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EPISODE · Nov 6, 2022 · 35 MIN

Why mandatory English testing for some Indigenous nurses "smells like white supremacy" (ep 306)

from MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs

On our first MINI INDIGENA of the season, host/producer Rick Harp and MI regular Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism at the University of King's College) are joined by special guest Melissa Ridgen (former co-anchor of APTN National News, now a network managing editor at Global News), as they discuss: • The Siksika First Nation to create reportedly first-ever First Nation bylaw prosecutor's office in Canada • Trina's RT of the @APTNNews post: "NDP MP Leah Gazan [successfully] reintroduced a motion to recognize what happened in Canada's residential school system as an act of genocide…" • Rick's RT of the @TorontoStar post: "Loblaw made $1 million per day in 'excess' profits in 2022, according to a new report analyzing rising prices in the grocery industry." • Why a Northern Manitoba health leader says English language test a barrier to Indigenous nurses that "smells like white supremacy" >> CREDITS: "Apoplēssein" by Wax Lyricist; "Sing Along with Jim," by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY 3.0); "arborescence_ex-vitro" by Koi-discovery. SFX: 'Boing' by InspectorJ.

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