A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
How does the housing crisis intersect with the climate crisis? What should be our vision for housing in the fight for climate justice? And what does Ontario’s Bill 23: More Homes Built Faster mean for the future of safe and sustainable housing?
What are we without stories? As communities that have been cast into the margins, make their way back onto the page – Do stories ever end?
It’s Halloween, and for many of us this is a time of stories. But stories are always with us. They provide us with connections to the past and pathways to the future. What is the role of the storyteller in these times? And what stories must they tell?
The shelter system in Ontario is under immense strain as the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness continues to grow.
Temporary migrant workers in Canada, pandemic or not, have long been Canada’s essential workers.So why are they still denied belonging?
What do decades of erosion and current threats of privatization mean for our public healthcare systems? And what does this say about us now?
