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https://carleton.ca/rfng/wp-content/uploads/sites/170/2026/04/descanon-headshot.jpeg556429Descanon Cook is a member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation and of Metis ancestry, Treaty 5 territory. Canon is currently completing the inaugural Certificate of Indigenous Journalism in Indigenous Communities at Carleton University, in joint partnership with Kenjgewin Teg and the First Nations Technical Institute. Canon is also a recent graduate of Laurentian University’s Bachelor of […]