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I'm happy to announce that I am writing my very first book entitled, The Great NDN Paradox - Seriously Funny Stories About The Paradoxical Lives We Live. It'll be released on Arsenal Pulp Press imprint, Robin's Egg Books and will be edited by the smart & hilarious, Charlie Demers.

The Great NDN Paradox will be out in the Fall of 2018 and will be accompanied by a tour and a podcast mini-series in partnership with Indian & Cowboy.

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The journey continues.

Thanks for coming on this journey with me!

ARSENAL PULP PRESS, ROBIN'S EGG BOOKS & CHARLIE DEMERS

I'm proud to align myself with a press like Arsenal Pulp Press as they have a long history of delivering powerful, personal and challenging narratives that the world needs more of. Some of my favourite books have come from Arsenal and some of my favourite writers publish with Arsenal - to find myself here is really amazing, I'm honoured by the opportunity to write this book.

Charlie mentioned the possibility of joining his imprint quite some time ago. I can assure you, asking a "Native comedian" to write a book with his imprint isn't Charlie's calculated effort to get on the "reconciliation train" as many others are. His vision to give space to comedy that creates space for intersectional conversations about difficult topics is not only rare and necessary in Canada, but it is the way Charlie approaches his own creative work. I'm honoured to have been asked to be one of the three books on the new imprint.

I'm joining Hadiya Roderique & Ashley Csanady as a host on one of Canada's biggest podcasts,  Canadaland Commons.

For those that don't know, Commons is a Canadian politics podcast focused entirely on our politics and its impact on the world. Given the time we're in in this country, I believe it's important to centre Indigenous voices - that is my aim in working on this show - to make space for Indigenous voices, thought and insight into the issues that touch our lives on the daily.

No, I'm not quitting Red Man Laughing.

Yes, Indian & Cowboy is still building!

I look forward to opening up space for Indigenous voices on the issues that impact us on the daily.

I'm honoured to join a forward looking, engaged & motivated team of journalists, writers and media makers looking to make a difference in Canada.

LISTEN TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT

A Little Scared & A Lot Excited

When I got the email from Canadaland founder & head honcho, Jesse Brown, about my potential interest in working on Commons, I immediately responded, "I'm in." I remember thinking to myself, "What the hell did you just agree to?" A Canadian politics podcast? What do I know about Canadian politics? I believed that the listeners of the podcast deserved someone more well read, more entangled in the #CNDPOLI mess & more in touch with the current state of affairs in this country.

There was some regret initially. I'm busy working on my own podcast, building Indian & Cowboy, establishing the Makoons Media Group is a leading Indigenous Digital Media content company and working full time as a standup comic. I am swamped, admittedly.

However.

I'm a hard worker and I love to learn. Despite the rumours and my occasional twitter outbursts, I believe in this country, I believe in Canadian's and I believe in the sustained effort by Indigenous Peoples' to make this country a better place to live. I'm curious, occasionally funny and I'm willing to be wrong - I think where I'm at in terms of my understanding of the politics in Canada suits the show well - many Canadians need to be more engaged in creating the political will that will transform this country - joining Commons is my effort at this - I'm all in and I can't wait to get started.

We are in a really important time in Canada. We are going to look back at this time 30 or 40 years from now and we'll remember it as the time we did the right thing or we utterly failed as a country.  Make no mistake, we are at a tipping point in this country - we have some big decisions to make. The political & social challenges reconciliation brings to this country, the work we as citizens have in front of us around transitioning to a green economy in Canada, working on the Nation to Nation agenda in Canada, building better cities & more has me excited to work with one of Canada's premiere independent media companies.

I'm proud to announce that Colonization Road, a 50 minute documentary on Canada's colonial past told through interviews, comedy & my rantings, will be broadcast Nationally on CBC TV on January 26th, 2017 at 9PM.

You can read the full announcement and check out the CBC First Hand website here. For more information on the film, our amazing crew, an more, visit our website.

All power and love to our films director, Michelle St. John and the team that stood behind her to make this movie! I think we've made a powerful gift to Canada, one that should add much to the conversation around reconciliation, Canada's 150th birthday and the deep roots of colonialism in this country.

If you want to do a deep dive into my thoughts on the film and where we go from here in Canada, I talked to the Huffington Post just after the world premier of the film at imagineNATIVE.

In short, we have much work to do, the journey continues.

Set your PVR, tell a friend, make noise online, be sure to holler back and let me know what you think.

WATCH THE TRAILER

FILM SYNOPSIS

In this film we unpack the suite of policies & legislation that expedited the creation Canada and we examine how these policies were put in place at the cost of Indigenous Peoples, our Nations & the lands and waters we have lived in relation to for thousands of years.