THE HIPPIE HISTORIAN

Gabrielle Bossy

Don’t Raise a Glass Quite Yet: A reminder that Indigenous communities still need clean water

Water. It’s sacred. It’s a way to connect to nature. We drink it. We bathe in it. We need it to live. Now more than ever, we need access...

Gabrielle Bossy

This Could Go Boom!: an initiative giving a voice to unheard narratives in the music industry

This week, we're back in Washington, D.C. While this blog traditionally focuses on Canadian music stories, this one is way too creative...

Gabrielle Bossy

Mike Downie on The Secret Path and The Downie Wenjack Fund

“It’s easy to want to do something and be paralyzed.” Mike Downie says this to me on the phone. He’s referring to non-Indigenous...

Gabrielle Bossy

It's Not "Just a Statue": What the Charlottesville Riots can help us learn

If you have your wits about you, the Charlottesville riots are a lesson right in your face: racism is not dead. It’s alive and well (and...