Stories featuring Kevin and his contributions
From media features to podcasts, here's where Kevin's efforts have been recognized.
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Newsletter
A memoir of youth empowerment, education, and reconciliation (opens in a new tab)
Niigaan Sinclair opens his weekly Biidaajimowin newsletter with the memoir. He calls his friend Kevin "one of the nicest guys around" and walks through his life from the North End to WASAC, politics, and his work today.
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Feature
Former Wesmen Kevin Chief chronicles life and lessons in debut book (opens in a new tab)
David Larkins talks with Kevin about the junior high coach who told him to be proud of his last name, what basketball gave him growing up, and why he says thank God for the University of Winnipeg.
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Interview · 5 min
Learning through the Seven Sacred teachings (opens in a new tab)
Kevin calls the book a thank-you letter to the people who made a difference in his life, and talks about the small moments that stayed with him and his own recovery.
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Interview · 36 min
Kevin Chief, former MLA, author (opens in a new tab)
Jim Toth and Kevin talk about growing up in poverty, why he stopped skipping school, his road into politics, and the memoir.
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Interview · 11 min
One wish, a bus driver, and my memoir (opens in a new tab)
Live from St. Vital Centre, Greg Mackling and Brett Megarry talk with Kevin about why he wrote the memoir, the wish that started it, and a bus driver who changed what he thought he could be.
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Review
Hail to the Chief (opens in a new tab)
Joel Boyce's review of the memoir, which he finds steeped in gratitude for the people who looked after Kevin, easy to read in a day or two and likely to linger for weeks.
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Interview · 7 min
New memoir from former Winnipeg MLA talks reconnecting with heritage and identity (opens in a new tab)
The national broadcast book interview: Kevin on reconnecting with his heritage and identity through the Seven Sacred Teachings.
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Interview
Traditional teachings lead to good and sober life, says author (opens in a new tab)
Shari Narine talks with Kevin about the framework that helped him get sober and stay sober, and about writing the book for his sons.
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Award
Distinguished Alumni Award, Community Impact (opens in a new tab)
Kevin's own university names him among this year's Distinguished Alumni, recognized for community impact.
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Panel
Walking together: engaging in reconciliation alongside the Winnipeg Jets (opens in a new tab)
A Burns Leadership Institute panel with Anne Mahon and Annie Chipman, covering the headdress ban and WASAC night.
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Feature
Chief shares inspiration at gala event (opens in a new tab)
A write-up of Kevin's forty minute keynote at the Mennonite Heritage Village spring gala, on the people who inspired him.
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News
Former Manitoba cabinet minister takes on new role supporting Indigenous youth (opens in a new tab)
Kevin Rollason on Kevin joining the Southern Chiefs' Organization as its first community ambassador.
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Interview · 45 min
Minegoziibe Anishinabe Member Spotlight (opens in a new tab)
A long conversation hosted by Kevin's own First Nation, about community work and about where he comes from.
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Talk · 16 min
Knowing your story is the best medicine for healing (opens in a new tab)
A talk on why knowing your own story is what makes it possible to show up for somebody else's.
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Interview · 24 min
Kevin Chief on WASAC, politics and his love for square dancing (opens in a new tab)
Darrell Stranger sits down with Kevin on founding WASAC, leaving politics for his family, and how square dancing became part of his recovery.
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Feature
New book celebrates over 100 Indigenous athletes from Manitoba (opens in a new tab)
Lenard Monkman talks with Kevin about the North End, finding basketball, and the years he identified as an athlete first.
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Feature
Behind the scenes of the stunning, mournful O Canada at the Jets game (opens in a new tab)
Simon Houpt on the moment of reflection Kevin helped devise at a Jets playoff game in the summer of 2021.
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Interview · 67 min
A commitment to community and leadership development (opens in a new tab)
Eric MacLise and Kevin talk for an hour on public service, reaching the people who need it most, and finding his way after politics.
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Profile
Courage to speak, mission to help (opens in a new tab)
Katie May's profile of Kevin at eighteen years sober, on why he kept it private for so long and what changed his mind.
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Video · 4 min
Weekend of Giving (opens in a new tab)
How a fifty dollar grant in junior high changed the direction of Kevin's life.
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Feature
Indigenous underemployment persists but OECD report points to positive changes (opens in a new tab)
A Canadian Press story that opens on Kevin not knowing how to land his first job out of university, and what changed that.
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Written by Kevin
Taking pride in my name (opens in a new tab)
Kevin's own column about the surname he once left off his school assignments, written eleven years before the memoir that carries it.
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Written by Kevin
Facing Winnipeg's North End (opens in a new tab)
Kevin's answer to the magazine's cover story on racism in Winnipeg, written from the neighbourhood he grew up in.
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Interview · 7 min
Kevin Chief knows racism, and also how to overcome it (opens in a new tab)
Kevin on the racism he grew up with, including over his name, and on telling stories as the way through it.
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