Wab Kinew
| Wabanakwut Kinew | |
|---|---|
| Born | Onigaming, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | broadcaster, musician, educator |
| Known for | 8th Fire, Faultlines |
Wabanakwut (Wab) Kinew is a Canadian musician, broadcaster and educator, best known as a host of programming on CBC Radio and CBC Television.[1]
Originally from the Onigaming First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, he is the son of Tobasonakwut Kinew, a former local and regional chief and a professor of indigenous governance at the University of Winnipeg who died in 2012.[2]
Kinew has been a reporter and host predominantly for the CBC's radio and television operations in Winnipeg,[3] including the weekly arts magazine show The 204, but also hosted the national documentary series 8th Fire in 2012.[1] He is also a host of the documentary program Faultlines on Al Jazeera America.[4]
He released his debut CD as a rapper, Live by the Drum, in 2009.[3] The CD won an Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop CD.[5]
In 2012, the University of Winnipeg named Kinew its first director of indigenous inclusion.[5]
In 2014, he will appear as a panelist on CBC Radio's Canada Reads, defending Joseph Boyden's novel The Orenda.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CBC series 8th Fire aims to dispel native stereotypes". Toronto Star, January 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Dr. Tobasonakwut Kinew passing mourned". Net News Ledger, December 25, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Aboriginal rapper, CBC host has plenty to say". Winnipeg Free Press, January 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Canadian journalists Ali Velshi, Wab Kinew join Al Jazeera America". The Canadian Journalism Project, April 9, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "UWinnipeg names first Director of Indigenous Inclusion". University of Winnipeg, October 4, 2012.