A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
In the second episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Series III, Jhoey Dulaca (caregiver and organizer with the Migrant Workers’ Alliance for Change), Ethel Tungohan (Canada Research Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism) and Chris Ramsaroop (activist and organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers) discuss temporary foreign workers in Canada, the multiple…
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?
In the final episode of our summer series, climate justice organizer and activist Aliya Hirji and National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, Mari Dolcetti-Koros, discuss the global climate crisis, its impacts on our younger populations and the ways in which youth are organizing and taking leadership in securing a truly just and sustainable…
In the final episode of our summer series, Aliya Hirji and Mari Dolcetti-Koros discuss the global climate crisis, its impacts on our younger populations and the ways in which youth are organizing and taking leadership in securing a truly just and sustainable world for us all.
Combating climate change means recognizing Indigenous rights and combating colonialism and capitalist greed.
For the first segment of this special two-part episode, climate justice activist and originator of Land Back, Bryanna Brown discusses the critical need for Indigenous rights and ways of knowing and youth leadership to combat a climate crisis rooted in systems of colonial oppression and capitalist greed. Making the connection between climate and colonialism, Bryanna Brown says: …
Amid a growing concentration of wealth in fewer hands, how do we understand billionaire wealth? And what do billionaires signal about our economic and democratic systems?
As the Global South stands on the front-lines of the converging crises of COVID, capitalism and climate, isn’t it time to pay attention to the world’s majority? Isn’t it time for their knowledge, expertise and even leadership?
Guests Jon Weier and Tom Parkin discuss their upcoming report on “Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace”. How does work impact our mental health? Is work culture in Canada good for us? Can it be?
Loly Rico and Rachel Bryce talk about the issues facing those fleeing poverty and Canada’s responsibility to provide asylum to refugees.
Guest Ashlee Cunsolo discusses the climate crisis and ecological grief. What does it look like? How do we mourn our ecosystems and planet? And is there a hope and a power to be found within this grief?
