Pamela Palmater
Digital Media Artist & Producer
President & CEO
Warrior Life Studios, Inc.

BIO
Pamela Palmater is a Mi'kmaw lawyer, professor, and author from Eel River Bar First Nation, who has been creating Indigenous digital media content as part of her public education and advocacy on Indigenous issues since 2012.

Creator, producer, and host of the popular Warrior Life Podcast featured at digital media & art festivals; Pam uses her podcast to help shine a light on Indigenous issues and lift the voices of Indigenous land defenders, water protectors, advocates, and leaders from all over Turtle Island.

Pam also creates children’s content and is the producer and host of her award-winning Warrior Kids Podcast which combines her passion for Indigenous cultures with her desire to educate and inspire young children to take action on social justice and earth justice issues.

In addition to her podcast work, Pam produces, curates, and hosts digital media art in the form of audio and/or video content for special radio shows, artistic events, exhibitions, and stand alone work for festivals. Her award-winning docu-podcast Samquan: Water has now been produced into a short documentary.

Her extensive work in content creation, writing, and production has recently expanded to include short documentaries and a television series currently in production. You can also see Pam in front of the cameras in public speaking events, art festivals, numerous documentaries, and her own social media content.

Pam has also done a significant amount of public education through her mainstream media work as a political and legal analyst on Indigenous issues, human rights, social justice, and climate change. You can find her on numerous media interviews and special TV programs.

AWARDS

Best Drama Podcast (2022: S4)
The Boy and the Whale – Warrior Kids Podcast
Echonation Audio & Film Festival
https://soundcloud.com/warriorkidspodcast/the-boy-and-the-whale

Honourable Mention Podcast (2022: S4)
We Are All Connected – Warrior Kids Podcast
Echonation Audio & Film Festival
https://soundcloud.com/warriorkidspodcast/we-are-all-connected

Best Podcast [below 30 mins] (2022: S4)
Samquan: Water (docu-podcast)
Echonation Audio & Film Festival
https://soundcloud.com/pampalmater/samquan-water

Best Canadian Multi-Market Program (2021)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
SiriusXM Canada: Turtle Island Talks Town Hall
Canadian Radio Awards
(Pamela was host & co-writer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQbOOZpn2c

Narrative Audio Award 2021
The Boy and the Whale – Warrior Kids Podcast
imagineNATIVE
https://soundcloud.com/warriorkidspodcast/the-boy-and-the-whale

Gold Award Recipient 2020
Warrior Kids Podcast Series
Mom’s Choice Awards
https://www.warriorkidspodcast.com

DOCUMENTARIES

Samqwan: Water (2022)
Pamela Palmater: creator, writer, producer, editor, and host
https://youtu.be/PJScIH0kauc

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (2021) CBC Gem
National Film Board of Canada & produced by Courtney Montour
Pamela Palmater was a special consultant
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/mary-two-axe-earley-i-am-indian-again/s01

Faces of Resilience (2020) RTA Showcase
Mini docu-series produced by Connor Martin
Features Pamela Palmater as Indigenous success story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epu0hmzXGDI

Future History (2019) APTN TV
Season 2: Episode 13 Paradigm Shift
Pamela Palmater and her Warrior Life Podcast

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zgv8wv2-c

Guide: https://www.aptntv.ca/futurehistory/episode-guide/episode-guide-2/

Pamela Palmater: Building Communities That Make Change
ETFO Educators (2017) Special feature about Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHdmueUdpFY

Colonization Road (2016) CBC Documentary Channel
Decolonization Road Productions Inc, & The Breath Films
Pamela Palmater as commentator
https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/colonization-road

TV SPECIALS

Raids, racism and reconciliation: It’s time to ‘break up’ the RCMP says expert (2022)
APTN’s Nation to Nation - Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKwbW5h3kf4&t=992s

The Colonial Playbook (2021)
APTN Investigates - Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA67iUSpY_Y

The Colonial Toolkit (2021)
APTN Investigates - Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHUEUdgMsI&t=11s

What systemic racism in Canada looks like (2020)
CBC News – Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GmX5stT9rU&t=1s

What is reconciliation? Indigenous educators have their say (2019)
TVO Today Docs - Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE_08EQbWRI

Why do Indigenous topics cause such emotional discomfort? (2019)
TVO Today Docs - Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtaqRVI-JAk&t=0s

Pam Palmater: The National Inquiry into MMIWG and where it went wrong (2017)
APTN Face to Face – Features Pamela Palmater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azrMAHowphA