A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
Campus and community radio people are committed to diversity. But there is always room for improvement. Journalist and human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby spoke to them at their national conference.
Maude Barlow speaks at the Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College on May 23, 2019.
Svend Robinson says that the upcoming federal election is our last chance to reverse climate change. A talk from Vancouver on April 24, 2019 about the links between capitalism and climate change.
John Clarke, recently retired co-founder of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, traveled to Alberta to help strategize against the UCP agenda. Listen to a talk he gave on March 27, 2019.
From his southwestern Ontario speaking tour, Brent Patterson talks about why it it’s important to engage with the current political moment and keep being hopeful.
The author of “Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar” shares the podium with her daughter, poet Barâa Arar.
Professor Michel Chossudovsky links the 9/11 attacks to more recent wars, theorizing that it’s all part of a larger plan. Recorded on June 8, 2018 by Global Research News Hour.
In the era of hate speech and fake news, do we need more limits on free speech? A panel discussion hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Institute for the Humanities.
Four panellists explore what reconciliation means in our institutions of higher learning. Recorded at the 2018 Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College in Toronto on May 28, 2018.
The Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about what reconciliation means in a keynote address at this year’s Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College in Toronto.
Four powerful women writers — Chelene Knight, Lauren McKeon, Judy Rebick and Elizabeth Renzetti — talk about using creative non-fiction to make their voices heard.
From the Press Progress Summit 2017, an exploration of how to build Canada’s progressive future at the most local of political levels – our cities and towns.
