Anyone Soft and Strong Podcast

5. Being Metis In Canada: Jazz Danis

March 14, 2021 Safi Jacque Alimasi Season 1
5. Being Metis In Canada: Jazz Danis
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Anyone Soft and Strong Podcast
5. Being Metis In Canada: Jazz Danis
Mar 14, 2021 Season 1
Safi Jacque Alimasi

This week, I invited my friend Jazz Danis to the podcast. I interviewed Jazz on her experience of what means to be  Metis in Canada.  Jazz speaks on her journey reconnecting to her heritage and shares how despite all the challenges that come along, this  process is allowing her to embrace her identity at the same time honouring her ancestors.


Books mentioned in this episode:


I am Woman by Lee Maracle

Midnight to the North by Sheila Nickerson

Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola

The Right to be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Kuei, My Friend: A Conversation on Racism and Reconciliation by Deni Ellis Bechard and Natasha Kanape Fontaine

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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This week, I invited my friend Jazz Danis to the podcast. I interviewed Jazz on her experience of what means to be  Metis in Canada.  Jazz speaks on her journey reconnecting to her heritage and shares how despite all the challenges that come along, this  process is allowing her to embrace her identity at the same time honouring her ancestors.


Books mentioned in this episode:


I am Woman by Lee Maracle

Midnight to the North by Sheila Nickerson

Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola

The Right to be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Kuei, My Friend: A Conversation on Racism and Reconciliation by Deni Ellis Bechard and Natasha Kanape Fontaine

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer