Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde

Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde


Latest Episodes

Episode 33: Sheldon Kennedy - Protecting our Children from Abuse
January 13, 2021

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
January 07, 2021

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
December 21, 2020

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
December 16, 2020

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
December 08, 2020

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
November 26, 2020

How to make the justice system work better for First Nations people

Episode 27: Water Crisis with Chief Chris Moonias - Neskantaga First Nation
November 20, 2020

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
November 10, 2020

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
November 05, 2020

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
October 28, 2020

One of the world's leading botanists and anthropologists, Wade Davis, on why First Nations values hold the key to preserving the planet