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Hoping Against Hope?, The Struggle Against Colonialism in Canada is a three-part audio documentary on
colonization in Canada featuring the voices of Roland Chrisjohn, Andrea Bear Nicholas, Ward Churchill, Michael Parenti,
Patricia Monture-Angus, Jeanette Armstrong, Arnie Jack, and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas.
Episode 1
Colonization and the Killing of History
The first episode examines the origins of European colonialism, its growth in Canada, and the
importance of treaties winding up with a look at why the absence of the truth about this history
can best be described by a newly-coined word, historicide.
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Episode 2
Racism, Assimilation & Genocide
The second installment looks at the issue of racism as a product of colonization, and within the context of the current era of
neocolonialism in Canada, discuses assimilation and residential schooling as part of the ongoing genocide against Indigenous people.
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Episode 3
Education, Language & Resistance
The third piece brings our attention to Indigenous languages, and education both as a tool of
oppression and resistance. We wrap up the series with a brief exploration of resistance to colonialism in Canada.
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Brought to you by Praxis Media Productions
and the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group
Executive Producer: Pierre Loiselle
Contributing Editors: Chris Arsenault, Ardath Whynacht and Karen Stote
Narration: Ardath Whynacht
Music: Bert "Dj Shinook" Knockwood, Jon Cleveland and Ganesha & Gahowe from the Kitpu Youth Centre Singers.
Artwork: Gord Hill
Thanks to Tanya Wasacase, Andrea Smith, Marc Legault, Matt Bourgeois, the Native Student Council at St.
Thomas University, CHSR FM, Orlando Design, Babble, the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement, Hillary Lindsay,
Dru Oja Jay, the Dominion, Brian Rose, Matt Gay, Candace Mooers and CKDU FM Spoken Word department, Amanda Smith,
Mollie Coombs, Tara Sullivan, Lisa Nussey, the Tatamagouche Free School, Dave Ron, G-7 Welcoming Committee Records
and to all those we forgot to name.
Thanks to CFUV (Victoria), CHLY (Nanaimo), CJMP (Powell River), CFRO (Vancouver), CHLS (Lillooet), CJRC (Edmonton), CILU (Thunder Bay), CFRC (Kingston), CKCU (Ottawa), CKUT (Montreal), CJUM (Winnipeg), CKDU (Halifax), and CHSR (Fredericton) amongst other stations who participated in the coast-to-coast broadcast
A special thanks to Andrea Bear Nicholas and Roland Chrisjohn from the Department of Native Studies at St. Thomas University.
Without their dedication, support and inspiration, this dark world would be a much colder place.
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