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My name is Matthew Harrison and I am a reporter working out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I started Reasonably Late in 2017 and have since had the opportunity to travel the American South with touring musicians, interview national bestselling authors about their work and discuss the changing world with academics and politicians alike.

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards In a word it is heart wrenching. I don't often read fiction these days but I found this copy at a local thrift store for $3 or so. I'm glad to have bought it and happier still to have read it. If you like
Best view in the house. These two trees stand tall along the trail I like to jog, bike or walk. They might be the two tallest on the trail, standing watch over the Red River at boaters and paddlers floating by. I always stop to appreciate them in a
Nothing beats the secret spots. We were out camping, my girlfriend and I, when we wandered through a campsite and down a path on the other side. The path went into some bush between trees and a ditch, covered by leaves and branches and all sides. A
I've been reading Malcolm Nance's 'They Want to Kill Americans'. Halfway through and it feels simultaneously well researched and grounded while at times tipping into hyperbolic over generalizing with bold presumptions. 3/5 but definitely at times int
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Defining the Metis Nation with jean Teillet

In the last 20 years, the Métis nation has seen an historic increase in citizenship. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, more and more people are claiming to be Métis on the Canadian census. The lousy truth is many self proclaimed Métis people are not in fact from the Métis nation nor do they have a historic ancestral connection. Before we can learn who are the liars we must learn; who are the Métis?

Indigenous Imagery in Sports

An award-winning documentary about the movement to remove First Nations mascots from teams across North America is now available on streaming platforms, including iTunes in Canada. Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting has won a multitude of awards at film festivals since it first debuted in 2022.

O’ I Will Rise

The following was written between September 17th and 30th, 2018. I was 3 weeks sober from alcohol when I began writing these haiukus and was struggling to maintain. As of writing I have not had a drink in six years.

Beatrice Mosionier: In Search of April Raintree

Cover of "In Search of April Raintree" by Beatrice Mosionier, featuring two figures in colorful attire and floral patterns, with "40th Anniversary Edition" noted.

In Autumn of 2023 I conducted what may be my favourite interview of all time when I spoke with Beatrice Mosionier, author of In Search of April Raintree. I’m grateful for every interview I get to conduct but this one was particularly special. 40 years after publication April Raintree is still in libraries and book stores across the country telling the story of a Métis family from Manitoba.