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Carol Tiger, a member of Muscogee Nation and an elder in Okemah, Okla., lets the oil drip off a freshly-cooked piece of frybread. Although beloved by many, it is a far cry from the pre-colonial foods that nourished Indigenous people for centuries. (AP Photo/Brittany Bendabout)

Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct?

Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
Oct. 7 marked one year since the beginning of ongoing hostilities between Israel and Palestine. Left: Anti-war rally on Parliament Hill on Oct. 5, 2024. Right: Commemorative ceremony for Israeli hostages on Parliament Hill on Oct. 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Israel‑Gaza conflict: Home and away

Revisit past episodes of Don’t Call Me Resilient that dive into issues related to the Israel-Gaza conflict, both at home and away.
A rise in people making the dangerous journey to the UK across the English Channel in small boats prompted a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda may never happen but other European leaders still want to copy it – podcast

Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson argue Britain’s Rwanda plan was brought about as a result of a Brexit-made policy failure. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Demonstrators rally near the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan in April 2019. Protests led by neighbourhood resistance committees and the Sudanese Professionals Association - an umbrella group of unions - forced President Omar al-Bashir from power on April 11, 2019. AP Photo/Salih Basheer, File

As war rages in Sudan, community resistance groups sustain life

In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
A man stands next to a poster of the movie ‘Article 370’ displayed at a theater in Guwahati, India. The movie is about the status of Jammu and Kashmir, a highly contested region in Northern India, and the film has been criticized for distorting history. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

In India, film and social media play recurring roles in politics

On today’s Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast, political scientist Sikata Banerjee and cinema studies scholar Rakesh Sengupta explain how cinema and social media in India may be helping to sway voters.
Police remove a protester during a transgender rights rally attended by opposing neo-Nazi protesters, outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Saturday, March 18, 2023. James Ross/AAP

Friday essay: ‘me against you’ – Jon Ronson investigates the perpetual outrage of the culture wars

The culture wars have been around forever, but keep taking new forms, and US variants threaten to spill over to Australia – as seen in the recent (overturned) ban on same-sex parenting books in Sydney.
Student protesters link arms as police move to clear remaining protesters and their encampment at the University of Calgary campus on May 9, 2024. Noah Korver/Canadian Press

A different way to address student encampments

Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence?
As we approach the start of gardening season, it’s a good time to ask some questions about what to plant and who gets to plant. (Shutterstock)

Digging into the colonial roots of gardening

This episode explores how colonial history has affected what we plant and who gets to garden. We also discuss practical gardening tips with an eye to Indigenous knowledge.
Indigenous media makers are successfully gaining more control over their storytelling. Here Dallas Goldtooth and Jana Schmieding as Nelson Renville and Reagan Wells in the sitcom, ‘Rutherford Falls.’ (Goldtooth Schmieding/Peacock)

From stereotypes to sovereignty: How Indigenous media makers assert narrative control

Indigenous media have rapidly expanded over the last 30 years with Indigenous media makers gaining greater control of their narratives.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Asylum seekers from Gaza and Sudan face prejudiced policies and bureaucratic hurdles

Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.

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