The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) has announced the nine podcasts funded through the second year of its Podcasting Program.
Through the ISO Story Fund, a total of $200,000 is being invested in the 2024–25 fiscal year, supporting the development and creation of podcasts by Indigenous screen-based and audio storytellers. This year’s recipients include six projects based in Ontario and three in B.C.
Among them are Season 3 of Auntie Up! – a celebration of Indigenous women – hosted by Tanya Talaga, Kim Wheeler and Jolene Banning, as well as Criminals on Patrol, a podcast from Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor and author Dr. Pam Palmater diving into the seedy underbelly of law enforcement in North America.
Find the full list of supported podcasts here:
Project: Franklin: The Missing Ships That Weren’t
Company: Mixtape VR Inc.
Key Creative: Nyla Innuksuk, Inuit
Format: 6 episodes x 45 mins
Region: Ontario
Project: Auntie Up! Season 3
Company: Makwa Creative Inc.
Key Creative: Tanya Talaga, Anishinaabe
Format: 10 episodes x 45 mins
Region: Ontario
Project: Criminals on Patrol
Key Creative: Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq
Format: 10 episodes x 45 mins
Region: Ontario
Project: Before I Go
Company: Vision Quest Communications Inc.
Key Creative: Danielle Wilson-Brown, Gitxaala/Haisla
Format: 16 episodes x 45 mins
Region: British Columbia
Project: Seekwan (tentative)
Key Creative: Lenny Carpenter, Omushkego (Swampy Cree)
Format: 12 episodes x 60 mins
Region: Ontario
Project: Dene Talk Season 2
Key Creative: Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas, Dene/Métis
Format: 6 episodes x 45 mins
Region: British Columbia
Project: The Aunties Dandelion
Company: The Aunties Dandelion Inc.
Key Creative: Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore, Kanyen’kehà:ka
Format: 12 episodes x 60 mins
Region: Ontario
Project: The Our Storytellers Podcast
Company: Our Storytellers Media Inc.
Key Creative: Riel Drury, Métis from Nehiyaw and Soto Background
Format: 20 episodes x 90 mins
Region: British Columbia
Project: Roots and Hoots Presents: Breaking the Silence – Canada’s Classrooms of Injustice
Company: Legacy of Hope Foundation
Key Creative: Lewis Barnaby, Teresa Edwards, Mi’gmaq
Format: 12 episodes x 45 mins
Region: Ontario
