A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
Ellen Besso talks about her new book “An Indian Sojourn,” a book detailing her travels with her partner in India and her work as a volunteer with Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala.
A new project in east Vancouver aims to collect and remember one neighbourhood’s black history. The launch of the project happened on February 22, 2014.
In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver’s TransLink buses and SkyTrain stations entitled Disappearing Palestine.
Queen’s University Law Professor Kathleen Lahey spoke about income-splitting and how it undermines women’s equality in Canada.
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.
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.
On December 20 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in an unprecedented ruling, struck down three provisions in Canada’s prostitution laws.
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…
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…
Michael Abelman is one of the founders of Sole Food street farms.Sole Food provides employment and fresh food to city residents.
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.
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.
