Articles by Anonda Canadien

Art, Featured, News November 5, 2021

Indigenous creator highlight: Auntie Beading by Christine Dunbar

“You can literally make anything that you want...I can just make a lot of ideas come to life. I like surprising myself with every new creation that I make, it gets me out of my comfort zone,” says Christine Dunbar.


Christine Dunbar, 24, is a Métis beader from Yellowknife. She’s currently going to school in Lethbridge, where she started beading last October by herself. Starting with fringe earrings, she gifted them to friends and family. Recently she’s started flat stitching with the help of YouTube videos.  “I was looking on…

News October 27, 2021

Sahtu Youth Network hopes new campaign raises vaccine uptake

The Sahtu Youth Network is hosting a vaccine campaign, COVID Vaccination Media Training Campaign, in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among youth ages 18-35. The campaign will help raise awareness and information about the vaccine.  The 18-35 age group has the lowest rates of vaccination in the NWT.  The Sahtu…

Art, Featured, News October 27, 2021

Indigenous creator highlight: Auntiez Apparel by Justina Black

“I always wanted to see my culture and my people being represented in the clothing, I wear it especially in a modern way," says Justina Black.


Auntiez Apparel, run by Justina Black, 26, from the Yellowknives Dene First Nation started when she saw a friend of hers make t-shirts with designs.  “And from there, I started drawing my own designs that I was inspired from the land,  and I put together my first design which was…

Art, Featured, News October 22, 2021

Young entrepreneurs make headway in Deh Gah Goti’e by Inspire NWT

“I’m just glad that Inspire NWT was able to start the entrepreneur course. Because we don’t get much opportunities like this up here,” says Elaine Landry.


Inspire NWT launched a program to help young people who are interested in entrepreneurship and leadership. It was delivered online for the Tłı̨chǫ cohort and in-person for the Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę (Fort Providence) cohort, from Sept.  27 to Dec.  17.  Elaine Landry, 25, is already on her way to developing…

Art, Featured, News October 15, 2021

Indigenous creator highlight: DYLN

“That was the first thing that made me realize that I could do something with this music stuff...make a change if I do it well enough,” says Dylan Hope.


This week, CKLB reached out to Yellowknife artist Dylan Hope, 20, otherwise known by his stage name, DYLN. Hope grew up listening to classic rock from his father and eventually diving into rap music and other genres. “That’s what got me interested at a young age, messing around with the…

Art, Featured, News October 8, 2021

Indigenous creator highlight: Treyleen Neyelle

This week, CKLB reached out to young Indigenous creator Treyleen Neyelle, 26, from the Sahtúot’įnę Délı̨nę First Nation, residing in Yellowknife on her beadwork. “My beading journey began actually earlier this year in January, started small such as mini studs, then bigger pieces when I got comfortable doing them,” says…

Community, Featured, News September 24, 2021

Treaty 11, where’s the youth?

“I feel like as a youth living in Treaty 11 today, and in the 21st century...it has always been a bit of a struggle for me to figure out how to navigate these two different worlds,” says Bradley Thom.


This past summer, Treaty 11 marked its 100th anniversary across Denendeh. Events in multiple communities took place to commemorate, or as some communities call it “celebrate”.  There have been many speakers whether it be chiefs, past and current, or knowledge keepers. However, the youth engagement has been low on their…

Environment, Featured, News September 9, 2021

Northern youth discuss combating climate change at recent summit

“They're forcing me to care about this because they are slowly destroying my livelihood,” says Siku Rojas.


The Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change hosted by Ecology North took place from August 17-21. 17 participants from the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories gathered in Dettah at B. Dene Adventures tour camp.  The goal of the camp is to bring northern perspectives together in one place…

Community, Featured, News August 18, 2021

A camp for youth by youth in Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę

“Because we’re from the land...that’s where we’re from, we’re from the land. (We) got to learn where we’re from,“ says Kathleen Gargan. 


This past weekend Northern LOCO hosted a youth camp at the campgrounds in Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę (Fort Providence). It was first initiated by a youth worker, Jeffery Simba, 15, who identified the need for the youth to get away from the community’s ongoing effects of intergenerational trauma.  “It was good,…