#3 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Sacred Rage and Love for Land, Culture, & Community

featuring ‘Cúagilákv / Jess H̓áust̓I of Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation (Executive Director of Qqs Project Society and the Co-Lead of Right Relations Collaborative)

Jeff Corntassel, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, sits down with ‘Cúagilákv / Jess H̓áust̓I of Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation. Jess is a parent, poet, and land-based educator living in Bella Bella. They are the Executive Director of Qqs Project Society and the Co-Lead of Right Relations Collaborative.

Jess talked about leadership, the inseparability of body & land, and sacred role of rage in activism. They also talked about the impact of the 2016 Nathan E. Stewart tugboat oil spill that released 110,000 litres of diesel and oil into Haíɫzaqv Nation’s harvesting territory, and their healing in relation to land & waters. They also talked about the resurgence of language initiatives and local food revitalization happening in their community.

Jess concludes the podcast by reading from their debut poetry collection, Crushed Wild Mint.
You can find copies of Crushed Wild Mint here.

Listen to Episode Three of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast on YouTube.

The Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast takes a critical look at world politics and Indigenous nationhood by discussing Indigenous-led resurgence and activist movements, Indigenous trade networks, Indigenous climate action and the formation of new alliances that transcend colonial state borders among other topics. Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel will be interviewing Indigenous scholars, activists, artists and knowledge holders from across Turtle Island and around the world in order to gain insight into how Indigenous peoples practice their own forms of Internationalism through intimate connections to land/water, culture and community.

#3 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Sacred Rage and Love for Land, Culture, & Community

Chilly communities in Atlantic Canada: While formal supports for immigrants are plentiful, community inclusion remains

July 2019 – Vol 1, No. 6.

July 2019 Monthly Briefing

Chilly communities in Atlantic Canada: While formal supports for immigrants are plentiful, community inclusion remains

What Does It Mean to be a Binational Region in a Globalized World? Cross-Border Innovation and Community Prosperity in Southern Ontario and Western New York

Kathryn Freidman | BIG Policy Reports

The cross-border region encompassing western New York and southern Ontario is in transition. Rather than maintaining a status quo outlook forged from decades of decline in population, employment and GDP, leaders on each side of the border are leveraging assets to strengthen human capital and create purposeful transformation to foster sustainable communities, creativity and innovation. Buffalo Niagara is targeting investment in initiatives such as the build-out of the Downtown Medical Corridor; investment in cultural/heritage tourism and health sciences innovation; and stewardship of the Great Lakes. In 2015, Buffalo Niagara also was selected as one of several regional site teams for a “Communities that Work” partnership, a workforce development effort aimed toward driving talent-based economic development locally and across the country. At the same time, parallel efforts are taking place in southern Ontario. Just a stone’s throw away, leaders in the Niagara Region and City of Hamilton are similarly committed to increasing economic opportunity and creating well-paying jobs by strengthening innovation (e.g., health sciences), natural heritage (Niagara Falls and Great Lakes) and cultural asset (tourism) strategies – all with an eyetoward workforce development and creating healthy, vibrant, prosperous communities.

Kathryn Freidman, Director of Cross-Border and International Research, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

What Does It Mean to be a Binational Region in a Globalized World? Cross-Border Innovation and Community Prosperity in Southern Ontario and Western New York

Junior Resident Fellow

Caitlin Quist

Caitlin Quist is a Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at the University of Victoria. Caitlin completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Political Studies with a minor in Geography at Thompson Rivers University. Additionally, she has been working to complete a diploma in Restoration of Natural Systems at the University of Victoria, part-time. She worked in the non-profit sector for several years prior to beginning her graduate studies. Her research interests include ecological governance, food systems, water and watershed governance, and community economic development.

She is a Graduate Research Assistant with BIG Lab, supporting the work of the BIG Dyads Database.

Caitlin Quist

#8 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Angela Grier, On the Frontlines of Mental Health

featuring Angela Grier (Piikani, Blackfoot)

In this episode, Jeff and Angela discuss the crisis of mental health in Indigenous communities, the role of Buffalo Treaty in community healing, the power of Indigenous resilience, emotions as the language of the spirit, and ways communities are breaking through intergenerational trauma.

Angela Grier (M.Ed) is a Registered Provisional Psychologist from the Piikani First Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Her spiritual name is Piiohksoopanskii (Singing Loudly Far Away). For over 25 years, she has been working and supporting First Nation/Indigenous peoples and communities through direct and systemic experience including Indigenous psychology and counselling, Indigenous and child/youth rights advocacy, adult education/post-secondary, elected leadership, extensive executive experience, non-profit, public administration and Blackfoot ways of knowing.

Listen to Episode #8 on YouTube.

#8 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Angela Grier, On the Frontlines of Mental Health

#5 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Carving out Resurgent W̱SÁNEĆ Futures with Chazz Elliott

featuring Temoseng Chazz Elliot (Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations)

On location at Temoseng’s Carving Studio in Tsartlip First Nation, Jeff and Chazz talk about the art of carving, what Indigenous internationalism looks like, favorite art projects, and inspirations for his work, including his late father, TEMOSEṈŦET (Dr. Charles Elliott from Tsartlip First Nation) and his mother, Myrna Elliott from Songhees Nation.

Listen to Episode Five of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast on YouTube.

The Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast takes a critical look at world politics and Indigenous nationhood by discussing Indigenous-led resurgence and activist movements, Indigenous trade networks, Indigenous climate action and the formation of new alliances that transcend colonial state borders among other topics. Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel will be interviewing Indigenous scholars, activists, artists and knowledge holders from across Turtle Island and around the world in order to gain insight into how Indigenous peoples practice their own forms of Internationalism through intimate connections to land/water, culture and community.

