April 23, 2020
Beyond beans — getting started in vegan cookery
Karen Burson talks to those who would like to cook vegan meals but aren’t confident about making tasty meals without using the usual repertoire of animal products.
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April 16, 2020
Coping with COVID-19 in Canada’s North
Two interviews — one from Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, and another from Yellowknife about how COVID-19 is affecting a vast area of the country.
April 16, 2020
Coping with COVID-19 in Canada's North
Covering a country like Canada while COVID-19 is wreaking havoc is a difficult thing to do. Canada is so large with lots of regional differences. And nowhere in the country is the difference so stark as it is between Canada’s North and the rest of the country. Today we have two interviews from two different…
April 16, 2020
Coping with COVID-19 in Canada's North
Covering a country like Canada while COVID-19 is wreaking havoc is a difficult thing to do. Canada is so large with lots of regional differences. And nowhere in the country is the difference so stark as it is between Canada’s North and the rest of the country. Today we have two interviews from two different…
April 9, 2020
Helping from afar — international humanitarian work and COVID-19
David Barth of World Accord talks about his challenging trip home from Honduras with a group of volunteers. And Simon Chambers, ACT Alliance, talks about changing priorities in the time of COVID-19.
April 2, 2020
A Palestinian woman talks about dealing with COVID-19 in Gaza
Mariam Abu Alatta, project officer with the Aisha Association for Woman and Child Protection in Gaza, talks about the COVID-19 outbreak and how it’s affecting life in the early days of the pandemic.
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 and food security — Cuba understands it better than we do
Lois Ross, rabble’s agriculture columnist, reflects on a recent trip to Cuba and talks about what Cubans know about food security that we can learn from in Canada.
March 19, 2020
Falling through the cracks — gig workers talk about money during COVID-19
Alyssa Wright, Hannah McIlveen and Karen Burson work in different parts of the country in different lines of work, but they’ve all been affected by COVID-19.
March 12, 2020
Ryerson Students’ Union wins a round in court against university
Ryerson University has been withholding students fees from Ryerson’s student union because of allegations of mismanagement two years ago. A court injunction late last week has now released those fees.
March 12, 2020
Ryerson Students' Union wins a round in court against university
People who haven’t been to university in a very long time might think of a student union as a club on campus. The reality is that most student unions in Canadian universities are sizeable employers. The student unions at larger universities employ a few hundred people, and not just students. Full-time people rely on their jobs with the students…
March 12, 2020
Ryerson Students' Union wins a round in court against university
People who haven’t been to university in a very long time might think of a student union as a club on campus. The reality is that most student unions in Canadian universities are sizeable employers. The student unions at larger universities employ a few hundred people, and not just students. Full-time people rely on their jobs with the students…
March 5, 2020
From dick jokes to rape culture — Nepali women ask hard questions in podcast ‘Boju Bajai’
Maxine Betteridge-Moes is a Canadian living in Nepal who has discovered an informative and entertaining podcast by Nepali women that explore gender equality issues. She tells us why she’s a fan.