July 30, 2011
First Nations education: Can we afford to miss out?
Chief Shawn Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, speaks at the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences about First Nations youth and access to quality education.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
July 21, 2011
The Femme Monologues: An interview with Marusya Bociurkiw and Terri Roberton
Marusya Bociurkiw and Terri Roberton on The Femme Monologues, their new graphic memoir series that appears monthly in Xtra! Toronto and in Capital Xtra! (Ottawa).
July 13, 2011
Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenizing the Academy
This talk, entitled: ‘Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenizing the Academy’ was recorded by Ryan Saxby Hill at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences on May 31, 2011.
June 25, 2011
Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow: Libby Davies’ first speech as NDP Health Critic
How community health centres can improve population health and strengthen the sustainability of health-care systems.
June 24, 2011
Women’s Worlds 2011 Profile: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Samita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Feministing.com, will be speaking at Women’s Worlds 2011, which is being held this year in Ottawa-Gatineau from July 3-7.
June 12, 2011
Women’s Worlds 2011 Profile: Nicole Schwab
Nicole Schwab, co-founder of The Gender Equality Project, will be speaking at Women’s Worlds 2011, which is being held this year in Ottawa-Gatineau from July 3-7th.
June 4, 2011
Rhythm is healing: Kinnie Starr on identities and the future of feminism
The talented Alida Kinnie Starr speaks candidly about her music, the future of feminism and the upcoming Women’s World conference in Ottawa-Gatineau.
May 28, 2011
On taking down fences and the criminalization of dissent: An interview with Jaggi Singh
On April 28, activist Jaggi Singh pleaded guilty to urging people to take down the G20 summit fence in Toronto last June. This interview was recorded by Carmelle Wolfson following his guilty plea.
May 13, 2011
Barbara Marshall — ‘Sexualizing the Third Age: Medicalization and the Reconstruction of Sexual Life Courses’
Barbara Marshall speaks at The Medicalization of Sex conference in Vancouver about the medicalization of late-life sexuality and the ways in which sex and gender are constructed around aging bodies.
April 30, 2011
Bearing witness, creating hope: rabble.ca’s 10th anniversary
On April 18th, rabble.ca turned 10! This panel discussion explores the evolution of rabble, as well as the state of Canadian left politics.
April 21, 2011
Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival
Noam Chomsky speaks about the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival at a talk recorded at U of T on April 7, 2011.
March 31, 2011
‘Prostitution and Women’s Equality: Imagining More for Women’ — Part 2
Part two in a three-part series on prostitution and women’s equality, this podcast features a talk by Trisha Baptie, founder of formally Exploited Voices now Educating (EVE).