# Matthew Wildcat

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Alberta Separatists' threat to Indigenous communities + Japanese Canadian health & care amid internment

Picking the brain of Ermineskin Cree Nation member and the Director of Indigenous Governance in the U of A Faculty of Native Studies, Matthew Wildcat on the real threat of Alberta separatists’ ambitions on Indigenous Peoples. Plus, Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Albe…

S. 2 Ep. 4 | Democracy in Action: Land Without Borders

Season 2 wraps up by exploring Indigenous political and land governance, resurgence, civic engagement, and activism. It centers conversations on sovereignty, self-determination, and the enduring relationships between land, governance, and community. In this episode, co-hosts Nadim, Daniella, and S…

How Alberta’s First Nations should respond to the referendum on secession

Matthew Wildcat, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies at U of A 

Thursday, June 25, 2026 — First Nations challenge Alberta’s separation drive

First Nations and Métis leaders in Alberta are actively opposing the province’s secession movement. Alberta will hold a referendum this October on whether to separate from Canada. Premier Danielle Smith is in a war of words with First Nations leaders and faces legal challenges from tribes for push…

Thursday, June 25, 2026 — First Nations challenge Alberta’s separation drive

First Nations and Métis leaders in Alberta are actively opposing the province's secession movement. Alberta will hold a referendum this October on whether to separate from Canada. Premier Danielle Smith is in a war of words with First Nations leaders and faces legal challenges from tribes for pushi…

Episode 8.32 - Indigenous Scholar Matthew Wildcat!

With Treaty Chiefs having voted unanimously in a non-confidence vote in Danielle SMith's UCP, separatism on the rise and over racism towards First Nations only growing more bold, what can be done? We're extremely excited to present this conversation with First Nations Scholar and Associate Profess…

Do Land Back and separatism pivot the same?

A conversation with Matthew Wildcat, Leah Hennig and Tim Shoults orbiting around Alberta Separatists, First Nations rights, media responsibility + more. Hosted by Asad Chishti PANELISTSLeah Hennig - A journalist and Editor-in-Chief of The Gateway. This is her second year at the helm of the newspape…

9AM Free 4 All: Can We Talk Separation Without Losing Sight of Reconciliation?

For Matthew Wildcat, the Alberta separation debate and the relationship between First Nations and the Crown are deeply connected to treaties and the question of how we share the land. The associate professor of Indigenous governance at the University of Alberta and member of Ermineskin Cree Nation …

Reconciliation, extraction & Alberta separatism

A conversation with Dani Paradis centring around media, extractive journalism, Reconciliation and her new podcast, Separation Anxiety, with Tim Querengesser. Hosted by Asad Chishti GuestDani Paradis A journalist and educator. Her byline appears in the Walrus, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, APTN and …