CitizenShift

CitizenShift

The National Film Board of Canada presents CITIZENShift, a series of podcasts created by media-savvy citizens who tell their stories their way, and want to share their experiences with you!
CitizenShift

Ep. 96 - Yves Engler on Canadian Foreign Policy

August 3, 2009
| An interview with author/activist Yves Engler speaking on the recently published Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy.

14:15 minutes (19.57 MB)
CitizenShift

Ep. 98 - Taking Toronto's Streets

August 3, 2009
| Dan Kellar interviewers organisers and participants on the impact of the Tamil demonstrations in Canada.

18:48 minutes (25.82 MB)
CitizenShift

Ep. 97 - Canada's Natiional (In)security 2009

August 3, 2009
| Amy Miller recounts some of the abuses that Canada is currently committing in the name of ‘national security’.

16:09 minutes (22.18 MB)
CitizenShift

Ep. 95 - Autonomy in the Point

July 3, 2009
| A look at the Autonomous Social Centre project, a recent initiative to squat an abandoned building and to turn it into a community centre in Montreal’s Pointe St-Charles neighbourhood.

14:35 minutes (20.03 MB)
CitizenShift

Ep. 94 - Compassion, Complicity and Conciliation

June 25, 2009
| Dana Salter interivews academics and community organisers about how they can bridge the divides between their fields.

27:57 minutes (38.39 MB)
CitizenShift

Ep. 93 - Colombia beyond the Wall, pt 1

June 19, 2009
| Blandine Juchs explores the plight of political prisoners in Colombia

15:56 minutes (21.89 MB)
CitizenShift

90 - Learning Late: Adult Asperger's Syndrome

May 7, 2009
| Fiona O'Connor explores what it means to live with adult Asperger's syndrome

17:54 minutes (24.59 MB)
CitizenShift

89 - Tie Your Shoe With a White Ribbon: walking the line between love and hate

April 22, 2009
| Canadian youth join the White Ribbon campaign and take on violence towards women

27:57 minutes (38.38 MB)
CitizenShift

86 - A School of Assassins

March 19, 2009
| For 20 years, thousands have gathered outside the School of the Americas to protest what goes on behind its walls - and what its students do once they graduate. Jon Marck reports in 'A School of Assas

23:20 minutes (32.06 MB)
CitizenShift

88 - Women Behind Bars

April 21, 2009
| Britt Wray examines the situation for women living in jail in Canada.

19:55 minutes (27.35 MB)
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