 Roy Henry Vickers colours the Imagination, Recordkeeping with Garret T. Willie, and Indigenous Women OutdoorsNXNW June 21/22, 2025 | Welcome to the NXNW newsletter! This weekend we honour National Indigenous Peoples Day with some great conversations from guest host Jeremy Ratt, as Tsimshian artist Roy Henry Vickers shares his first colouring book for people of all ages, we "Take It Outside" with Aiyana Anderson-MacIsaac of Indigenous Women Outdoors, and Grant Lawrence brings us the penultimate edition of Whale Tale. We also bid farewell (for now) to UBC Intern Anjini Snape with a line dancing lesson. Looking for something from a past show? Check out our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on NXNW this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | Our monthly film column, BC On Screen, connects us with Leanne Allen, the Métis producer behind LA Media and the new web series Recipes for Connection, which follows caregivers and their loved ones sharing a love of cooking. | | | | | Renowned Tsimshian artist and storyteller Roy Henry Vickers reveals what went into Inspired, his new all-ages colouring book featuring West Coast scenes and motifs adapted from some of his most iconic works. | | | | | Grant Lawrence brings us the penultimate chapter of his series Whale Tale, which follows a unique family of West Coast orcas. | | | | | We continue our June "Take It Outside" series with Aiyana Anderson-MacIsaac of Indigenous Women Outdoors, a non-profit group that connects women with the land through outdoor pursuits like mountain biking and backcountry skiing. | | | | | Sunday | | | Arkells frontman Max Kerman discusses his new book, Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress, which aims to inspire anyone who wants to be more creative. | | | | | Artists Amanda Wood and Val Loewen give us a tour of (re)patterning, a new multimedia printmaking exhibit running June 20 to 28 at THIS Gallery's new Mt. Pleasant location.
| | | | | NXNW intern Anjini Snape takes us for a line dancing lesson at the Roxy in Vancouver, discovering the connection between the popular pastime and her homeland of Scotland. | | | | | Rising blues star Garret T. Willie shares his Recordkeeping picks ahead of his appearance at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival (June 22). | | | | | | | | | Indigenous Women Outdoors | | | Aiyana Anderson-MacIsaac's passion for outdoor pursuits took her from program participant to executive director of Indigenous Women Outdoors (IWO). The non-profit organization brings Indigenous women and non-binary folks together to explore the outdoors through activities like climbing, backcountry skiing and mountain biking. IWO hosts regular events, including programs for beginners, throughout the year. | | |  | Aiyana Anderson-MacIsaac on a mountain expedition with Indigenous Women Outdoors (Credit: Indigenous Women Outdoors) | | | | | | | Line dancing with Anjini Snape | | | Dundee-born Anjini Snape donned some borrowed boots and a 10-gallon hat for a line dancing lesson at the Roxy in Vancouver, where she discovered a surprising connection between North American country western dancing and traditional Scottish dancing. It's been an absolute pleasure working with Anj this past month and we wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours. We will miss her! | | |  | | Line dance lessons at the Roxy. (Photo by Anjini Snape) | | | | | | | Recordkeeping with Garret T. Willie | | | The Kingcome Inlet-raised, Campbell River-based blues artist shared his Recordkeeping picks ahead of a busy summer schedule that includes National Indigenous Peoples Day in Courtenay (June 21), the Vancouver International Jazz Festival (June 22) and Canada Day in Surrey. Here's what we're spinning with Garret T. Willie:
A song from your youth?
I Got the Blues by the Rolling Stones
A song you keep coming back to?
There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin' by AC/DC
A song you're listening to right now?
Ooh La La by Faces.
| | | | | | | | | In case you missed it... | | | Last week on NXNW, we broadcast the show live from the Pinoy Festival at Swanguard Stadium. A huge thanks to everyone who helped make that show happen: George Baker, Alison Cole, Leo Damian, Theresa Duvall, Michelle Eliot, Mark Gryski, Melody Jacobson, Jeremy Ratt, Anjini Snape, and Shiral Tobin. If you missed the broadcast you can stream this interview on CBC Listen.
Also, Christine Stringer's new book Charity Trickett is Not So Glamourous is based loosely on her experiences of moving from Vancouver to Hollywood to work in the film industry, circa 1997. You can listen to her NXNW interview and read more about this Bridget Jones-esque story with a Canadian twist, here.
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The NXNW Team | | | | | |
