ABOUT
Jennifer Ashawasegai is the host and producer of Bamoseda. Jennifer is also a citizen of the Anishinabek Nation and member of Henvey Inlet First Nation. She is no stranger to radio, and has been in the business for about eight years working in small market radio stations in Ontario and Kansas, USA. Jennifer is also a freelance journalist. She has been published in Indigenous newspapers throughout North America, as well as discusses northern Ontario 'Nish' news on a weekly basis on Aboriginal People's Television Network National News.
In 2008, while in radio, Jennifer received the Debwewin Citation from the Anishinabek Nation for telling fair and balanced stories from the Aboriginal community in mainstream media. The following year, while with Moose FM, Ashawasegai was a finalist for a Canadian Association of Broadcasting Gold Ribbon Award.
Bamoseda was actually conceived during her work with Haliburton Broadcasting Group, and aired for a couple of years on five of it’s stations. Ashawasegai wanted to reach a wider audience with Bamoseda because she believes Aboriginal news should be integrated into mainstream to help people learn and understand Aboriginal specific issues. Ashawasegai is very proud the program will be carried by Rogers Radio.
Jennifer was a proud national 'face' in the Mental Illness Awareness Week campaign, which aims to end the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Miigwetch for visiting Bamoseda.
Stories by Jennifer Ashawasegai:
Kid's Help Phone Campaign aimed at improving services for Aboriginal youth
Child welfare statistic eye-opening
A law becomes responsibility to KI
Nation bestows Chieftainship on Priest
Mom and health director fight for Jeremy's care
Inuit in Crisis: Canada failing northern peoples
Grandmother walks to protect water
First Nations leaders remain annoyed with Indian Affairs name change
Aboriginal musicians knocking at mainstream's door
RBC sticks its neck out on consultation
Where does the AFN draw the line on corporate sponsorship
Artists collective brings Big Medicine p. 9
Preparing Mother Earth for change p. 3
Ontario ignores First Nations in archeology digs p. 10
Entrepreneur gets hand up from dragons
What We Could Buy with $57,000 p. 1
G8 Summit - Chief Greets World Leaders p. 13
How relevant were the Summits to Anishinabek p. 13
Leaders Overlook Declaration p. 14
Media Paid Some Attention to Native Issues p. 14
Sunrise Ceremony Focused on the Environment p. 25
Courts Deport First Nations Child to Carribean
Ottawa Rally Attracts 1,000 p.2
Little NHL Keeps Getting Bigger Every Year p. 13
Wiky atom "Little Gretzky" p. 14
Negotiations tool kit available p. 31
Rosetta Stone Helps Chitimacha Revive Language
Ontario Mining Act Gets Upgrade to Just Plain Bad
Years of Collaboration Blossom into MOU
First Nations Wind Farming Economy
Wind Farms + Aboriginal Rights
Wind Farm Health and Environment
Week devoted to Mental Illness Awareness
Sam George Became a Seeker of Truth and Justice
Warning Cry on HST Comes from the East