F VOLUME VOLUME 72 // ISSUE 06 // OCT 19 ree .W ee K l Y . Familiar Faces share their Favourite places FestiVal Full oF Vape laws could lessons and pitFalls oF Francophone Film p9 be changing p17 the human library p20 The official s TudenT newspaper of The universiTy of winnipeg the Uniter // october 19, 2017 3 on the cover d ave gagnon takes a quiet moment to read at his “third place,” Village laundry. read more on page 11. SOME EXTRAS FOR U Like many others on campus, we took a week off from our usual routine. But we’re back to produc- ing The Uniter on a weekly basis again, with a few extra flourishes. This week’s paper is a few pages longer than usual, as we had a well-rounded set of contribu- tions from our amazing volunteers. We’re sharing a tour through the home of Todd Kowalski, bassist and vocalist for Propagandhi and an interview with Matt Peters and Matt Schellenberg of Royal Canoe. Shondell Babb shares her proposed solution to Winnipeg’s status as a “product wasteland” for natural hair, and Kristen Treusch will take you on a tour of the city’s haunts. In the film world, we’ve got a Critipeg review of the latest Errol Morris documentary, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography and of Cinémental, a French-language film festival. In the City section, we explore some of the reasoning behind Manitoba Hydro rate hikes and possible bylaw changes that could affect vaping. We also look at a new app that aims to connect commuters with others to carpool or share a route. On campus, we’ve got the facts on the upcoming byelection, and on the beginning of the Wesmen men’s basketball season. In the PROFile, meet Julie Nagam, who also co-curated the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s largest contemporary Indigenous art exhibition. 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We also reserve the right to edit PHOTO EDITOR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR MOUSELAND Press BOARD OF Directors: Kristin annable (chair), anifat olawoyin, Jack for length/style. d aniel crump » [email protected] d anielle doiron » [email protected] walker, dylan chyz-lund, Victoria King and nikki riffel » For inquiries email: [email protected] 4 the Uniter // october 19, 2017 ARTS the Uniter // october 19, 2017 5 R OYAL CANOE’S VARIABILITY h KEEPS FANS HAPPY w ose Upcoming shows will feature a cast of friends and collaborators Jen Doerksen p hoto by Keeley braunstein-blacK volunteer @waaaho house? Matt Peters (left) and Matt Schellenberg of Royal Canoe E Royal Canoe fans have cause to celebrate. Sara Wray Enns, a Royal Canoe fan, a bike jam came from Matt Schellenberg, “We are used to doing so much on the HOus The band's upcoming shows on Oct. 26 says the performance with the WSO felt who does keys and vocals. computer and being overly prepared. It’s TODD’S and 27 at the Park Theatre will feature like “a personal win.” “I was thinking, because the way that going to be nice to get out of our comfort songs never before played live. The band “I felt like it was a personal victory that ‘Fussin’ sounded, it should have an urban zone a bit,” Peters says. is always trying something new, and this we went to that show and it was sold out,” environment,” Schellenberg says. “But Enns says she’s seen consistent improve- performance will be no exception. she says. Enns has been following the how do we do that and make it us?” ment since first seeing the band at the Members of the Dirty Catfish Brass band’s career since 2012 and says her dad Royal Canoe heads back into the studio University of Manitoba several years ago. Band, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra may be their biggest fan. on Nov. 10. This time, they’re experiment- “Every single time I saw them (WSO) and Begonia will join the band for Enns even won the opportunity to have ing with improvisation in their songwrit- ... they’d get better,” she says. She’s both nights. Royal Canoe cook her and two friends ing process. attended numerous Royal Canoe shows “I like the idea of this retrospective, or dinner once. “I’ve shifted to this place now where I over the years, including ones at the review, show. I think it will be fun,” Matt The chance arose as a raffle prize at a feel if you don’t leave enough opportunity University of Manitoba, Old Market Peters, vocalist and keys player for Royal Royal Canoe performance. to be creative in the studio ... it becomes Square, the Centennial Concert Hall and Canoe, says. The band has been a staple “I went to my dad and brother and said almost like a data processor,” Peters says. the Pyramid. of the Winnipeg music scene for years and ‘We should pool and invite each other “We’re trying to get away from that a has grown to play with the likes of Alt-J. if we win,’ and they said no,” Enns says. bit on this album and (be) committed to Royal Canoe will perform two review Over the past few months, they have When she won, she chose to invite friends something impulsive happening.” shows at The Park Theatre on Oct. collaborated with the WSO for a show instead of family. Schellenberg refers to their process as 26 and 27 before returning to the at the Centennial Concert Hall and with The band says they make a point of “save-as” rock, due to how much they use studio to conjure up yet another new Begonia for a music video shot at a bike doing things differently with their creative their computer and record in their jam experience. Tickets begin at $25. jam. choices. The idea to shoot a music video at space. a rTS and CULTUrE brIEfS p hotos by Keeley braunstein-blacK Jaz papadopoulos // arts and culture editor @ culture_uniter 1) aaron coberlY and Thomas Pashko nathan FoWKes portraits Congratulations Local Governor “They’re my favourite portrait artists in the Features reporter @thomaspashko world. They’re both 100 per cent masters. They to Tina Keeper General finalists do these from life, in a couple of hours, with as Tina Keeper, a Cree actor and activist from Two Winnipeg authors, Michael Kaan and Propagandhi has always been a political few strokes as possible. (Coberly’s are done with) Manitoba, is receiving the 2017 August David Alexander Robertson, are finalists for band. Since their inception in 1986, the just a palette knife.” Schellenberg Award of Excellence at this year’s the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Awards, group has embraced an anarcho-punk imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in which recognize Canada’s best books in English ethos centred on social justice that seems 2) original portraits Toronto. The award recognizes significant and French. Kaan’s The Water Beetles is named especially relevant in 2017. However, bass- “These are mine. I go paint every Thursday at achievement by an Indigenous actor from Turtle in the fiction category. Robertson’sWhen We ist and vocalist Todd Kowalski says that my friend Mary’s. She gets models, and we paint Island. Keeper is founder and president of Were Alone, made with illustrator Julie Flett, 2017 is business as usual for Propagandhi.