February 21, 2014
Dr. Hani Faris: Historical Context of the Palestinian Maps: Fact and Fiction
In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver’s TransLink buses and SkyTrain stations entitled Disappearing Palestine.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women’s Forum
Queen’s University Law Professor Kathleen Lahey spoke about income-splitting and how it undermines women’s equality in Canada.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women's Forum
Income-splitting, along with the government’s zero dollar spending on child care, and detaxation is an attack on women’s equality in Canada. Kathleen Lahey made that argument at the inaugural Women’s Forum in Ottawa, Ontario in 2012. Lahey is a specialist in feminist legal studies, teaching law and sexuality, and taxation and tax policy at Queen’s University.
February 20, 2014
Kathleen Lahey Lecture at the 2012 Women's Forum
Income-splitting, along with the government’s zero dollar spending on child care, and detaxation is an attack on women’s equality in Canada. Kathleen Lahey made that argument at the inaugural Women’s Forum in Ottawa, Ontario in 2012. Lahey is a specialist in feminist legal studies, teaching law and sexuality, and taxation and tax policy at Queen’s University.
February 14, 2014
Public Forum – After Bedford v. Canada: What’s next for regulating sex work in Canada?
On December 20 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in an unprecedented ruling, struck down three provisions in Canada’s prostitution laws.
February 14, 2014
Public Forum – After Bedford v. Canada: What's next for regulating sex work in Canada?
On December 20 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in an unprecedented ruling, struck down three provisions in Canada’s prostitution laws. The Supreme Court of Canada found that bans on street soliciting, brothels and people living off the avails of prostitution create severe dangers for vulnerable women A month after the ruling, a panel of…
February 14, 2014
Public Forum – After Bedford v. Canada: What's next for regulating sex work in Canada?
On December 20 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in an unprecedented ruling, struck down three provisions in Canada’s prostitution laws. The Supreme Court of Canada found that bans on street soliciting, brothels and people living off the avails of prostitution create severe dangers for vulnerable women A month after the ruling, a panel of…
February 4, 2014
Interview with author, farmer and activist Michael Abelman
Michael Abelman is one of the founders of Sole Food street farms.Sole Food provides employment and fresh food to city residents.
June 20, 2013
Chris Hedges on Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
For Chris Hedges’ latest book, he travelled to some of America’s most economically depressed areas with co-author Joe Sacco, then wrote about what he found.
May 14, 2013
2013 B.C. election: The missing news
A panel discussion presented as part of the CounterCulture Speaker Series and run by the Media Democracy Project, looks at what’s missing in the coverage of the B.C. election.
April 14, 2013
Richard Wilkinson on how economic inequality harms society and individuals
Richard Wilkinson is one of the world’s most preeminent researchers on social inequalities and is the author of “Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone.”
February 1, 2013
Robert Fisk on Stephen Harper’s foreign policy, the Arab Spring, and the wars in Syria, Mali and Afghanistan
Derrick O’Keefe and Jahanzeb Hussain speak with journalist Robert Fisk about Canadian foreign policy under Stephen Harper, the Arab Spring, and the wars in Syria, Mali and Afghanistan.