In our final Off the Hill of the year, our panel reviews the highs and lows of 2024 in Canada, U.S. and globally, and considers the lessons learned which should be taken into 2025.
2024 was a big year – from a shocking U.S. election, to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, to a shifting political scene in Canada (and more!) there’s much to discuss.
Join guests NDP Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway Don Davies, economist Jim Stanford, activist and writer Clayton Thomas-Muller, activist and professor pk mutch, and rabble’s labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga in conversation this December. Together, along with co-hosts Libby Davies and Robin Browne, they’ll review the top stories of 2024 and consider what lessons we should take into 2025.
Join us for Off the Hill: The ups and downs of 2024 and lessons for 2025. Happening on December 18, 2024 at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. Register to save your spot today!
About our guests
Don Davies is the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected in 2008 and has served in the last five parliaments. Davies is the federal NDP Finance Critic. Prior to that, he served as NDP Health Critic for eight years.
Gabriela Calugay-Casuga (she/they) has been rabble’s labour reporter since May 2022. They began writing for Migrante Ottawa’s radio show, Talakayang Bayan, in 2017. Before their time at rabble, Calugay-Casuga had written for CHUO FM, The Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press. They have also organized for social and economic justice with groups such as ACORN Canada, Diversify Canterbury and Anakbayan.
Jim Stanford is an economist and the director of the Centre for Future Work, a labour economics research institute with operations in Canada and Australia. He previously served as economist and director of policy with Unifor.
Clayton Thomas-Müller is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation also known as Pukatawagan located in Northern Manitoba, Canada. He has campaigned in and out of Canada, to support Indigenous Peoples to defend their territories against the encroachment of the fossil fuel industry. He is an award winning film director, media producer, organizer, facilitator, public speaker and bestselling author. His book, Life in the City of Dirty Water, was a national bestseller and a CBC Canada Reads finalist.
pk mutch is an award-winning sustainability/social entrepreneur and former C-suite publishing executive, journalist, writer and educator who is deeply committed to creating an inclusive, just post-growth economy by transforming entrepreneurship narratives, ecosystems, policy and education. mutch is also a columnist for rabble.ca and the former publisher of Liisbeth Magazine.
About Off the Hill
Since 2019, Off the Hill has been rabble.ca’s live monthly panel. Through this series, we break down important national and international news stories through a progressive lens.
This webinar series invites a rotating roster of guest activists, politicians, researchers and more to discuss how to mobilize and bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off Parliament Hill. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.
Join us the third Wednesday of every month at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. The live, digital show is one hour long – 45 minutes of moderated discussion followed by 15 minutes of audience participation.
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