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Urban Native Girl

In season one of Urban Native Girl we meet and come to understand the struggles and hopes of Lisa Charleyboy, a fashionista, entrepreneur and urban Indigenous innovator. After years of slogging through both the fashion and journalism world - and being told that glamour and Aboriginal don't mix. Lisa sets out to transform her small online blog into a glossy print magazine, in the hopes of launching an international brand.

  • Nothing Breeds Success Like Questioning Everything
    Thursday, December 18
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa seeks a better understanding of how we should define 'success' in the Indigenous community - money, culture or can we have both? This episode features interviews with Dr. Evan Adams, Gabrielle Scrimshaw, and JP Gladu.
  • Nothing Breeds Success Like Questioning Everything
    Sunday, December 21
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa seeks a better understanding of how we should define 'success' in the Indigenous community - money, culture or can we have both? This episode features interviews with Dr. Evan Adams, Gabrielle Scrimshaw, and JP Gladu.
  • Walking with Our Sisters
    Sunday, December 28
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa explores the heart-breaking issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. This impactful episode features interviews with Maria Campbell, Christi Belcourt and Nahanni Fontaine.
  • Muddy Waters
    Thursday, January 1
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa travels to Winnipeg, the Urban Aboriginal Capital of Canada. Is it a city on the rise or a one mired in racism and struggle? This episode features interviews with Sean McCormick, Waneek Horn Miller and Alan Greyeyes.

 

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  • Head-Dressed Halloween Anyone?
    Sunday, December 14
    4:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Lisa explores the issues of cultural appropriation in the fashion industry that some find offensive. This episode features interviews with writer Kim Wheeler, artist Erika Iserhoff and designer Sage Paul.
  • Head-Dressed Halloween Anyone?
    Thursday, December 11
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa explores the issues of cultural appropriation in the fashion industry that some find offensive. This episode features interviews with writer Kim Wheeler, artist Erika Iserhoff and designer Sage Paul.
  • Gay? Queer? Two-Spirited? Human Being
    Sunday, December 7
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa sends Metis writer Cole Alvis into Toronto's two-spirit community to explore identity and identification. This episode features candid interviews with Theola Ross, Cris Derksen and EJ Kwandibens.
  • Gay? Queer? Two-Spirited? Human Being
    Thursday, December 4
    4:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Lisa sends Metis writer Cole Alvis into Toronto's two-spirit community to explore identity and identification. This episode features candid interviews with Theola Ross, Cris Derksen and EJ Kwandibens.
  • Lisa Vs. Lisa
    Sunday, November 30
    4:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Part two of the rethinking of Lisa's 'Bloodlines' article, only this time Lisa looks in the mirror and asks herself some hard questions. This episode features interviews with Michaela Washburn, Leslie McCue, Lindy Kinoshameg and a musical performance by rising star Iskwe.
  • Lisa Vs. Lisa
    Thursday, November 27
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Part two of the rethinking of Lisa's 'Bloodlines' article, only this time Lisa looks in the mirror and asks herself some hard questions. This episode features interviews with Michaela Washburn, Leslie McCue, Lindy Kinoshameg and a musical performance by rising star Iskwe.
  • Is Blood Thicker Than Love
    Thursday, November 20
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa questions the CBC Aboriginal article called 'Bloodlines' that she wrote the previous year. It raised emotions on both sides of the argument that Indigenous people should only have children with their own kind to preserve their culture and bloodlines. This episode features interviews with Pam Palmater, Niigaan Sinclair and Derek Miller.
  • Clock's Ticking
    Sunday, November 16
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    It's the feature spread photo shoot and everyone?s late and falling behind. Can Lisa pull it together or is her business off to a bumpy start? This episode features Dene designer Sage Paul, photographer Keesic Douglas and rising star models Logan Staats, Brendt Diabo and Jayli Wolf.
  • Clock's Ticking
    Thursday, November 13
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    It's the feature spread photo shoot and everyone?s late and falling behind. Can Lisa pull it together or is her business off to a bumpy start? This episode features Dene designer Sage Paul, photographer Keesic Douglas and rising star models Logan Staats, Brendt Diabo and Jayli Wolf.
  • Is Print Really Dead
    Sunday, November 9
    4:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In the pilot episode we meet Lisa as she takes her dream to industry insiders and asks if there is a place for an urban native magazine as the print industry is retracting. This episode features interviews with Shelley Ambrose from The Walrus, Jamie Monastyrski from Spirit Magazine and Lorraine Zander from Faze Magazine.
  • Is Print Really Dead
    Thursday, November 6
    4:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In the pilot episode we meet Lisa as she takes her dream to industry insiders and asks if there is a place for an urban native magazine as the print industry is retracting. This episode features interviews with Shelley Ambrose from The Walrus, Jamie Monastyrski from Spirit Magazine and Lorraine Zander from Faze Magazine.
  • The End Is Just A Starting Point
    Sunday, November 2
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Lisa and her team struggle to get all the pieces together for Urban Native Magazine, and then celebrate with the Toronto Indigenous community. What does the future hold now?