A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
Community worker and homelessness advocate Diana Chan McNally discusses her campaign for City Councillor of Parkdale-High Park in Toronto’s October 26th municipal elections.
Labour Fair keynote speakers Sean Smith and Matt Whitfield discuss effective grassroots and labour organizing amid growing precarity and housing insecurity.
Sandra Schwartz and Jason Wong discuss CPAWS report on the economic case for conserving and protecting land, water and biodiversity in Canada.
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.
Rachel Small and Kara Anderson discuss Canada’s decided shift toward militarism, its deep connections to mining, and solidarity organizing against arms and extractivism.
Tom Fraser and Becca Steckle discuss how Canadian public pensions are funding in crises, pension divestment and the need for a radical pension politics.
Lauren Ravon and Leila Sarangi discuss Oxfam’s annual inequality report, billionaire power, democratic erosion and what this means for Canada.
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.
This episode features a panel discussion, the first of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Community Worker Program at George Brown College.
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.
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.
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.
