Apr 19, 2016
Syrian refugees: A progress report
An interview with Maisie Lo, Director of Immigration Services at WoodGreen Community Services in Toronto.
Constructing change: the activist toolkit
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Constructing Change is the biweekly-podcast showcasing tools from the Activist Toolkit, interviews with local activists, mini-docs on resistance and more. To be a toolkit beta tester, comment on the show or suggest themes, contact editor@rabble.ca. Go to www.rabble.ca/toolkit for more organizing tools.
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Feb 16, 2016  The Constructing Change podcast returns!Harper is gone, but there is more work to be done to rebuild our country. Hear how rabble.ca's Activist Toolkit helps us all do that. |
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Apr 7, 2014  Community gardening with BUGSIn this episode of Constructing Change, we talk with a small panel of community garden leaders in Ottawa working with BUGS -- Bytowne Urban Gardens. |
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Mar 31, 2014  Intersectional body positivity with the It Gets Fatter ProjectOrganizers from It Gets Fatter talk about the struggles in fat activism of queer fat people of colour. |
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Mar 24, 2014  Mining abuses in El SalvadorThis episode of Constructing Change showcases a conversation with mining activist Pedro Cabezas about the abuses of Canadian mining corporations in Latin America. |
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Mar 10, 2014  What is rape culture?Talking about rape culture in our communities -- what it is, where we find it, and how to start changing the conversation. |
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Feb 28, 2014  Talking feminisms with activist Julie LalondeOrganizer Julie Lalonde on different kinds of feminisms, building movements and getting results. |
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Jan 30, 2014  Walking the talk: Anti-oppression and the spoken word communityOn this episode of Rad Voices, I spoke with activist and poet Janice Lee about anti-racism organizing in the spoken word community. |
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Dec 31, 2013  Rad Voices: Marty Fink, prison abolitionistThis episode of Rad Voices features Marty Fink, a zinster and activist with the Prisoner Correspondence Project. |
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Nov 20, 2013  Rad Voices: Lori Kufner, harm reduction activistThis episode of the Rad Voices podcast series features Lori Kufner, a harm reduction and public space activist working with the TRIPP Project. |
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Oct 2, 2013  Creating Change: The West End Food Co-op and the Community Supported Orchard ProgramIn the west end of Toronto, an innovative food co-op is bringing back the canning bee. This week in the Activist Toolkit podcast, I interviewed the Community Cannery Co-ordinator, James Partanen. |
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Aug 17, 2013  Constructing Change: The people of Toronto respond to the police shooting death of Sammy YatimOn July 27, 2013, Sammy Yatim was shot to death by the Toronto Police. The following Monday I attended a demonstration against police violence that was called in response to the 18-year-old's death. |
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Apr 13, 2012  Constructing Change: Celebrating the Day of PinkJer's Vision honoured youth role models and inspired youth activists to speak out against queerphobia |
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Mar 31, 2012  Constructing Change: Challenging racismI spoke with protesters on a march in Ottawa on the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. Look for tools on the activist toolkit to help challenge racism! |
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Mar 22, 2012  Constructing Change: Occupy springSpring is the perfect time for DIY street art and Occupying your city. I caught up with Occupy Ottawa and activist Obert Madondo to check in. |
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Mar 15, 2012  Constructing Change: Radicalizing consentWhat is radical consent? In this episide: how radical consent can be used in sex-positive dialogue, radical consent workshops, plus an interview with Ottawa's Luna Allison. |
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Mar 8, 2012  Constructing Change: Ain't I an activist?Celebrate IWD in style with interviews from the Ottawa Vagina Monologues director and pro-choice tools from the Activist Toolkit. |
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Feb 29, 2012  Extradition injustice: The case of Hassan DiabOn this week's Constructing change podcast, Hassan Diab fights his extradition charges and anti-national security tools are highlighted. |
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Feb 22, 2012  Constructing Change: Decolonizing activismThis week, the Constructing Change podcast features stories from the memorial for missing and murdered aboriginal women in Ottawa and tools for indigenous organizing. |
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Feb 8, 2012  Constructing change: Everything you wanted to know about organizing but were afraid to askHow can sex workers organize? This episode looks at legal rights, community building and stopping street sweeps, plus an interview from Ottawa sex workers' union POWER. |