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.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
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?
November 28, 2022
Home is where the earth is: The climate crisis meets the housing crisis
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?
November 7, 2022
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times – Part two
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?
October 31, 2022
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times
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?
October 11, 2022
Home is where the community is: housing as a human right
The shelter system in Ontario is under immense strain as the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness continues to grow.
September 26, 2022
Migrant workers and ‘the pandemic paradox’: The unseen hands that truly keep us afloat
Temporary migrant workers in Canada, pandemic or not, have long been Canada’s essential workers.So why are they still denied belonging?