Episodes

Cheyenne Leskanic: a different approach to recovery
April 19, 2021

Cheyenne Leskanic: a different approach to recovery

Cheyenne Leskanic is of Mvskoke, Italian & Scottish ancestry and she is the founder of Three Medicines Longhouse & Three Medicines Birth. With a little over a decade of experience as a Yoga teacher, and as many years of recovery from substance...
Nikki Sanchez: the future is our responsibility
April 5, 2021

Nikki Sanchez: the future is our responsibility

“The history is not your fault, but it is absolutely your responsibility.” In this episode, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild speaks with decolonial educator Nikki Sanchez, a Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish academic, who is also an Indigenous media maker an...
Tenille Campbell: celebrating Indigenous joy
March 29, 2021

Tenille Campbell: celebrating Indigenous joy

“For too much of my youth I did worry about what my friends thought, I did worry about what boys thought and I did worry about what people I didn’t know thought of me.” Host Shayla Oulette Stonechild speaks with Tenille Campbell, a Dene and Métis poet,...
Megan Tipler: teaching Indigenous excellence
March 22, 2021

Megan Tipler: teaching Indigenous excellence

Host Shayla Oulette Stonechild speaks with Megan Tipler, a Métis, Edmonton-based educator and artist who believes in the power of representation, and of teaching Indigenous success. Last summer, when her classes moved online due to COVID-19, she came u...
Jordan Marie Daniel: running for justice and visibility
March 15, 2021

Jordan Marie Daniel: running for justice and visibility

“It’s because Indigenous people are constantly fighting our own erasure. The stereotypes that exist out there portray a certain image or behaviour about us that was chosen for us and not by us. Representation matters so much whether it’s from storytell...
Sierra Tasi Baker: decolonizing urban design
March 8, 2021

Sierra Tasi Baker: decolonizing urban design

This first episode of Matriarch Movement features a conversation with Sierra Tasi Baker, lead design consultant at Sky Spirit Studio (https://www.skyspiritstudio.com/), the urban planning organization founded by her family on principles of ancestral go...
Welcome to Matriarch Movement
March 3, 2021

Welcome to Matriarch Movement

On Matriarch Movement, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild shares stories of Indigenous women, from Canada to Turtle Island and beyond. Through interviews where issues facing Indigenous women are brought to light, and with portraits that challenge the mains...