Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde
Latest Episodes
Episode 33: Sheldon Kennedy - Protecting our Children from Abuse
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy on how his own experience of sexual abuse as a teenager led him to fight against child abuse today
Episode 32: COVID Vaccines with Dr Evan Adams
Dr Evan Adams returns to the podcast with an update on how the COVID vaccine rollout is going for First Nations.
Episode 31: Tom Jackson and the Huron Carole
In time for the Holiday Season, First Nations actor and musician Tom Jackson talks about his life and his annual Huron Carole tour
Episode 30: First Nations Child Welfare with Kenn Richard
A veteran First Nations child welfare advocate on what needs to be done to fix a broken system
Episode 29: William Prince - Gospel First Nation
Chart topping country music star William Prince of Peguis First Nation looks back on his career and reflects on how he balances his Christian upbringing with his First Nations culture
Episode 28: Transformative Justice with Sen. Kim Pate
How to make the justice system work better for First Nations people
Episode 27: Water Crisis with Chief Chris Moonias - Neskantaga First Nation
Neskantaga First Nation has the longest standing boil water advisory in Canada, twenty-five years and counting
Episode 26: Remembrance Day with General Joe Paul
The highest ranking First Nations officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, on being Indigenous in the army and remembering First Nations war heroes
Episode 25: Bias Behind Bars - A Prison System Stacked Against First Nations Inmates
Groundbreaking reporting from Globe and Mail reporter Tom Cardoso on how and why Indigenous people make up such an outsized proportion of Canada's prison population
Episode 24: Guardians of Nature with Wade Davis
One of the world's leading botanists and anthropologists, Wade Davis, on why First Nations values hold the key to preserving the planet