June 5, 2023
Labour Fair 2023: Gig workers and precarity in the 21st century
Our fifth episode takes us back to the George Brown College Labour Fair and its panel on the dignity and rights of workers trapped in precarious jobs and the gig economy.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
May 22, 2023
Asking for a friend: Living organ donations, a gift beyond words
In our fourth episode, William Woolrich, friend, faculty and kidney transplant hopeful and Candice Coghlan, from UHN’s Ajmera Transplant Centre in Toronto, discuss the need and profound meaning of living organ donations.
April 24, 2023
Good jobs, clean economy: Pushing for a Just Transition
Jamie Kirkpatrick of Blue Green Canada discusses the necessary alliance between organized labour and the climate movement toward a Just Transition to a sustainable future.
April 10, 2023
Senator Hassan Yussuff on ‘The other P3s: pandemic, privatization, precarity … and planet!!’
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series, Senator Hassan Yussuff delivers the keynote speech at George Brown College’s 31st annual Labour Fair.
March 27, 2023
Labour education: film, fair and organizing
In the first episode of our fourth series, we welcome CLiFF (Canadian Labour International Film Festival board members, Lorene Oikawa and Derek Blackadder and George Brown College faculty and organizer with the Labour Fair, Kathryn Payne.
March 2, 2023
Telling Black Histories: Writing, Recuperation and Resistance | Part II
In part II of this episode, poet and novelist George Elliott Clarke discusses decolonization, power and shaping effective resistance.
February 27, 2023
Telling Black histories: Writing recuperation and resistance | Part I
In part I of this episode, poet and novelist George Elliott Clarke discusses Black history in Canada and the importance of recuperating Black histories through writing.
February 13, 2023
Capitalism and the mental health crisis
Madeleine Ritts, Michelle Sraha-Yeboah and Jon Weier discuss how the current mental health crisis may be a symptom of the deeper crisis of capitalism.
January 30, 2023
COP15 and 30×30 Pt. II: Indigenous led conservation and saving the Greenbelt
Jeff Monague, manager at Springwater Provincial Park and former Chief of Beausoleil First Nation, talks about Indigenous approaches to conservation and dangers facing Ontario’s Greenbelt.
January 16, 2023
COP15, and 30×30 Pt.I: Turning the Tide on Biodiversity Loss and Mass Extinction
What led us into this crisis of biodiversity loss and mass extinction? Are we on track to halt and reverse this crisis by 2030? What is the role of Indigenous-led conservation? What of the Greenbelt? Can growing urban centres co-exist with the urgent need to protect and conserve the natural world?
December 19, 2022
Who’s hungry… and why? Food banks, food insecurity and ending hunger for good
Why are more people accessing food banks and who are they? Is growing hunger the problem or symptomatic of something deeper? How do we find our way out of the bleakest period of food insecurity we have ever faced?
December 12, 2022
From contract negotiation to political protest: reflecting on Ontario’s education workers’ fight for jobs, rights and dignity
Why are education workers so vital to Ontario’s school system? How did a labour action turn into a protest for fundamental human rights? What were the wins of this historic moment? And where do we go from here?