Niigaan Sinclair, Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, on the people who perpetuate arguments that amount to residential school denialism. APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism - Watch here: youtu.be/y-Pv8-99Sp4?...

Sean Carleton, Associate Professor of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, on the length of the investigation at Kamloops. APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism - Watch here: youtu.be/y-Pv8-99Sp4?...

Residential school survivor Geraldine Shingoose, who countered Frances Widdowson during a demonstration at the University of Winnipeg. APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism - Watch here: youtu.be/y-Pv8-99Sp4?...

In Canada, the histories of residential school survivors are being challenged by a surge of denialism. Dismantling Denialism confronts those attempts to rewrite history and explores what it will take to defend truth and reconciliation. Watch here: youtu.be/y-Pv8-99Sp4

Fired academic Frances Widdowson has been showing up on university campuses to question aspects of the history of residential schools in Canada. This Saturday on a new episode of APTN Investigates, journalist Christopher Read looks into a recent eruption of residential school denialism.

In Canada, the histories of residential school survivors are being challenged by a surge of denialism. Dismantling Denialism confronts those attempts to rewrite history and explores what it will take to defend truth and reconciliation. Dismantling Denialism | By Christopher Read - Airing December 6

At the core of Rob Smith’s community is a big house. “In our language its pronounced Gukwdzi,” says Rob, “it’s where we celebrate and do ceremony.”

“It was a devastating year for our family,” says Rob Smith.

An amazing selfie of Rob Smith’s family Elders. “In total, there were 16 children born to my grandparents Emily and Charles Willie,” says Rob. Bottom left to right: Auntie Liz, Auntie Glo, Mom. Top left to right: Uncle Don, Auntie Em.

This week on APTN Investigates Retrospectives, we look back at DARK VALLEY—Holly Moore and Rob Smith’s 2018 story on a series of disappearances in the BC interior.

Rob Smith talks about the struggles to revive his family’s traditional Potlatch with integrity. Through subversive acts against colonialist authority, the ceremony was saved from near destruction.

In a special edition of APTN Investigates Retrospectives, recently-retired APTN reporter Kathleen Martens looks back at her groundbreaking series on the Independent Assessment Process (IAP).

For six years, Juani Qinuajuak has been delivering water to homes in Puvirnituq by truck...when he can. Often workers like him in Nunavik are forced to work in difficult conditions, such as extreme weather and infrastructure breakdowns.

Lucy Qalingo is the mayor of Puvirnituq, an Inuit village of 2,200 in Nunavik that has been experiencing water infrastructure issues that sometimes leaves residents without running water for weeks at a time. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik – Watch the full episode: youtu.be/L8xUSCgZJPM?...

Akinisie Sivuarapik is an Inuk throat singer from Puvirnituq who also helps run the Family House community centre. She lacks confidence that Quebec will fund a long-term solution to Nunavik's water infrastructure issues. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik – Watch: youtu.be/L8xUSCgZJPM?...

The population of Puvirnituq, Quebec, is booming – but the water infrastructure is breaking down. For years, the Inuit community has faced water shortages. Now, exclusive documents obtained by APTN suggest a permanent fix might still be a pipe dream.

Because of permafrost and bedrock, underground pipes are not feasible in Puvirnituq. But in a place with vicious blizzards, minus 30 temperatures, and crumbling roads, water delivery trucks suffer frequent breakdowns. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik - Airing Saturday on APTN.

The population of Puvirnituq, Quebec, is booming – but the water infrastructure is breaking down. For years, the Inuit community has faced water shortages. Now, exclusive documents obtained by APTN suggest a permanent fix might still be a pipe dream.

A paper trail reveals that not only does Inuit leadership have difficulties working with provincial authorities, there is also a history of communication breakdowns between Puvirnituq city hall and the Kativik Regional Government. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik - Airing Saturday on APTN.

When some residents of Puvirnituq went weeks without running water this past spring, it made headlines. But the Inuit community of 2200 has been dealing with similar problems for years, and there's not much confidence in Quebec funding a long-term solution.

Inmates helped generate $97 million last year for the Correctional Service of Canada’s employment branch known as CORCAN. But inmates earn no more than $6.90 a day. Fields of Confinement - Watch: youtu.be/fgdPG4M9bp8?...

The population of Puvirnituq, QC is booming… but their water infrastructure is breaking. For years the Inuit community in Nunavik has had water shortages, and documents obtained by APTN Investigates show that a permanent solution might be a pipe dream.

Following a year of tragic loss, video journalist Rob Smith returns home in Kingcome Inlet, B.C. Back on the land and with help from his Elders, Rob documents an intimate and personal journey. A path toward healing, out of the darkness.

APTN Investigates video journalist Rob Smith travels home to Kingcome Inlet, B.C., to explore how his family dealt with a year of grief and loss. What he found was a resilient clan determined to stick together through love and culture in the face of tragedies.

Following a year of tragic loss, video journalist Rob Smith returns to his family’s traditional homeland in Kingcome Inlet, B.C. Back on the land and with help from his Elders, Rob documents an intimate and personal journey. A path toward healing, out of the darkness. Here’s a preview.

