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November 12, 2024
New distribution approval will expand TV station to 10 million subscribers
Lucy Tulugarjuk Windspeaker.com: Uvagut TV, Canada’s first Inuktut television station, has had its application for mandatory distribution approved by the Canada Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Uvagut TV is operated by Nunavut Independent Television (NITV). The CRTC approval means Uvagut TV will expand its availability to viewers across Canada, starting on Jan. 20, 2025, to...
September 30, 2024
The ‘rational treatment’ that made kids suffer
Residential schools were built for cultural assimilation. The Globe supported them for decades. Many Indigenous children would not live to see it change its ways This is an excerpt from A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada, a collection of history essays from Globe writers past and present, coming Oct. 15 from...
December 13, 2023
TVO endorses proposals to further bolster Canadian and Indigenous content
NationTalk: Toronto, Ontario – TVO Media Education Group (TVO) provided consultation at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) public hearing on December 6. TVO addressed the development of a regulatory framework regarding contributions to support Canadian and Indigenous content. At the hearing TVO outlined that although part of the TVO mandate is to bring...
October 19, 2023
Telefilm Canada releases its Indigenous Reconciliation Plan
NationTalk: Telefilm Canada has released its Indigenous Reconciliation Plan as part of the continual nature of reconciliation and a desire to maintain a reciprocal relationship with Indigenous creators and partners. The Indigenous Reconciliation Plan was crafted through a collaborative process spanning over two years, gathering valuable input from Telefilm’s Indigenous Working Group meetings, personal interactions...