Riley Yesno
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About
Riley Yesno is a queer Anishinaabe scholar, writer, and commentator from Eabametoong First Nation.
She is highly sought after for her words and analysis— called an 'Indigenous powerhouse' by the Toronto Star— she has been a contributor and commentator for some of the largest media outlets in Canada and the world, including the New York Times, BBC World News, The Globe and Mail, and CBC National News.
Riley has also travelled the globe speaking at internationally renowned institutions and events, including the UN climate negotiations, the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality, TEDx stages, and many others.
Her major project right now is teaching Indigenous governance and justice at Toronto Metropolitan University, and completing her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, where she studies Indigenous/Canadian politics and is a Vanier Scholar.
“What can I do in my lifetime to help build liberated worlds? This is the question we each have an obligation to answer.”
-RILEY YESNO
Work
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Federal Budget 2024: An Indigenous Accounting
Yellowhead Institute
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The Change They Want
University of Toronto Magazine
22/01/2024 -
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Jeremy Dutcher: The Two-Spirit artist singing to a generation of ‘rainbow children’
Xtra Magazine
26/10/2023 -
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Indigenous People and the Rise of the Right
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
03/08/2023 -
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Continuing education at First Nations University of Canada focuses in on reconciliation
University Affairs
02/08/2023 -
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Budget 2023: A Profound Failure to Meet Indigenous Demands
Yellowhead Institute
06/04/2023 -
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These Gorgeous Photos Celebrate Inuit Women’s Tattoos— and Their Resilience
Chatelaine
04/11/2022 -
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How Do We Hold Our Heroes?
Upping the Anti
03/08/2022 -
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Land Back
New Internationalist
24/20/2022 -
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Fake Indigenous art is the tip of the iceberg of cultural appropriation
CBC: The Passionate Eye
05/10/2022 -
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Canada, how long is your memory?
Toronto Star
01/07/2022 -
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Barometer project tracks public opinion to gauge progress on reconciliation
University Affairs
22/04/22 -
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Doing Business with an Indigenous Worldview Takes Success Beyond the Bottom Line
The Globe and Mail
18/02/2022 -
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Indigenous Students, Faculty Weigh in on Renaming Process at Ryerson
University Affairs
21/11/2021 -
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Why Cultural Appropriation Matters, and What You Can Do About It
Workshop Magazine
05/10/2021 -
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Ending the student debt crisis would bring youth to the polls
The Breach
17/09/2021 -
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Queering the Vote
The Breach
03/09/2021 -
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Life on the Rez for 4 2SLGBT Indigenous people
CBC News
31/08/2021 -
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Why Devery Jacobs felt so at home making the Rez comedy ‘Reservation Dogs’
Xtra Magazine
08/11/2021 -
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Amidst the fear and anger, the youth climate movement stands out as a great hope
Toronto Star
25/07/2021 -
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Rewriting the colonial history of Toronto one streetcar at a time
The Local
17/06/2021 -
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Indigenous people are no longer waiting for permission
Toronto Star
08/06/2021 -
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Premier Doug Ford’s blatant attempt at scapegoating MPP Sol Mamakwa also reveals his profound ignorance of First Nations customs
Toronto Star
11/03/2021 -
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Indigenous Justice Means a Sustainable Future for All
EdCan
26/02/2021 -
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Does a demand for justice for Barbara Kentner mean something is changing in Thunder Bay?
