Dec 9, 2019
Forty years of solidarity with women prisoners
Lora McElhinney and Wendy Bariteau are members of the Vancouver-based women in prison abolitionist group Joint Effort.
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Dec 3, 2019  Nurses and the push for harm reductionUsing drugs safely -- Bryce Koch is a registered nurse in Winnipeg and he talks about the work of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association and Project Safe Audience. |
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Nov 26, 2019  Parents fighting the cuts to public education in OntarioRachel Huot talks about the emergence of a network of parents committed to fighting the cuts to public education in Ontario. |
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Nov 19, 2019  Challenging racism and exclusion in Montreal's arts sceneBurcu Emeç talks about the efforts of an artist-run centre to challenge systemic barriers in their own work and in the city. |
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Nov 12, 2019  Envisioning the future(s) of feminist mediaSheila Sampath of Shameless Magazine talks about the Talking Back Feminist Media Conference. |
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Nov 5, 2019  Fighting for the rights of low-wage workers in HalifaxSakura Saunders and Lisa Cameron talk about the Halifax Workers Action Centre and the fight for the rights of low-wage and precarious workers. |
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Oct 29, 2019  Crisis for abortion services and trans care in New BrunswickJessi Taylor talks about the campaign to Save Clinic 554, a practice that is a rare source of abortion services, trans care and specialized care for other marginalized populations in New Brunswick. |
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Oct 22, 2019  Challenging oppressive security measures at Winnipeg's downtown libraryJoe Curnow and Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land talk about the work of Millennium For All to challenge airport-like security measures instituted earlier this year at the public library in downtown Winnipeg. |
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Oct 8, 2019  Oshawa stands up for workers, communities and the climateRebecca Keetch and Tiffany Balducci talk about Green Jobs Oshawa and the fight to get their city's soon-closing automobile assembly plant taken into public hands and re-tooled for green production. |
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Oct 1, 2019  Fighting racism and xenophobia during the federal electionKaren Cocq talks about the work of the Migrant Rights Network to fight racism and xenophobia during the federal election campaign and beyond. |
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Sep 24, 2019  Raising money for First Nations' legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipelineMaia Wikler talks about the Pull Together campaign, which is raising money to support First Nations' legal challenges to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. |
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Sep 17, 2019  Histories of struggle by workers in AlbertaAlvin Finkel talks about the grassroots historical work of the Alberta Labour History Institute and about his new book, "Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy." |
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Sep 10, 2019  Challenging the harms of hydroelectricity projectsHydro isn't as sustainable an energy source as it might look. Ramona Neckoway and Stephane McLachlan talk about the work of Wa Ni Ska Tan: An alliance of hydro-impacted Indigenous communities. |
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Sep 3, 2019  Revitalizing Indigenous languages and culturesW̱SÁNEĆ and Sḵx̱wu7mesh woman Tiffany Joseph talks to Scott Neigh about her peoples' history, her work revitalizing her language and culture, and restoring the land. |
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Aug 27, 2019  Movement Defence Committee -- the radical legal collective supporting protesters in TorontoSometimes, in the course of political action, people get arrested. Legal worker Macdonald Scott talks about the work of the Movement Defence Committee. |
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Aug 13, 2019  Towards an anti-racist and decolonial left in QuebecLawyer and activist May Chiu talks about Pour une dignité politique, a new formation looking to build an anti-racist and decolonial left in Quebec. |
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Aug 6, 2019  Canadian Catholics mobilizing in response to the climate crisisMarissa Vertrees and Agnes Richard talk about the Global Catholic Climate Movement and about its Canadian chapter. |
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Jul 30, 2019  A big win against discriminatory school dress codesHigh school teacher Kate Curtis of the End Dress Codes Collective talks about this spring's big victory at the Toronto District School Board. |
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Jul 23, 2019  The Populous Map Project -- grassroots history and archiving in British ColumbiaLaura Cuthbert talks about the Populous Map project and its work to preserve and share marginalized histories in British Columbia. |
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Jul 16, 2019  Fighting the institutionalization of disabled Nova ScotiansMarty Wexler and Claire McNeil talk about the Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia and its work to challenge the institutionalization of people with disabilities in their province. |
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Jul 9, 2019  Choral music as social and environmental justice activismRama DelaRosa talks about the Resistance Rising Choir -- using music to uplift, educate and inspire people to action. |
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Jul 2, 2019  The youth climate strike movement in CanadaEmma Lim and Rebecca Hamilton talk about Climate Strike Canada and the local and national organizing that is building the youth climate strike movement. |
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Jun 25, 2019  Trans youth challenging barriers to gender-affirming health careKaeden Seburn and Jay Burns talk about SAEFTY Ottawa, a group of trans and gender-diverse youth using research and advocacy to reduce barriers youth face in accessing gender-affirming health care. |
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Jun 18, 2019  A gathering of radical health workersAlas Mata, Baj Mukhopadhyay, and Bilal Mamdani talk about the Liberation Health Convergence, which brought radical health workers together in Toronto for five days in May. |