Indigenous women are statistically more likely to experience violence than most everyone else: our women are 12 times more likely to be subjected to violence than non-Indigenous women.

“Ashley (Callingbull) is a great First Nations role model,” said Vallevand. “Wacey Rabbit plays in the ECHL and is also an amazing role model for the kids. They really take to him.

Cheekbone Beauty aims high, bestowing honour — more than mere product names — on women like Cindy Blackstock, Ashley Callingbull, Buffy Sainte Marie and Olympic athlete Waneek Horn-Miller to create awareness and break down the walls between Indigenous communities and the rest of the world.

Eight years later, Rabbit feels comfortable with his hockey lot. Being back in North America, it also gives him more time to spend with his famous girlfriend, Ashley Callingbull, who has attended many Icemen games.

Sage Paul, who is an urban Denesuliné tskwe, a member of English River First Nation and a designer by trade, founded Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) last year. She’s a huge advocate for her fellow Indigenous designers

Enoch Cree Nation is focusing on mental health issues within its community and a recent youth summit is a step toward that goal.

Even though we’re both from Newfoundland and Labrador, you might think that’s where the similarities end, since one of us is a musician-songwriter and the other is president and CEO of a pan-Canadian mental health organization.

Standing beneath the Eiffel Tower, the Hope-based designer will watch as 15 of her handmade, couture-quality creations are showcased on the runway as part of Indigenous Fashion Week. It will be a proud moment that she will never forget.

he Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C. went viral online after a group of high school students from Kentucky mocked an indigenous Vietnam War veteran, Nathan Phillips, outside the Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18.

Emerging designer Lesley Hampton has woven fashion with activism ever since she launched her brand three years ago.

That’s the message thousands of international indigenous activists will be bringing to Washington Friday for the first ever Indigenous Peoples March.

Linda Kay Peters will bring her designs, and local models, to Paris Fashion Week 2019

Margaret Atwood, Don Cherry, Ashley Callingbull and others join the Royal Canadian Legion in introducing the digital poppy

Indigenous model Ashley Callingbull, from Enoch Cree Nation west of Edmonton, didn’t know much about her great-grandfather from Alberta involved in the Second World War.

The Royal Canadian Legion launched a digital version of the distinctive red flower Friday, which it says can be customized, shared online and used as a profile image on sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Justin Bieber, Margaret Atwood, Don Cherry, Sandra Oh, Joannie Rochette, and others join the Royal Canadian Legion in introducing Canada’s new lapel Poppy partner: the “Digital Poppy”

Life in your 20s isn’t as glamorous as people say it is. We have books on the brain, rent to pay and packed schedules to juggle.

HIPPEWAS OF KETTLE & STONY POINT FIRST NATION—Citizens of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation recently gathered to rediscover their cultural roots during their second annual Unity Gathering.