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Wab Kinew

Wab Kinew is the Director of Indigenous Inclusion at the University of Winnipeg. In 2012, he hosted the acclaimed CBC Television series 8th Fire. His hip-hop has won an Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award. His journalism has won an Adrienne Clarkson RTNDA Award, and a Gabriel Award. He has a BA in Economics, is a member of the Midewin, and is the father of two boys.

    Latest from Wab Kinew

    Opinion

    Human rights museum needs to act on First Nations right to water

    The ironies abound in Shoal Lake, northern Ontario, which supplies the drinking water to Winnipeg, some 150 kilometres to the west. On the Winnipeg side of the aqueduct water comes out clean and drinkable, on this side in the local First Nation, there has been a boil water advisory for 18 years.
    Indigenous
    Analysis

    Is the First Nations education bill good for parents and kids?

    Bill C-33 is not really First Nations control of First Nations education, says Wab Kinew. It promises to dramatically overhaul on-reserve K-12 education but many have criticized the amount of power centralized in the minister's hands.
    Indigenous

    ANALYSIS | The case for aboriginal reconciliation

    A CBC website and documentary series tells the story of Canada and cultural reconciliation through the voices of native filmmakers.
    Canada

    A short agenda for Canada's newest national chief

    Some helpful suggestions for new AFN Chief Shawn Atleo.
    Canada

    The day the Pope said sorry

    Wab Kinew on the sad, personal legacy that residential schools bequeathed.
    Canada

    So long as the flood rivers flow

    Viewpoint: Why are so many First Nations peoples displaced by the Manitoba flood?
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