From office furniture to government uniforms, inmate labour supplies Canada’s institutions. What most don’t know is that even the milk on your breakfast table could come from a prison. Fields of Confinement - Watch: youtu.be/fgdPG4M9bp8?...

APTN Investigates video journalist Rob Smith travels home to Kingcome Inlet, BC, to explore how his family dealt with a year of grief and loss. What he found was a resilient clan determined to stick together through love and culture in the face of tragedies and decades of compounding trauma.

Inmates at a minimum-security prison are producing milk that enters Canada’s commercial supply chain. It’s part of the national prison labour program critics say has drifted far from its rehabilitative goals. APTN Investigates: Fields of Confinement

Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. Experts warn the true cost of this labour goes far beyond dollars, raising difficult questions about dignity, rehabilitation and justice. APTN Investigates: Fields of Confinement

After decades behind bars, Jeff Ewert now leads the Canadian Prisoners’ Labour Confederation. A group pushing to unionize inmate workers and bring basic labour rights inside Canada’s prisons. Fields of Confinement – Watch Saturday on APTN

Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for Crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. This week on APTN Investigates, Brittany Guyot goes behind the walls of Canada’s prison farm program, where experts warn the true cost goes far beyond dollars.

CORCAN provides offenders with job training and work experience. In 2024-2025, CORCAN’s revenue was $97.1 million despite prisoners earning no more than $6.90 a day for their labour. Fields of Confinement – Watch Saturday on APTN

Shaun Shannon spent decades in prison, including eight years working with animals on a prison farm. A path that gave him purpose but didn't translate into a career beyond the fence. Fields of Confinement – Watch Saturday on APTN

Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. Experts warn the true cost of this labour goes far beyond dollars, raising difficult questions about dignity, rehabilitation and justice.

The families have said the same name for years. A man on the other side of the border. Someone they believe killed their sons. And reporter Kenneth Jackson is the first person to go to his door and ask him if he did. Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 5 | Saturday at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

Ann Maje Raider is executive director of the Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society (LAWS). She helps support Kaska families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in the Yukon. Justice for my Sister - Watch here: youtu.be/h_tzi4-pnu8?...

Following a two-year investigation, APTN Investigates unravelled police theories of the deaths of two Mohawk men in 2015. Now, with their manner of death changed from accidental to undetermined, reporter Kenneth Jackson and the Toronto police homicide unit are on the hunt for the real killer.

The 1963 rape and murder of 18-year-old Ann Mary Dick devastated the small Kaska community of Upper Liard, Yukon. Now, more than five decades later, her siblings are seeking justice over the RCMP’s mishandling of the investigation. APTN Investigates: Justice for my Sister

Rose Caesar was 15 years old when her cousin Ann Mary Dick was killed in 1963. A story, she says, is all too familiar in the Kaska Dena settlement of Upper Liard, Yukon. Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

In Justice for my Sister, video journalist Tamara Pimentel uncovers shocking details in the decades-old death of a young Kaska woman. Ann Mary Dick was just 18 years old when she was killed in the small community of Upper Liard, Yukon.

Darlene Jimmy holds a framed sketch of her mother, Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie, whose body was found in a landfill in 1967. It’s the only image of Tootsie the family still has. The RCMP have apologized for mishandling the investigation into Tootsie’s death. Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

For decades, the story of Ann Mary Dick’s death has been kept quiet in the community of Upper Liard, Yukon. As her sister Maryann Dick uncovers the details, she learns how an inadequate investigation robbed the family of justice. Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

The 1963 rape and murder of 18-year-old Ann Mary Dick devastated the small Kaska community of Upper Liard, Yukon. Now, more than five decades later, her siblings are seeking justice over the RCMP’s mishandling of the investigation and that of another historic death in the region.

CJ Smith-White knows firsthand the impacts of living near plastic-producing industry. When it comes to issues on plastics, Smith-White believes that looking at the whole life cycle of plastics isn’t just important, it’s necessary.

Lynn Jacobs is dedicated to examining how plastic affects Indigenous peoples at every stage – from extraction of fossil fuels to microplastic pollution.

Crystal Harrison Collin’s granddaughter was diagnosed Blastomycosis, a lung infection she believes was caused by the land being disturbed.

For the past three years, CJ Smith-White has served as Chair of the Environmental Committee, advocating on behalf of environmental justice for Aamjiwnaang.

Indigenous People are climbing over industry-imposed fence lines to raise concerns about the lack of inclusion in addressing plastic pollution. In a special hour-long episode, APTN Investigates takes a microscopic look at “sacrifice zones”. Watch here: youtu.be/QeNaT2GMpTM

Sacrifice Zones have been described as a place where government and industry have determined a place and the people living there are disposable, reports @tomfennario.bsky.social and @angela-belleau.bsky.social

The plastic crisis goes beyond litter. From toxic fumes to microplastics, Indigenous Peoples are raising the alarm about the potential dangers of global plastic pollution.