Thank-you to Shawn Tse for the interview just now about the CanAsian Arts Network, a new network of Asian Canadian artists and organizations working to improve visibility, connection, representation, and impact in the arts sector. Listen to it on Talking Radical Radio in the new year!
Heather Hanwell, Kate Laing, and “Hannah” are members of Ontario School Safety, a group of Ontario residents, most of them parents, committed to ensuring that the province’s schools are safe enough for students, teachers, and other education workers, in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Scott Neigh interviews them about Ontario’s response to COVID …
Kerri Claire Neil lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and she is the co-chair of the Social Justice Co-operative NL, an activist organization whose members work on a wide range of social, political, and environmental issues. Scott Neigh interviews her about their choice to be a co-operative, the many struggles they are involved in, and their …
Thank-you to Sandee and Silke of Waterloo Region’s Alliance Against Poverty for the interview just now about their grassroots work around transit, housing, and other poverty issues. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to Aaron Devor for the interview just now about the history and work of the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria, the largest trans archives in the world. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to Emily and Aidan of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability for the interview just now about their efforts to push for legislation ensuring that Canadian corporations operating abroad respect human rights and the environment. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Stefan Christoff is a musician and a long-time activist based in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. He is also the co-ordinator of Musicians for Palestine, a network of musicians from around the world committed to speaking up in support of Palestinian human rights. Scott Neigh interviews him about the work involved in building a global initiative of …
Thanks to Heather, Kate, and Hannah of Ontario School Safety for the interview about their grassroots effort to use the legal system to push the Ontario government to implement adequate, science-based COVID protections in schools. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi are long-time residents of Ottawa who are involved in the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation – Owusu-Akyeeah as a commissioner and Muderi as project coordaintor. The commission is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative to listen to the voices of Ottawa residents in order to chronicle what happened in the …
Kate Turner is a climate justice organizer living on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. Chantal Pelletier is a retired speech and language pathologist living on unceded Anishnaabe land in Gatineau, Quebec. Both are active with the Decolonial Solidarity Campaign, a network of affinity groups across so-called Canada acting in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en …