A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
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).
EVE (formerly Exploited Voices now Educating) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization composed of former sex-industry women dedicated to naming prostitution “violence against women” and seeing its abolition through political action, advocacy and awareness-raising that focuses on ending the demand for paid sexual access to women and children’s bodies. EVE operates under a sex-positive feminist model,…
EVE (formerly Exploited Voices now Educating) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization composed of former sex-industry women dedicated to naming prostitution “violence against women” and seeing its abolition through political action, advocacy and awareness-raising that focuses on ending the demand for paid sexual access to women and children’s bodies. EVE operates under a sex-positive feminist model,…
This episode of Needs No Introduction is the first in a three-part series on prostitution and features a talk by Gunilla Ekberg. In the midst of heated debate around prostitution laws in Canada, this talk, entitled “Prostitution and Women’s Equality: Imagining More for Women,” was organized in an effort to debunk myths about the legalization…
This episode of Needs No Introduction is the first in a three-part series on prostitution and features a talk by Gunilla Ekberg. In the midst of heated debate around prostitution laws in Canada, this talk, entitled “Prostitution and Women’s Equality: Imagining More for Women,” was organized in an effort to debunk myths about the legalization…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nick Milanovic, Mark Rowlinson and Terry Collingsworth discuss the benefits of Bill C-354 in taking action against human rights abuses by corporations abroad.
This podcast presents the fourth and last panel recorded at the “Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad” conference held September 27th at the House of Commons. For this portion of the event, discussion focused on how to take action towards corporate accountability through new legislation – namely, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian’s proposed Bill C-354….
This podcast presents the fourth and last panel recorded at the “Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad” conference held September 27th at the House of Commons. For this portion of the event, discussion focused on how to take action towards corporate accountability through new legislation – namely, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian’s proposed Bill C-354….
