 language Inuit speak... Inuktitut. Inuinnaqtun, and three Indigenous media project
Corporation We produce shows about our kids, different dialects of broadcast by
Phone: 613-235-1892 Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G5 our musicians, our politicians, our Inuktitut. In this fact
Canada satellite. IBC gave up its
FAX: 613-230-8824 humour, our issues, etc. sheet, these dialects
broadcast licence in 1991 to
are collectively known
E-Mail: allow for the creation of the
as the Inuit language.
info@inuitbroadcasting.ca t 613.235.1892 | f forerunner to the Aboriginal
While some dialects
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Website: 613.230.8824 have many speakers, Peoples.

www.inuitbroadcasting.ca others have a smaller
number
e Television Network
(APTN).

Uvagut TV Contact Greenland, Norway, Sweden, IsumaTV’s main menu options are English, french, The collective platform
Russia, Australia, New provided in Inuktitut Roman, spanish currently carries over 6000
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tel: +1.514.486.0707 /
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info@isuma.tv

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twitter.com/IsumaTV

Contact Us Ottawa, Ontario MediaSmarts is a Canadian non- Languages MediaSmarts is a Canadian

profit organization based in Ottawa,
MediaSmarts - Mailing Address:
Ontario, that focuses on digital and
205 Catherine Street, Suite media literacy programs and
100 resources. In particular, the
Ottawa, ON organization promotes critical
thinking via educational resources
Canada and analyzes the content of various
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non-profit organization based
Canadian English
in Ottawa, Ontario, that
UK english focuses on digital and media
literacy programs and
resources. In particular, the
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Kukukwes

Email:
Atlantic Canada Kukukwes.com is the only
news@kukukwes.com
independent news website that
covers Indigenous news in Atlantic
Canada. We rely on monthly
Phone/Text/WhatsApp: subscriptions in order to provide
English language Award-winning journalist Kukukwes.com is the only
Maureen Googoo is the independent news website
owner/editor of that covers Indigenous news
Kukukwes.com. in Atlantic Canada. We rely
on monthly subscriptions in

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902-805-6367 news coverage to our readers. order to provide news

coverage to our readers.

Wawatay news Sioux Lookout Office Northern Ontario Wawatay Communications Society Ours is the only From news and radio 5 million Wawatay Communications
serves the communication needs of newspaper that Society is a self-governing,
Box 1180, 16 Fifth Avenue,
First Nations people and the publishes stories in independent community-
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T
communities of Nishnawbe Aski English and the driven entrepreneurial
1B7
Nation. It does this through the Indigenous languages Indigenous organization
distribution of a monthly of Northern Ontario – dedicated to using
1-800-243-9059 toll free newspaper, daily radio Ojibway, Oji-Cree and appropriate technologies to
programming, television production Cree meet the communication
(807)-737-2951 phone services and a multimedia website needs of people of
(807)-737-3224 fax that seeks to preserve and enhance Indigenous ancestry in
indigenous languages and cultures Northern Ontario, wherever
of Indigenous people in northern they live. In doing so, its
Wawatay News Ontario founders intended that
Wawatay would serve their
(807)-737-2263 fax communities by preserving,
maintaining and enhancing
Indigenous languages and
WRN Call In Line
culture.”
1-800-661-5171 toll free

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