Season 3 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast
From Good Fire by Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff
April 3, 2025 · 1h 20m · Season 3 · Episode 5
About this episode
In this episode, hosts discuss allyship with Alex Zahara, focusing on how non-Indigenous individuals can support Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Accomplices: Special Episode with Alex Zahara In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Alex Zahara to talk about how a non-Indigenous person can be a good ally and accomplice to Indigenous peoples in Canada. Quotes 17.44 – 17.52: “This is actually the first time in Canadian history when the Notwithstanding Clause was used to suppress the charter rights of children.” 22.42 - 22.48: “These attacks… on trans rights are also an attack on Indigenous rights.” 1.14.54 - 1.15.10: “When I’m thinking about how do I be a settler and how do I… settle, I do think that there are ways of… living together in a way that doesn’t emphasize conquest and that just emphasizes… sharing.” Takeaways The gathering place (06.06) Alex Zahara is a non-Indigenous researcher in Kistahpinanihk, which means the Great Meeting Place, also known as Prince Albert in Treaty 6 territory, the Metis Homeland and the Homeland of the Dakota. He works out of the Northern Forestry Centre as a fire research scientist for the Canadian Forest Service and believes his location informs his…
People in this episode
Hosts: Amy Cardinal Christianson, Matthew Kristoff
Guest: Alex Zahara
Topics covered
- Indigenous rights
- allyship
- settler perspectives
- fire research
- community
Keywords
- allyship
- Indigenous peoples
- Canada
- fire research
- settler perspectives
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Canadian Forest Service
Places: Canada, Kistahpinanihk, Prince Albert, Treaty 6 territory, Metis Homeland, Dakota
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