March 24, 2011
‘Prostitution and Women’s Equality: Imagining More for Women’ — Part 1
Part one in a three-part series on prostitution and women’s equality, this podcast features a talk by consultant, lawyer and radical feminist Gunilla Ekberg.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
March 17, 2011
Fear of the hordes: Barbara Jackman on human rights for non-citizens
A recent conference titled ‘Canada 2020: The future of public interest law’ featured a keynote speech by prominent immigration lawyer and human rights advocate Barbara Jackman.
March 10, 2011
David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
David Korten, author, economist and former Harvard professor, advocates for a new economic system that is life-centred and community-based on October 29, 2010 at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa.
February 8, 2011
So a theorist, an activist and a journalist meet in Dakar after a protest…
On Feb. 4, journalist Firoze Manji walked in on Egyptian theorist Samir Amin and Mamdou Habashi, a well known Egyptian activist talking politics, and joined right in. Here’s the recording he made.
October 15, 2010
‘Walking the Talk,’ Part Four: The case for new legislation
Nick Milanovic, Mark Rowlinson and Terry Collingsworth discuss the benefits of Bill C-354 in taking action against human rights abuses by corporations abroad.
October 14, 2010
‘Walking the Talk,’ Part Three: Canadian legal responses to human rights abuses abroad
A panel discussion featuring the perspectives and experiences of Mark Arnold, Dermod Travis and Cory Wanless.
October 13, 2010
Billy Diamond tells his own story
First Nation leader Billy Diamond passed away last week. In this podcast, recorded at the 2010 Congress of the Humanities, he tells the story of his life.
October 13, 2010
‘Walking the Talk’, Part Two: Public sector responses to abuses by Canadian extractive industries
The conference’s second panel featured human rights activists Grahame Russell, Sakura Saunders and Jamie Moffett.
October 13, 2010
‘Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad’ (Part One)
The first panel of MP Peter Julian’s recent conference on Canada’s corporate accountability discussed the community impacts of extractive operations abroad.
September 14, 2010
Water use and abuse
Bill Slater speaks about water regulation and lack thereof at a water issues panel put on by the Council of Canadians.
September 1, 2010
Water: Commons or commodity?
Maude Barlow discusses the impacts of industry and trade on local access to water at a Council of Canadians-PSAC North panel discussion.
August 25, 2010
On to Ottawa: 75 Years Later
An interview with Al Dugas on his memory of the historic trek to protest conditions in federal relief camps.