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29m 56s

Path of Destruction: Canadian Mining Companies Around the World

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Mining Resources & Networks

Canada is the world's leading mining nation. Sixty percent of all public mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. About half of all mining capital is raised in Canada. Many Canadian mining companies have become notorious for damaging communities and the environment and fueling wars and repression all over the world.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 14-01-2009
4m 52s

CN: Drop the Racist Lawsuit

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Get Involved

Tyendinaga is a Mohawk community located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte between Toronto and Montreal, in eastern Ontario. The Mohawk Nation is one of the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 13-01-2009
14m 50s

Norman Cohn on Redeye Coop Radio CFRO 102.7FM

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV

In February 2008, Filmmaker and IsumaTV cofounder, Norman Cohn, talks to Jane williams of Redeye on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM, about the new IsumaTV site that brings the culture, art and ideas of indigenous peoples to life.

LINK to CFRO 102.7FM Redeye radio http://www.vcn.bc.ca/redeye/index.html
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 07-01-2009
10m 21s

Shane Belcourt, Métis filmmaker

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

Shane Belcourt is a writer-director from Toronto. Shane's debut feature film, 'Tkaronto', was the closing night screening at the 2007 ImagineNATIVE film festival. He was a 2007 Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab Participant, and is the 2007 IFC Mentorship Award winner with Rachel Fulford.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 07-01-2009
23m 10s

Kevin Burton, Cree filmmaker

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

KEVIN LEE BURTON is Swampy Cree and originates from God's Lake Narrows, Manitoba. Kevin is a freelance editor, camera operator and short film director residing in Winnipeg. Kevin was awarded The Cynthia Lickers Sage Award for Emerging Talent at the ImagineNATIVE Film Festival for his short film 'Meskanahk' (My Path) in 2005.

Other films by Kevin include:
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uploaded date: 07-01-2009
5m 27s

Marnie Parrell, Métis filmmaker

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

Listen to Métis artist, filmmaker and writer, Marnie Parrell, as she explains her work and the making of 'Women in Canada', and 'Ahoy! Métis!'
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 07-01-2009
7m

Lois Suluk-Locke, Inuit Throat Singer

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

Listen to Lois Suluk-Locke speak about the particular style of throat singing from Arviat, Nunavut, the most southern Inuit hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay. Arviat means the place of the bowhead whale.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 07-01-2009
21m 14s

Mohawk perspectives on Truth & Reconciliation 2

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

Listen to Stuart Myiow Jr., Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake, who actively opposes the land encroachment on Kahnawake territory. Stuart speaks about the steps that Canadians need to take before a genuine reconciliation can happen between the two societies.

More Info about the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake on their myspace at
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 11-12-2008
21m 36s

Mohawk perspectives on Truth & Reconciliation 1

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: IsumaTV Interviews

Listen to JANIE JAMIESON, a Mohawk woman from Six Nations Grand River Territory (Southern Ontario), and daughter of a Residential School victim.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 11-12-2008
Western Mining Action Network

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Mining Resources & Networks

WMAN’s mission is to foster and support a strong network that protects communities, land, water, air, and wildlife by reforming mining practices and holding government and corporations accountable.

Inform yourself, participate in on-going campaigns, join an action network.

For more information: http://www.wman-info.org/
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 11-12-2008
How is Uranium used?

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Mining Resources & Networks
- Uranium is a white and black metallic chemical that is 70% more dense then lead and is slightly less dense then gold.
- Uranium is mainly needed for nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations.
- About half of the uranium that is mined today is used to produce nuclear weapons.
- Most nuclear weapons countries us… Uqalimakkanirit
uploaded date: 11-12-2008
5m 22s

How serious is Canada?

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Truth and Reconciliation

Eduardo Gonzalez, deputy director of the Americas program at the International Center for Transitional Justice and a former staff member of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission addresses concerns of survivors from the floor.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 06-11-2008

2010 Olympic Boycott

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

British Columbia is largely unceded and non-surrendered Indigenous territories. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is a massive land grab, increasing displacement, ecological destruction, and continuing the hidden Genocide in Canada.

For more information about this campaign to Boycott the 2010 Olympics: http://no2010.com/
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 15-10-2008
Breaking the Silence: T&R

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

On September 26 and 27, 2008 hundreds of survivors, their relatives, academics, politicians, and human rights advocates participated in "Breaking the Silence: an International Conference on the 'Indian' Residential School Commission of Canada", held at the University of Montreal, Quebec.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 01-01-2009
Defenders of the Land 2008: a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

Defenders of the Land: … Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 21-11-2009
Environmental Resources & Networks

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

uploaded date: 21-01-2009
Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared Children

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

Mass Graves of Residential School Children Identified – Independent Inquiry Launched

Press Statement: April 10, 2008
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 10-12-2008
Get Involved

uploaded by: admin

uploaded date: 04-01-2009
Indigenous Rights

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

Declarations, Demonstrations, Denounciations, Demands, Developments
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 16-01-2009
Indigenous Worldviews on Truth & Reconciliation: ISI

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

A leadership development and support program for people of faith involved in social movements for justice and peace, the Interfaith Summer Institute (ISI) is institutionally housed with the J.S. W… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 05-02-2009
IsumaTV Interviews

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

IsumaTV's monthly newsletters features audio interviews with filmmakers, performers, artists, activists and cultural personailities.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 29-12-2008
Mining Resources & Networks

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

uploaded date: 11-12-2008
Peace and Friendship Gathering

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

On August 22 - 24, 2008, the Haudenosaunee Men’s Council, of the Iroquois Confederacy, hosted a Peace and Friendship gathering in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (near Caledonia, Ontario).
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-10-2008
Truth and Reconciliation

uploaded by: admin

uploaded date: 09-10-2008
Tyendinaga

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

Demontrators visit CN Railway Headquarters in the Montreal train station to demand an end to the lawsuit against 3 Mohawk defenders of the land.

Tyendinaga is a Mohawk community located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte between Toronto and Montreal, in eastern Ontario. The Mohawk Nation is one of the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 13-01-2009

32nd Mill Valley Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

32nd Mill Valley Film Festival
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
The XIX Inernational "Message To Man" Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

The XIX Inernational "Message To Man" Film Festival
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Melbourne International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Melbourne International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Maui Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

Submission Deadline - All film submissions must be shipped prepaid and packed in proper containers to arrive at the MFF offices no later than their respective deadlines.

… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Indian Summer Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

Indian Summer Festival is the brainchild of Butch Roberts, a Milwaukee Police Officer. In 1985, his dream was to have an American Indian Festival to add to the other ethnic festivals that were being held on the Summerfest grounds, Henry Maier Festival Park. Roberts recruited the Warren and DeNomie families to organize the event.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Hot Docs

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival, conference and market. Each year, the Festival presents a selection of more than 150 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Filmfest DC

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

25,000 people flocked to our screens to make Filmfest DC 2008 the largest film festival in Washington DC. In 2009 we are celebrating our 23rd year of bringing the best of world cinema and American independent film to the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The Festival will run from April 16th through 26th, 2009.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 22-01-2009

IsumaTV

uploaded by: IsumaTV

This channel showcases Radio and Video interviews with the minds behind IsumaTV, and their reflections about its development.
IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 10-02-2008