May 7, 2006
Threats to bird migrations
A conversation with renowned author Scott Weidensaul about how human impact on the environment is threatening migrations that have existed for thousands of years.
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May 4, 2006 V for VendettaA review of the recently released dystopian sci fi film from Britain. |
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May 2, 2006 Nepali parliament meets for first time in 4 yearsFollowing the pledge of a ceasefire by the Maoist rebels and in response to weeks of protest in the streets of Kathmandu, the Nepalese parliament met this weekend for the first time since 2002. |
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May 1, 2006 Six Nations land claimCynthia Wesley-Esquimaux gives some background to the dispute in Calendonia, Ontario. She lives on Chippewa Georgina Island First Nation and teaches political science and history at Laurentian Univers |
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Apr 30, 2006 Canadian troops in AfghanistanAll parties supported the continued presence of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in the Commons debate earlier this month. John Conway says we need a real debate in the media and in parliament. |
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Apr 28, 2006 Language and collective memoryAdeline Point was the last native speaker of a dialect of Musqueam. She passed away in 2002. Now the Musqueam Band and UBC's First Nations Languages Program are reviving the language through courses o |
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Apr 27, 2006 Aging and memory lossEveryone's memory deteriorates with age, but increasing numbers of people are faced with the challenges brought by Alzheimer's and dementia. Dawn Hemingway talks about what people with severe memory l |
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Apr 26, 2006 NostalgiaDo you ever feel an acute longing for familiar surroundings or the conditions of the past? Karen Mackintosh went out and about in her neighbourhood, asking people what they were nostalgic for. <br /> |
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Apr 25, 2006 Obliterating the pastDr. Ismail Zayid was born in the village of Beit Nuba, Palestine. His village was bulldozed by Israel in June 1967. The village was erased from the map. <br /> [part 3 of a 6-part series on memory] |
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Apr 24, 2006 How we remember and why we forgetOur memory makes us who we are. It's as unique to each person as our fingerprints. Yet we know very little about how it works and why it lets us down. We talk with Rebecca Rupp, author of "Commit |
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Apr 23, 2006 Howard Zinn on memory and historyHenry Kissinger said that history is the memory of the state. Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States", says people need to assert their collective memory and counter |
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Apr 20, 2006 Making real books with kidsA unique literacy project for children allows them to write and illustrate a story, then bind it into a book that looks as professional as any you might find in the children's section of your local li |
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Apr 18, 2006 Mexican migrant workers denied health benefitsAgricultural workers from Mexico are working in Canadian fields under the guest worker program. When they get to this country, they discover that working conditions are quite different from what they |
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Apr 16, 2006 New study on the challenges facing gay and lesbian seniorsGay and lesbian seniors face isolation and invisibility when they access the healthcare and social service system. A new study looks at why this is and what can be done to change it. |
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Apr 14, 2006 Remembering Charles GagnonCharles Gagnon died last November. He was often described as the intellectual leader of the FLQ and later founded the revolutionary party En Lutte. |
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Apr 12, 2006 The fight against anti-immigrant legislation in the U.S.We speak with veteran immigrant rights organizer Monica Hernandez about opposition to Bill 4437 that has brought people out into the streets in their thousands in cities across the U.S. over the past |
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Apr 10, 2006 Report on the World Water Forum in MexicoPrivatization of the world's water supplies isn't going quite as smoothly as the big water corporations hoped. Tony Clarke explains why. |
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Apr 4, 2006 New zine documents the life of mining families in BoliviaMining to Survive is an independent zine that documents the day to day lives and struggles of men and women living in poor mining communities in Bolivia. |
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Apr 3, 2006 Fighting transphobia and homophobia with theatreTheatreWorks is a Victoria-based theatre company that uses interactive theatre techniques to create positive change in schools and communities. |
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Apr 2, 2006 Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli children speakHear a selection of passages from the book that the Canadian Jewish Congress doesn't want Ontario school children to read. |
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Mar 30, 2006 U.S. military bases and the war on terrorThe U.S. military base network is being reconfigured to enforce what Vice-President Dick Cheney calls "the arrangement for the 21st century". We speak with Joseph Gerson of the American Frie |
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Mar 28, 2006 New Orleans, 7 months after KatrinaTens of thousands of people went to New Orleans last month to celebrate Mardi Gras. Yet community groups there are fighting for basic infrastructure like schools and hospitals while streets of margina |
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Mar 26, 2006 A Path out of PovertyPeople who are poor often stay poor unless they get money to go back to school. At one time, B.C. supported welfare recipients through school. Shauna Butterwick talks about what happened when those pr |
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Mar 24, 2006 Blasting a highway through to WhistlerGordon Campbell promised the most sustainable Olympic games ever. For people fighting to save Eagle Ridge Bluffs in West Vancouver, that promise rings hollow. |