March 28, 2014
2013 Women's Forum speaker: Nora Loreto
TBD.
Podcasts
Podcasts produced by rabble
March 6, 2014
Interview with author, counsellor and feminist Ellen Besso
Ellen Besso talks about her new book “An Indian Sojourn,” a book detailing her travels with her partner in India and her work as a volunteer with Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala.
March 3, 2014
Art’s the thing: A punk pioneer, an indie filmmaker, and a doc review
George Bernard Shaw said “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” We turn to stories of music and film, and how they can help, even just a little, change the world.
March 3, 2014
Black Strathcona: One Community, Six Decades, Ten Stories
A new project in east Vancouver aims to collect and remember one neighbourhood’s black history. The launch of the project happened on February 22, 2014.
March 3, 2014
Art's the thing: A punk pioneer, an indie filmmaker, and a doc review
Joey “Shithead” Keithley is one of the founders of the legendary Vancouver punk band DOA. For him punk music was a natural progression from the music of the hippies and the sounds of protests from the sixties. Here he speaks with David Swanson about the evolution of punk, and the music of political activism. Doug…
March 3, 2014
Art's the thing: A punk pioneer, an indie filmmaker, and a doc review
Joey “Shithead” Keithley is one of the founders of the legendary Vancouver punk band DOA. For him punk music was a natural progression from the music of the hippies and the sounds of protests from the sixties. Here he speaks with David Swanson about the evolution of punk, and the music of political activism. Doug…
February 21, 2014
Dr. Hani Faris: Historical Context of the Palestinian Maps: Fact and Fiction
In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver’s TransLink buses and SkyTrain stations entitled Disappearing Palestine.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women’s Forum
Queen’s University Law Professor Kathleen Lahey spoke about income-splitting and how it undermines women’s equality in Canada.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women's Forum
Income-splitting, along with the government’s zero dollar spending on child care, and detaxation is an attack on women’s equality in Canada. Kathleen Lahey made that argument at the inaugural Women’s Forum in Ottawa, Ontario in 2012. Lahey is a specialist in feminist legal studies, teaching law and sexuality, and taxation and tax policy at Queen’s University.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women's Forum
Income-splitting, along with the government’s zero dollar spending on child care, and detaxation is an attack on women’s equality in Canada. Kathleen Lahey made that argument at the inaugural Women’s Forum in Ottawa, Ontario in 2012. Lahey is a specialist in feminist legal studies, teaching law and sexuality, and taxation and tax policy at Queen’s University.
February 14, 2014
Public Forum – After Bedford v. Canada: What's next for regulating sex work in Canada?
On December 20 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in an unprecedented ruling, struck down three provisions in Canada’s prostitution laws. The Supreme Court of Canada found that bans on street soliciting, brothels and people living off the avails of prostitution create severe dangers for vulnerable women A month after the ruling, a panel of…