A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
Henry Giroux discusses the rise of a new brand of fascism in the US, the attack on democracy and its cultural institutions and the necessity for critical education and a pedagogy of resistance.
In episode four, we focus on the upcoming 25th annual Mental Health Conference at George Brown College in Toronto and this year’s theme, Thriving Together in the Classroom: Creating the Conditions for Student Well-Being.
We continue our discussion on Oxfam’s 2025 global inequality report with Veldon Coburn and the past and present of corporate and billionaire colonialism in Canada.
Lauren Ravon discusses this year’s Oxfam International report on the extreme and obscene wealth of the billionaire class and its connection to colonialism.
In the season launch of the Courage My Friends podcast series, Taylor Noakes, John Clarke and Ricardo Tranjan discuss the need for a progressive political alternative in Canada.
In episode seven, Dr. Radhika Desai and Dr. Shaun Narine discuss the rise of the Global South, challenges to the rules-based international order of the Global North and Canada’s place within a multipolar world.
Ryan Noble of Toronto’s North York Harvest Food Bank and Marissa Alexander of Food Secure Canada discuss the alarming and exponential growth of hunger in Toronto and across Canada.
In episode five, we remember the Honourable Murray Sinclair by featuring his 2018 keynote address on Community, Education, Change: Indigenous Ways of Knowing.
In episode four, Palestinian storyteller Sarah Abu-Sharar joins us for our third annual Mouth Open Story Jump Out episode. Through Palestinian folktales and stories of her father, she reflects on the meaning and power of stories within Palestinian resilience, recuperation and resistance.
Rahul Kumar and Tanner Mirrlees discuss the rise of education technology and artificial intelligence across colleges and universities.
In our second episode, Eva Jewell from the Yellowhead Institute and Kaila Johnston from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation discuss Canada’s progress (or lack thereof) on reconciliation and the 94 Calls to Action.
Courage My Friends returns with a new season, and kicks off with an interview with former Toronto Mayor David Miller and a discussion around the climate crisis.
