Telling Our Stories: Elder Vern Harper speaks with Gary Wassaykeesic
Elder Vern Harper is a respected Indigenous elder who lives in Toronto. He was interviewed by Gary Wassaykeesic and Zach Ruiter for Real Peoples Media on January 11th of 2017.
Category: Health and Healing
The Legacy Grows: Medical Cannabis in Tyendinaga
By Tom Keefer TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY – Business is booming at Legacy 420, Tyendinaga’s first medical cannabis dispensary. Day after day, from morning until night, the parking lot and storefront at 5965 Old Hwy...
Winter at Unist’ot’en 2016-2017
Check out this new documentary short about the life and purpose of the Unist’ot’en Camp, December 2016, produced by Listening and Remembering.
The late bird gets the worm – the sweet spot for LP applicants
Certain recommendations in the Task Force Report might mean that future applicants won’t face the same start-up costs as established LPs. By Tanis Adams | Reprinted from Lift.co The latest recommendations released by the...
Gary Wassaykeesic’s forty year quest to find his mother’s murderer
Originally Published on Sep 8, 2015 on Net News Ledger THUNDER BAY – Gary Wassaykeesic says that he felt that the world stopped and everything went quiet. After thirty-nine years, Gary Wassaykeesic was standing in a...
History of the medicinal use of hemp
Prof. Jan Kabelik Treatment with cannabis in ancient, folk and official medicine up to the beginning of the twentieth century 1955 – ACTA UNIVERSITATIS PALACKIANAE OLOMUCENSIS – TOM. VI. The knowledge of narcotics and...
Alzheimer’s caused by loss of cannabinoids, study shows
Story shared from Leaf Science Early deficits in Alzheimer’s may be caused by blockage of the brain’s cannabinoids, according to new research out of Stanford University. Clumps of protein in the brain, called beta-amyloid plaques,...
Apocalypse and Accountibilty: d’bi.young anitafrika on her new Afro-futurist dub-opera
By Tom Keefer d’bi.young anitafrika talks with Real People’s Media about Bleeders, her new Afro-futurist dub-opera which is currently playing in the Toronto Summer Works festival. d’bi talks about her creative process, the play’s...
Jewel’s Cause and the Oneida Circle: An interview with Donna Keuhl
Donna Keuhl is the founder, CEO and Director of Oneida Circle, an organization created to empower and educate youth in combatting abuse and bullying. In this interview, recorded on June 30th, 2016, Donna speaks...
Esu Crossing the Middle Passage: An Interview with d’bi young anitafrika
Playwright and poet d’bi young anitafrika speaks to Real Peoples Media about her upcoming play “Esu Crossing the Middle Passage.” The show is playing in Toronto from April 4th to April 17th 2016 in...
