The Gladstone has announced The Gladstone Presents! Ottawa’s Wintertime Music Festival will be kicking off this March with performances from Aspects, Mimi O’Bonsawin, and more local artists. The festival kicks off on Sunday, March 9th with Back to Our Roots, featuring Juno Award winner Angelique Francis. Indigenous hip-hop artist Aspects will be performing on Tuesday, […]
Elmnt FM’s Shawn Allen had a chance to sit down with Franco-Ontarian and Abenaki singer-songwriter Mimi O’Bonsawin before her set at the second annual Minoshkite Music & Arts Festival. They talked about the challenges of breaking into the music industry as an Indigenous woman, what it’s like working with her husband Ryan Schurman, what to […]
95.7 Elmnt fm’s Shawn Allen had a chance to sit down with Abenaki artist Jessica Smmers to talk about sharing Indigenous culture through art, the meaning behind cardinals, and her upcoming paint night at Mādahòkì Farm, which is part of the 3rd annual Pibòn (Winter) Festival. Listen to the full interview below. The 3rd Annual […]
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship kicked off in so-called Atlantic Canada on December 26th, and this year some of the top players will receive awards featuring art from four artists from the Wabanaki Confederacy – consisting of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien, Maliseet artist Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Qalipu […]
Ontario Superior Court Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin is the first Indigenous Justice to be nominated to the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the nomination this morning. O’Bonsawin comes to the court with a seasoned legal career, which includes 5 years as a Ontario Superior Court Justice, 8 years serving as the general council for […]