The Auntie Is In

Season 2, Episode 9: The Spirit World is out on Spotify!

The Spirit World for the Nêhiyawak is not the final journey; it is a return home - to our ancestors and those not yet here in the physical world. As we come to understand the spirit world and the journey home, Dr. Johnson reflects on the traditions and teachings of her people as she shares that death is not the end. It is only a transition to being a good ancestor.

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Season 2, Episode 8: “In their own time/space” is out on Spotify!

The mind in Nêhiyawak teachings is vast and all-encompassing; because it is, there are realities we do not understand or yet know about. The mind can shield us from danger and harm, force us to forget, and allow us to experience the world differently through our senses. All that we know as Indigenous peoples is to learn to respect those “in their own time/space” as we examine how the world is not the same for everyone, and because of this, we must look to those and learn from them because there is still much to learn especially about neurodivergence and what is a “disability.

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Season 2, Episode 6: Belonging is out on Spotify!

What does it mean to come from a community? In this episode, we examine the concept of Indigenous identity through belonging and how this is shaped by connection. Importantly, we address what it means to be Indigenous within a university system during a time of pretendians and those who are Indigenous for convenience. It is a challenging and often controversial topic ahead, but it is needed within Canada’s pressing reality.

Season 2, Episode 4: Academic Auntie is out now on Spotify!

What is the world that Indigenous Aunties’ navigate while part of academia? In this episode, Dr. Johnson shares the struggles faced by being Indigenous in an institution not designed for Indigenous Peoples or their knowledge and what it means to be early career researchers navigating their respective institutions. From maintaining roots in community to being the hope-made flesh to the emotional labour of being who we have always been taught to be, this episode shares the voice of Dr. Johnson’s closet friend and collaborator, Brittany Johnson. Guess how many auntie cackles you hear in this episode (trust us, you’ve been warned!).

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Announcing Season 2, Episode 3: For Paul

For Indigenous men, without the confines of coloniality.

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