Award-winning Before the Peace podcast highlights Indigenous stories, figures in northeast B.C. throughout 2025

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Moose Media’s award-winning podcast focusing on the achievements, stories and histories of Indigenous, Métis and Inuit peoples across northeast B.C. had an eventful 2025.

Before the Peace, a podcast highlighting the continued influence of Treaty 8, First Nations, Indigenous and Métis people across the region, had its second-most successful downloadable year in 2025, with 7,000 combined downloads.

With a second consecutive year being named Best Small Market Podcast at the Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards, here is a collection of episodes from the past year:

January: Helen Knott, award-winning author

Host Chris Walker sat down with award-winning author and member of Prophet River First Nation Helen Knott to speak about her career, her first two books, her influences and future projects.

February: Alyssa Currie, executive director of the Tse’k’wa Heritage Society

In February, executive director of the Tse’k’wa Heritage Society Alyssa Currie came to chat with Walker about the history of the site, which is a cave with roots tracing back some 10,000 plus years, and what the society had in store for the year.

March: Cedar Wechlin, Treaty 8 BC Sports Association

Walker welcomed Cedar Wechlin. Wechlin is a former softball player and prominent sports activist, including coaching programs within Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island and forming the Treaty 8 BC Sports Association. 

April: Thomas Whitton, Reawakening of Our Language Gathering at Pomeroy Sport Centre

Walker had a chat in April with Doig River First Nation cultural and heritage manager Thomas Whitton against the backdrop of the First Nation’s Reawakening of Our Language Gathering event dedicated to Indigenous language revitalization, which took place in Fort St. John.

April: Connie Greyeyes, Red Dress Day

Prominent ‘murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls’ activist Connie Greyeyes spoke to Walker about the crisis, which she labelled “cultural genocide” in an episode dedicated to Red Dress Day in May.

May/June: Brandi Kennedy and Sarah McAleney, Moose Hide Campaign day

Brandi Kennedy of the Fort St. John Friendship Society and Sarah McAleney of Nenan Dane Zaa Deh Zona Family Services Society spoke with Walker about the Moose Hide Campaign, an Indigenous-led grassroots movement to end gender-based violence within the community, before an event in Fort St. John.

June/July: Daniel Desjarlais and West Mo Days

West Moberly First Nations event coordinator Daniel Desjarlais chatted with Walker about music, culture and the upcoming West Mo Days cultural celebration. 

September: Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, Fort Nelson First Nation councillor, youth Indigenous activist

Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, a Fort Nelson First Nation member who has had a colourful and eventful few years representing Indigenous youth in the region, was featured in September’s episode. She spoke about  her trip to the Miss Indigenous Canada pageant in Ontario to her audience with then-Pope, the late Francis, in the Vatican City.

November: Pat Jansen, School District 60 Indigenous education principal 

The final episode of 2025 was School District 60 Indigenous education principal Pat Jansen, who spoke about education for Indigenous students, as well as her life and career, in late November.

Before the Peace is made possible by Troyer Ventures and the Fort St. John Co-op and is available for download on all leading podcast platforms or by visiting its page on Energeticcity.ca.

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