Media and Multimedia

Journals and Newsletters

Canadian Journal of Native Education

The Canadian Journal of Native Education is published twice yearly: in spring/summer and in fall/winter.

Canadian Journal of Native Studies, The

The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is a highly recognized journal in the field of Native Studies. It comes out on a bi-annual basis, and publishes original research which is refereed by peer review.

First Nations Research Site On-Line Journal

The First Peoples Child and Family Review is an online journal that focuses primarily on First Nations and Aboriginal child welfare practices, policies, and research.

Source: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

Indigenous Law Journal

The Indigenous Law Journal is a student-run legal journal from the University of Toronto that exclusively publishes articles regarding Indigenous legal issues.

Source: University of Toronto

Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development

CANDO's Resource Library maintains a collection of publications devoted to Aboriginal economic development.

Source: Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO)

Journal of Aboriginal Health, The

Available free-of-charge on NAHO's web site, each issue of the Journal of Aboriginal Health includes in-depth analysis, original research, editorials and suggestions for further reading.

Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)

Native Studies Review

The journal's mandate is to feature original scholarly research on Aboriginal perspectives and issues in contemporary and historical contexts.

Source: Native Studies Department – University of Saskatchewan

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Magazines and Newspapers

First Nations Drum

First Nations Drum is Canada's official native publication designed to inform and entertain its readers to strengthen understanding between native and non-native residents.

First Nations Voice

The purpose of this tool is to educate each other and the general public from an aboriginal perspective.

Inuit Art Quarterly

In depth coverage of the art with features, artist interviews, profiles, reviews and news.

Source: Inuit Art Foundation

Inuktitut Magazine

Message from the Managing Editor of Inuktitut Magazine, a publication distributed across the Arctic and that presents the heritage of Inuit culture, language and society in a modern format.

Muskrat Magazine

New Tribe Magazine

Source: Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth

Say Magazine

Features timely articles, inspiring profiles and keen insights into entertainment, sports, careers, celebrity and youth culture.

Turtle Island News

Turtle Island News is wholly aboriginal owned and located at the Grand River Territory of the Six Nations.

Windspeaker

Windspeaker is one of Canada's national Aboriginal news source.

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Multimedia

Aboriginal Multi–Media Society

AMMSA is an independent Aboriginal communications organization committed to facilitating the exchange of information reflecting Aboriginal culture to a growing and diverse audience.

CBC Aboriginal

This CBC page provides news stories related to Aboriginal people, information on Aboriginal programming, as well as an archive section and in-depth reports on various Aboriginal issues.

Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Digital Drum

The Digital Drum site provides a place for Aboriginal Cultural expression — storytelling, media literacy, community traditions, activism and music – and contains video and audio footage.

Hope for the Future

The purpose of this publication is to bring First Nations Communities together with the purpose of lowering the school drop-out rate, early drug and alcohol prevention, teen pregnancy and F.A.S.

Indigenous Music Culture

Nation Talk

NationTalk is a way of managing a great deal of information for and about the Aboriginal community in Canada.

Tshinanu

Tshinanu is an interactive multimedia project featuring 26 different themes of particular importance to Aboriginal communities in Canada.

Turtle Island News

Turtle Island News is wholly aboriginal owned and located at the Grand River Territory of the Six Nations.

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News Online

First Perspective, The

The First Perspective (National News) and The Drum (Manitoba & North West Ontarion News) are published together monthly by Taiga Communications Inc. at Brokenhead First Nation, Scanterbury, Manitoba.

Native Hockey News

This Website is your online native Hockey news source.

Société : Autochtones (In French Only)

This page provides a directory of articles pertaining to Aboriginal people. These articles dates back from 2001 up to today.

Source: Vigile.net

Turtle Island News

Turtle Island News is wholly aboriginal owned and located at the Grand River Territory of the Six Nations.

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Publishing Houses

GoodMinds.com

Native-owned and operated business located on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, providing one-stop-shopping for the very best in Native Educational ressources.

Nortext

Award-winning, full-service marketing, communications and publishing company with an Aboriginal focus.

Pemmican Publications

Pemmican Publications Inc. is a Metis cultural and educational publishing house established in 1980 by the Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. as a creative and vocational outlet for the Metis people of Manitoba

Source: Manitoba Métis Federation

Purich Publishing Ltd.

Founded in 1992, Purich Publishing Ltd. is a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan based publisher specializing in books on Aboriginal, legal, and western Canadian issues.

Raven Publishing

Raven Publishing sells Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian art books that teach how to understand, appreciate, draw, paint and carve designs using the different First Nations Native Indian art styles.

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec (In French Only)

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec is a publishing house dedicated to the knowledge dissemination of Aboriginal populations in Quebec and in America.

Theytus Books Ltd.

Theytus is a First Nations owned and operated publishing house that produces and promotes appropriate reading material and information created by Aboriginal authors, illustrators and artists.

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Radio

Aboriginal CKCU 93.1 FM

Aboriginal Music

Source: Government of Canada; CBC Radio 3

Aboriginal Music Program

Source: Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association

Aboriginal Voices Radio

The dream of providing a national medium for the urban aboriginal resulted in the birth of this unique network of Aboriginal Voices Radio.

Ab-Originals Podcasts

Source: Government of Canada; CBC Radio 3

Indigenous Music Culture

National Aboriginal Music Countdown

Native Solidarity News

Native Solidarity News is a national radio service and part of an international network of information and action in support of indigenous peoples' survival and dignity.

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Television, Films and Videos

Aboriginal Peoples' Program – Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting and Distribution Projects

The purpose of this program is to provide funding and assistance for the production and distribution of Aboriginal radio and television programming in Aboriginal Languages.

Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage (PCH)

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

The first national Aboriginal television network in the world with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples, to share with all Canadians as well as viewers around the world.

Arnait Video Productions

The goal of Arnait Video Productions is to value the voices of Inuit women in debates of interest to all Canadians.

Source: Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.

Big Soul Productions, The

Big Soul Productions is an award-winning Aboriginal-owned and operated film and television production company that offers a wide range of media and creative support services.

Cooking with the Wolfman

Cooking With The Wolfman remains a deliciously entertaining half-hour television program that presents the harvest of First Nations multicultural and regional cuisine in a fun-filled, informative and engaging manner

Director General Films

Director General has been active in Alberta's film industry for four years with projects ranging from issue-oriented programs to cultural and historical documentaries.

Finding Dawn

This NFB page provides a description of the film Finding Dawn, a compelling documentary that sheds light on violence against Aboriginal woman.

Source: Government of Canada; National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

First Nations Films

First Nations Films through Motion Visual creates award-winning television documentary films for, by and about Indigenous people.

Gryphon Productions

The online store of Gryphon Productions Aboriginal Videos features a large number of documentaries about various Aboriginal issues.

Hank William's First Nation

Home page for the Canadian television drama Hank Williams First Nation - the Series, broadcast on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).

Inuit High Kick

Inuit Throat Singing Demonstration

Inuit women of northern Canada developed a unique vocal style that involves rhythmic inhalations and exhalations of breath.

Source: Youtube.ca

Isuma – Independent Inuit Film

Produces independent community-based media - video, audio, TV and now Internet - to preserve and enhance Inuit culture and language, and to create jobs and needed economic development in Igloolik and Nunavut.

Isuma TV – The Portal for Indigenous Filmmakers

Isuma is an internet video portal were indigenous filmmakers can post their unique films including indigenous-language content.

Moccasin Flats

The official site for the television drama series Mocassin Flats, broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television, includes the show synopsis, the trailor and a photo gallery.

Native Spirit Festival

Native Spirit is formed with the ideals of promoting Native viewpoints, preserving and empowering indigenous communities and publicizing the traditions, identities and realities of surviving Amerindian cultures.

Pine Needle Blankets Productions

Anishnabe Multimedia Company based in Whitefish Lake First Nation with a studio location in Sudbury that brings to their clients a range of services with a unique style of creativity based upon their native views.

Rezolution Pictures

Road Scholars: Inuit Adventure Africa

This site introduces the film Road Scholars: Inuit Adventure Africa, a special one-hour documentary on six teenagers who spent their summer volunteering in rural Africa.

Source: Road Scholars

The Link

Official site for The Link, a youth TV show airing on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network that features the latest music videos, interviews and movie/DVD/game reviews.

Tkaronto

This site introduces Tkaronto, a small Canadian independent feature film directed by Métis writer-director Shane Belcourt, and includes news and detailed information about the production.

Visions from the Wilderness: The Art of Paul Kane (Documentary)

Profiles the fascinating and paradoxical life of North American landscape and portrait artist, Paul Kane.

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