Episode 57: What Brings You Hope?

As National Chief, Perry Bellegarde has always focused on the importance hope: "Always leave more hope in a room than was there when you arrived." Over the 57 episodes of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, no matter how difficult the conversation or the issue, he always ends by asking his guests this question: What brings you hope? As his time as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations comes to an end, after choosing not to seek re-election, we are looking back at some of his favorite answers to that question about hope. They are inspiring, thought provoking and speak to a better future for First Nations. 01: 18 -- Chief Willie Littlechild - former TRC Commissioner, Member of Parliament, lawyer, social activist and author of the first draft of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. 02:24 Dr Lorna Williams - Canada's leading expert on the promotion and revival of Indigenous languages. 4:14 William Prince - Award winning and chart topping country music star 6:30 Rt Hon Brian Mulroney - Canada's 18th Prime Minister 7:40 Dr Dan Longboat - Founding Director of Trent University's Indigenous Environmental Science Program 10:42 Marion Crowe - CEO of the First Nations Health Managers Association 11:41 Wade Davis, best-selling author, film-maker, explorer, UBC Anthropology Professor 12:32 Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond - fmr judge, law professor, children's advocate 14:27 Jagmeet Singh - Leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada 15:13 Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan - Grand Chief of the Gwich'in Tribal Council 17:40 Kevin Loring - Artistic Director of the Indigenous Theatre, National Arts Centre, Ottawa 19:40 Elder Wilfred Buck - leading First Nations astronomy and star lore expert 21:52 Senator Kim Pate - international expert in legal and prison reform 24:01 Brigadier-General Joe Paul, the highest ranking First Nations officer in the Canadian Armed Forces 25:12 Brad Regehr - The first First Nations President of the Canadian Bar Association 26:21 Louise Bernice Halfe - Canada's first Indigenous Parliamentary Poet Laureate 28:05 Dr Alika Lafontaine - the first Indigenous person elected as the President of the Canadian Medical Association 30:03 Romeo Saganash, former Member of Parliament, and leading advocate for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. 31:41 Conner Roulette, First Nations gold medal winning junior hockey star 33:09 Chief Cadmus Delorme, Cowessess First Nation, home to 751 unmarked graves found at the Marieval Residential School 34:30 Tom Jackson, actor, musician, social activist 36:36 Marie Wilson, former Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Akhameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions Theme music is by the Red Dog Singers, Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan For more on the work of the Assembly of First Nations, visit AFN.ca

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Episode 57: What Brings You Hope? is an episode from Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde by Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations.

This episode is 0:39:33 long.

This episode was published on Jul 7, 2021.

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