May 14, 2026
Labour Fair 2026 Keynote: New modes of organizing for a working peoples’ city
Labour Fair keynote speakers Sean Smith and Matt Whitfield discuss effective grassroots and labour organizing amid growing precarity and housing insecurity.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
April 15, 2026
From ecosystems to economics: How Canada’s conserved and protected areas contribute billions to the economy
Sandra Schwartz and Jason Wong discuss CPAWS report on the economic case for conserving and protecting land, water and biodiversity in Canada.
April 2, 2026
Labour Fair 2026: The radical labour of care
In the latest instalment of the Courage My Friends series, Claire Dion Fletcher, Grissel Orellana and Lorraine Lam discuss radical care work, from midwifery to crisis outreach to supporting survivors of sexual violence, as a pathway to a more liveable city.
March 18, 2026
Mining, militarism and organizing against the march to war
Rachel Small and Kara Anderson discuss Canada’s decided shift toward militarism, its deep connections to mining, and solidarity organizing against arms and extractivism.
February 18, 2026
Pension divestment: From funding crises to radical pension politics
Tom Fraser and Becca Steckle discuss how Canadian public pensions are funding in crises, pension divestment and the need for a radical pension politics.
January 28, 2026
Oxfam Inequality Report 2026: Resisting the rule of the rich and protecting freedom from billionaire power
Lauren Ravon and Leila Sarangi discuss Oxfam’s annual inequality report, billionaire power, democratic erosion and what this means for Canada.
January 14, 2026
Venezuela, Canada and the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
In the season 10 premiere of the Courage My Friends podcast series, Vijay Prashad and Shaun Narine join Resh Budhu to discuss the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and the implications for Canada and beyond.
December 18, 2025
December 10th Human Rights Day panel discussion: The ongoing struggle for rights in Canada
This episode features a panel discussion, the first of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Community Worker Program at George Brown College.
November 26, 2025
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
In the latest episode of the Courage My Friends series, Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
November 5, 2025
You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: Author Saeed Teebi on Palestine, writing and imagination
We are pleased to welcome award-winning author Saeed Teebi who speaks to us about his powerful new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times.
October 15, 2025
Bills C-2 and C-12: How Canada’s border security acts endanger refugee rights
Karen Cocq, Aisling Bondy and Alina Murad discuss the dangers to refugee rights and protections posed by the Carney Government’s new border Bills C-2 and C-12.
October 1, 2025
Crisis or scandal? The deliberate dismantling of Ontario’s public college system
In episode three of this latest season of the Courage My Friends series, Amanda Shaw, Martin Lee and Ben McCarthy discuss the deliberate dismantling of Ontario’s public college system by Ontario’s Ford government.