John M.H. Kelly is from Skidegate, a Haida village on Haida Gwaii, a chain of islands 80 kilometres off the British Columbia coast. Dr. Kelly is an adjunct research professor in journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. He was a co-founder of the Carleton Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education (CIRCLE) and is a member of the university’s Indigenous Education Council.

Dr. Kelly co-authored with Dr. Elaine Keillor and Timothy Archambault the Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press, 2013).

He also co-authored with Miranda Brady the 2017 UBC Press, We Interrupt This Program: Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture.

Dr. Kelly has worked closely with Indigenous language and cultural revitalization and preservation programs. He developed unique electronic recording and editing systems for creating language resources. Dr. Kelly trained community members throughout the Northwest how to use of these systems to record their elders.

Bio Photo by Darlene Gilson

Miranda J. Brady is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-authored with Dr. Kelly the 2017 UBC Press, We Interrupt This Program: Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture.

Duncan McCue is an award winning CBC journalist the host of CBC Radio One CROSS COUNTRY CHECKUP.