March 26, 2020
COVID-19 and food security — Cuba understands it better than we do
Lois Ross, rabble’s agriculture columnist, reflects on a recent trip to Cuba and talks about what Cubans know about food security that we can learn from in Canada.
Podcasts
March 20, 2020
How many health-care workers will die?
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: What needs to be done to protect health-care workers?
March 19, 2020
Falling through the cracks — gig workers talk about money during COVID-19
Alyssa Wright, Hannah McIlveen and Karen Burson work in different parts of the country in different lines of work, but they’ve all been affected by COVID-19.
March 12, 2020
Ryerson Students’ Union wins a round in court against university
Ryerson University has been withholding students fees from Ryerson’s student union because of allegations of mismanagement two years ago. A court injunction late last week has now released those fees.
March 6, 2020
The federal bank privatizing Canada’s public services
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The publicly owned Canada Infrastructure Bank is being used to subsidize the profits of privateering corporations.
March 5, 2020
From dick jokes to rape culture — Nepali women ask hard questions in podcast ‘Boju Bajai’
Maxine Betteridge-Moes is a Canadian living in Nepal who has discovered an informative and entertaining podcast by Nepali women that explore gender equality issues. She tells us why she’s a fan.
February 28, 2020
Ontario labour board says gig workers can unionize
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: Foodora couriers can form a union. Uber drivers up next. And more.
February 27, 2020
Increasing diversity in Canada’s media organizations — a plan of action
Nadia Stewart of the Canadian Association of Black Journalists, and Anita Li of Canadian Journalists of Colour talk about their new action plan to increase diversity in Canada’s media organizations.
February 21, 2020
A teacher uprising in Ontario
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: 200,000 strike to protect quality education for the children. And more.
February 20, 2020
Resisting the ‘angry toxic dude bros’ in video gaming
Jean Leggett, CEO of One More Story Games, talks about increasing diversity and inclusion in video gaming, and the recent scholarship she’s been awarded to help her do that.
February 14, 2020
Alberta wants to steal wages from its employees
RadioLabour’s Canada Report: The Alberta government wants to steal one percent in wages from its workers. And more.
February 13, 2020
‘Farmers for Climate Solutions’ — balancing economic and ecological sustainability
Stewart Wells talks about changes he’s observed on his Saskatchewan farm related to climate change, and why he’s involved in a new group of farmers and farm organizations to be part of a solution.