Toronto Star
14/09/2020 -
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Four Case Studies of Land Back in action
Briarpatch
10/09/2020 -
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Monument battle a chance to decide what legacies we want to uphold
Toronto Star
04/09/2020 -
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Canada Day is not a time to celebrate, but hopefully to reflect
Toronto Star
01/07/2020 -
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Trudeau, Liberals don’t get a free ride because Conservatives may be worse
Toronto Star
10/04/2020 -
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Is reconciliation dead? Maybe only government reconciliation is
Toronto Star
19/02/2020 -
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Young people aren’t politically apathetic- we’re disillusioned
The Globe and Mail
18/10/2019 -
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10 things every voter should care about this election
THIS Magazine
15/10/2019 -
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Indigenous communities - ‘Zero Hunger’ means total sovereignty
ALLIANCE 2030
27/08/2019 -
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UNDRIP and the SDGs: There’s no sustainable future without Indigenous Rights
ALLIANCE 2030
11/06/2019 -
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A refusal to sit idleNew List Item
Maclean’s Magazine
08/04/2019 -
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Jody Wilson Raybould testimony reveals another tough lesson for Indigenous youth
Toronto Star
28/02/2019 -
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Thunder Bay must admit the truth
Toronto Star
02/01/2019 -
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Before the ballot
The Walrus
01/01/2019 -
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Before reconciliation is possible, Canadians must admit the truth
Maclean’s Magazine
14/12/2018 -
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Indigenous students on campus: Going past the equity handbook
Maclean’s Magazine
25/10/2018 -
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What a letter about a pipeline taught me about ageism
Maclean’s Magazine
18/07/2018
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The Indian Act: Its Ongoing Impact on First Nations | NDN POV
TVO Today
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3 items important to Indigenous culture
Cityline
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Doing Democracy Better: Beyond Reconciliation, Towards Liberated Futures
Parkland Institute
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6 products from Indigenous-owned brands
Cityline
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Land Back | Life on the Edge
Backslash
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It's Time to Re-imagine Canada's 'nice' Identity | Riley Yesno | TEDxUofT
TEDx Talks
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Colonization's effect on queerness in Indigenous communities
CityNews
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The latest on the Pope’s Canadian visit | The Social
The Social
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Riley Yesno on REDsurgence: Warrior Life Podcast
The Warrior Life Podcast
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Campaign underway to restore second degree murder charge in death of Barbara Kentner | APTN News
APTN
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Indigenous Issues at the Ballot Box | The Agenda
The Agenda: TVO Today
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U of T's Riley Yesno, a voice for Canada's 'reconciliation generation'
University of Toronto
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Ontario: Bulldozing Indigenous land? An interview with Riley Yesno
The Breach
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Should the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation be a stat holiday? | The Social
The Social
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An unfiltered conversation about reconciliation in Canada
Cityline
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Land Back: Indigenous Perspectives | The Agenda
The Agenda: TVO Today
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The importance of the Spring Equinox in Indigenous culture
Cityline
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Is it really genocide? In Canada?
TVO Today Docs
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Is reconciliation dead? | The Social
The Social
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How APTN Changed Indigenous Film and Television
CBC Commotion
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What the Sh*tshow at Elle Canada Tells us About the Future of Journalism
CANADALAND
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Backbench Catch Up
The Backbench
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(Land) Back to the Future
CBC Ideas
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How are Indigenous Youth Thinking About Reconciliation? Ft. Riley Yesno
Matriarch Movement
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The "Reconciliation Generation": Indigenous Youth and the Future for Indigenous People
CBC Ideas
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2023 Was the Year of Political Nonsense
The Backbench
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Episode 0: Welcome to Redsurgence
REDsurgence Podcast
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Episode 1: In Conversation with Riley Yesno and Uahikea Maile
REDsurgence Podcast
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Episode 2: Black Indigeneity with Joy Henderson and Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele
REDsurgence Podcast
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Episode 3: Surviving Ongoing Colonnialism with Pam Palmater
REDsurgence Podcast
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Episode 4: Everyone's Talking About Thunder Bay
REDsurgence Podcast
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Episode 5: Indigenous Queerness with Emily Riddle
REDsurgence Podcast with Riley Yesno
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Alberta's Wildfires Meet at Even Wilder Election
The Backbench
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PSAC Strike and the Future of Labour
The Backbench
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Who Benefits from Public Safety?
The Backbench
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Bail Reform and National Reconciliation
The Backbench
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Flatlining on Healthcare
The Backbench
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NDP- New Dental Plan
The Backbench
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Picking Apart Pierre's Populism
The Backbench
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Leaders Who Don't Lead
The Backbench
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The So-called Era of Reconciliation
The Backbench
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A Cynical Guide to COP26
The Backbench
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Truth, Reconciliation, and China
The Backbench
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Riley Yesno on REDsurgence
Warrior Life
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Riley Yesno
Land(ing) Back
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E22- Riley Yesno
City and Nuuchimii
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Pope’s ‘pilgrimage of penance’ continues across Canada
The Current with Matt Galloway
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All Policing Is Political
The Backbench
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Episode 14 - Land Back
The Second Transition Podcast
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Pope's apology must be followed by concrete action, says Anishinaabe advocate
CBC As it Happens
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Anishinaabe advocate calls on Canadians to put their 'allyship into action' at the polls
CBC As it Happens
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Thunder Bay
CANADALAND
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(CANADALANDBACK) Landback, Then What?
CANADALAND
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CONTACT
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