Episodes

  • Ep 9 - Reconcile IT! - Ɂakista xaxanak - Garry Feschuk and Nancy Denham

    Ep 9 - Reconcile IT! - Ɂakista xaxanak - Garry Feschuk and Nancy Denham
    Jul 24 2024

    Ɂakista xaxanak or Gary is an important and prominent figure in the shíshálh Nation - a former chief and council member and currently a co-chair of syiyaya - reconciliation movement. Gary talks about what reconciliation means to him and how it can be observed and felt but also about a tremendous amount of work and continued effort necessary.

    Nancy Denham is a long time coast resident, an activist and a passionate indigenous rights supporter and a co-founder of syiyaya movement.


    Syiyaya Reconciliation movement website: https://syiyayareconciliation.ca/


    syiyaya promo video: https://youtu.be/yyRqjlJvu-0?si=GQQbxh-MpCOppQjD
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    51 mins
  • Ep 8 - Reconcile IT! - wuulhu - Bracken Hanuse Corlett - native interdisciplinary artist

    Ep 8 - Reconcile IT! - wuulhu - Bracken Hanuse Corlett - native interdisciplinary artist
    May 27 2024
    Bracken is an artist local to the Sunshine Coast, BC who fuses fuses sculpture, painting and drawing with digital-media, audio-visual performance, animation and narrative. He is a graduate of the En’owkin Centre of Indigenous Art and went to Emily Carr University of Art and Design for Visual Arts. He also teaches a section at Capilano University at the IDEA School of Design - specifically dealing with the 94 Calls to Action.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Ep 7 - Reconcile IT! - Patrick Weiler - MP for West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country

    Ep 7 - Reconcile IT! - Patrick Weiler - MP for West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country
    May 6 2024
    Patrick is a member of the Liberal Party of the current government in session. He’s a lawyer specializing in aboriginal law. A contribution of a representative of the ruling party was essential to the conversation on Thruth and Reconciliation.
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    48 mins
  • Ep 6 - Reconcile IT! - Kia Zahrabi - cultural ambassador and events planner, civil engineer

    Ep 6 - Reconcile IT! - Kia Zahrabi - cultural ambassador and events planner, civil engineer
    Apr 29 2024
    Kia organizes cultural events on the Sunshine Coast, bringing awareness and promoting Persian culture. He also consults with shíshálh nation on their development projects.
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    43 mins
  • Ep 5 - Reconcile IT! - Hazel Bell Koski - artist, facilitator, storyteller

    Ep 5 - Reconcile IT! - Hazel Bell Koski - artist, facilitator, storyteller
    Apr 20 2024
    Hazel is a multidisciplinary artist, creative facilitator, and storyteller. She is a woman of mixed Anishinaabe, Finnish, Irish, and English heritage. Her art practice explores the themes of kinship, belonging, and the radical interconnection of all living beings. She expresses herself through colour and pattern, painting and silk-screening, textile and film, storytelling and community weaving. She has a BFA in film studies from Toronto Metropolitan University
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    57 mins
  • Ep 4 - Reconcile IT! - Semir Yusuf - entrepreneur, community leader

    Ep 4 - Reconcile IT! - Semir Yusuf - entrepreneur, community leader
    Apr 8 2024
    Semir has been on the coast for nearly 8 years and is known for bringing people together through his infectious personality. He’s a fire keeper in local sweat lodges and an active participant and instigator of social life on the Sunshine Coast
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    49 mins
  • Ep 3 - Reconcile IT! - Biyååls Nawanåå - Matriarch of the Royal House of Medeek

    Ep 3 - Reconcile IT! - Biyååls Nawanåå - Matriarch of the Royal House of Medeek
    Mar 26 2024
    Biyååls is a long time resident of Sunshine Coast, originally from Metlakatla, eldest granddaughter of Mary Rose Jackson, daughter of Donna Leighton Caine. Matriarch of the Royal House of Medeek (Grizzly). Clan Gitbutwada (orca). She’s a Healer, teacher and artist.
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    53 mins
  • Ep 2 - Reconcile IT! - kwamanchi - Alfonso Salinas aka Sito, shíshálh cultural leader

    Ep 2 - Reconcile IT! - kwamanchi - Alfonso Salinas aka Sito, shíshálh cultural leader
    Mar 18 2024
    Sito is a hereditary member of the nation, grandson of híwus Calvin Craigon.
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    48 mins