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Karyn Pugliese

Executive Editor Toronto English
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About Karyn Pugliese

Karyn Pugliese is Executive Editor of Canada's National Observer and a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation in Ontario. She was Managing Editor of Investigations at CBC and, previously, the Executive Director of News and Current Affairs at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

Karyn has worked at ichannel, CBC, Vision tv and has worked as the communications director of the Assembly of First Nations.

She was chosen for the twenty-fifth Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.

She has served as the President of the Canadian Association of Journalists and was on the CAJ Ethics Committee. She is also on the board of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

Karyn’s awards are numerous and include:

  • The Gordon Sinclair Award for distinguished achievement in journalism
  • Hyman Solomon Award for Public Policy Journalism
  • Elias Boudinot Free Press Award of the Native American Journalists Association
  • Canadian Association of Journalists Charles Bury Award for her leadership supporting journalists and fighting for media rights

Three pieces she wrote for CNO are currently finalists in the National Newspaper Awards ‘best column’ category. Winners will be announced on May 5.


9 Articles

Poilievre’s appeal is simple. He is unapologetically conservative

If the Canada Strong and Free unofficial debate last night is any sampling of the mood of conservatives in this country Pierre Poilievre is their man.
Opinion | May 6th 2022

'I was beaten severely all over my body with a strap… The only reason he quit was that he was too exhausted to continue'

Canadians may think that reconciliation was born of altruism. That the government gifted reconciliation to survivors in an act of contrition. But that’s not true, writes columnist Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz.
First Nations Forward
Opinion | July 7th 2021

With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away

For those willing to accept the truth about residential schools, Canada is not the country they thought they knew. But there is an opportunity to change it, writes columnist Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz.
First Nations Forward
Opinion | June 30th 2021

For Indigenous children in Canada, the legacy of residential schools never ended

The first story I heard about “the missing” was from a Dene elder, Catherine, just over 10 years ago. She was speaking about the impact of tuberculosis on her family at a health conference. The topic triggered her memories of residential school, and of a younger sister who never returned.
First Nations Forward
Analysis | June 4th 2021

#MeToo moment for Indigenous women leaders

Only a fraction of Indigenous chiefs are women, and many of those who hold the title complain of being harassed and disrespected by men.
First Nations Forward
Opinion, Politics, Culture | December 23rd 2020

If Indigenous people exercise their right to say no ... then what?

"UNDRIP has become — depending on your politics — a key to transforming Canadian laws in an extraordinary act of reconciliation or a 'bogeyman,'" writes Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz.
First Nations Forward
Opinion | December 8th 2020

Racism, discrimination and trauma are driving Indigenous women out of media — we must do better

The news industry’s job is to shine light in dark places, says Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz. When the spotlight illuminates our own shortcomings, we mustn’t look away.
First Nations Forward
Opinion | November 25th 2020

Disband the anti-Indigenous RCMP and start over

It will take more than increased civilian oversight or body cameras to fix the RCMP, Karyn Pugliese writes.
First Nations Forward
Analysis | November 3rd 2020

Mail-in ballots will test Americans' faith in the voting system and democracy

Despite living in the information age, where technology and big data are pervasive, the U.S. election is a reminder of how much our world still operates on faith. 
U.S. Election 2020
Opinion | October 21st 2020

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