#5 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Carving out Resurgent W̱SÁNEĆ Futures with Chazz Elliott

#4 Frontlines Are Everywhere — The Art of Resistance and Anarchism with Gord Hill

featuring Gord Hill of Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Nation (artist, author, and political activist)

Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel of Cherokee Nation sits down with Gord Hill of Kwakwaka’wakw nation for the fourth episode of Frontlines Are Everywhere.

Gord Hill is an artist, author, and political activist. He is the author of ‘The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book,’ ‘The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book,’ and ‘The Antifa Comic Book.’ He has been involved in Indigenous people’s and anti-globalization movements since 1990.

He began producing comics to share knowledge on the Indigenous resistance movement, before the internet had taken off as a means of research and communication. Those comics have evolved into ‘The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book,’ published by Arsenal Pulp Press in Vancouver.

Gord Hill talks about his journey from the Army Cadets and Canadian Forces reserve to the punk scene and anarchist movement. His experience with the military gave him a background in leadership and logistics that he brings to his activism work.

Gord and Jeff talk about capitalism, globalization, sovereignty, the anarchist movement, and multinational solidarities, including the Oka Crisis, Gustafsen Lake standoff, and 1999 Seattle WTO protests. Amidst global changes and conflict, Gord Hill looks to a future of community self-organization and self-sufficiency, as well as continuing to maintain and share traditional knowledge through practices including art and carving.

Listen to Episode Four of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast on YouTube.

The Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast takes a critical look at world politics and Indigenous nationhood by discussing Indigenous-led resurgence and activist movements, Indigenous trade networks, Indigenous climate action and the formation of new alliances that transcend colonial state borders among other topics. Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel will be interviewing Indigenous scholars, activists, artists and knowledge holders from across Turtle Island and around the world in order to gain insight into how Indigenous peoples practice their own forms of Internationalism through intimate connections to land/water, culture and community.

#4 Frontlines Are Everywhere — The Art of Resistance and Anarchism with Gord Hill

#2 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Regenerating Indigenous Food Sovereignty

featuring Nephi Craig of White Mountain Apache & Diné Nations (founder of the Native American Culinary Association (NACA), Creator/Chef at Café Gozhóó)

Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel of Cherokee Nation sits down with Nephi Craig of White Mountain Apache and Diné Nations for the second episode of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast series. Nephi Craig is the founder of the Native American Culinary Association (NACA) and the Creator/Chef at Café Gozhóó.

They discuss Nephi’s journey as a chef, and how it brought him back home to the White Mountain Apache Nation where he continues to share his skills and cultivate his cooking style. They discuss the frybread (bannock) controversy, as well as being at the frontlines of health and wellness.

Listen to Episode Two of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast on YouTube.

The Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast takes a critical look at world politics and Indigenous nationhood by discussing Indigenous-led resurgence and activist movements, Indigenous trade networks, Indigenous climate action and the formation of new alliances that transcend colonial state borders among other topics. Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel will be interviewing Indigenous scholars, activists, artists and knowledge holders from across Turtle Island and around the world in order to gain insight into how Indigenous peoples practice their own forms of Internationalism through intimate connections to land/water, culture and community.

#2 Frontlines Are Everywhere — Regenerating Indigenous Food Sovereignty

#30 & 31 BIG Podcast – Democracy, Migration Studies, and Border Studies: Bridges and/or Gaps

featuring Oliver Schmidtke, UVic European Studies Scholar, Professor, and Director of the Centre for Global Studies

Classically, Migration Studies explore all mobility regimes of human groups. There is a spectrum of public policies ranging from the migration of high-skilled workers to refugees. For the Migration Studies, national borders provide a form of social closure. Traditionally, Borders refer to issues that are fundamental to political community (state sovereignty, territorial delimitation, national security, political identity). And for this reason, borders are also instruments for regulating flows, policy tool for inclusion/exclusion. Several authors have pointed out a form of gap between Border Studies and Migration Studies. That there was a lack of cross-fertilization between these two research traditions. And some populist and nationalist discourses can exploit the ambivalence of the borders and the confusion around it. In this episode, Oliver Schmidtke joins BIG_Lab to discuss all the relations between democracy, migration, and borders and get answers to some important questions.

Listen to Part One: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Listen to Part Two: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Oliver Schmidtke is a Professor in the Departments of Political Science and History at the University of Victoria where he also holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics. He received his PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. He taught at the Humboldt University Berlin before joining UVic in 2000 and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Bonn University, the European University Institute, and Hamburg University.

#30 & 31 BIG Podcast – Democracy, Migration Studies, and Border Studies: Bridges and/or Gaps

Summer Institutes

Oliver Schmidtke

Centre for Global Studies

Oliver Schmidtke is a Professor and UVic European Studies Scholar in the Departments of History and Political Science. Since 2006 he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics. From 2005 to 2008 he was the Director of the European Studies Program at UVic and from 2004 to 2006 he served as the President of the European Community Studies Association Canada. Since 2012 he has been the Director of the Centre for Global Studies and during the academic year 2016-17 he served as the Acting Vice President of Research. In 2016 he received the UVic Faculty of Social Sciences Research Excellence Award. His research interests are in the fields of comparative European politics and contemporary history, European integration, the political sociology of immigration and ethnic conflict, and the role of identities and collective memory in modern societies.

Oliver Schmidtke