Kearie Daniel is a communications and public relations professional who focuses on equity consulting, as well as a podcaster and blogger. She is also a parent advocate and co-founder of the group Parents of Black Children. Scott Neigh interviews her about anti-Black racism in the school system and about how Parents of Black Children is …
Ra’anaa Brown and Shana Calixte are residents of Sudbury, Ontario. Brown is the co-president of Black Lives Matter – Sudbury, and Calixte is the group’s Director of Community Relations. Scott Neigh interviews them about what the struggle for Black lives looks like in northern Ontario and about their conference coming up on February 27 and …
Angela Marie MacDougall is a Vancouver feminist who traces her ancestry to northern Sweden and to Western Africa, and the executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services. Jennifer Johnstone is a white settler feminist and the CEO of the Central City Foundation. They are co-founders and co-chairs of Feminists Deliver. Rhiannon Bennett is a Musqueam woman and the …
Rachel Zellers is an African-American academic, lawyer, and community organizer who has lived in Canada for more than a decade and a half, and in Halifax for the last couple of years. Wendie Wilson is an African Nova Scotian teacher, artist, writer, and community advocate whose family has been in the province for at least …
Renae Watchman, Michael Truscello, and Leah Hamilton are faculty at Mount Royal University, a small undergraduate institution in Calgary. They are also members of the Mount Royal Anti-Racism Coalition, a group of faculty dedicated to a wide range of anti-racist work on and beyond campus. Scott Neigh interviews them about what racism looks like in the academy, and …
Thank-you to Renae, Michael, and Leah of the Mount Royal Anti-Racism Coaltion for the interview just now about faculty-based anti-racism work at their university in Alberta! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks.
France Trépanier is an artist and curator of Kanien’kehá:ka and French ancestry. Chris Creighton-Kelly is also an artist, and is of Anglo-Indian descent. They are the directors of Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires, a project that has been working to bring Indigenous art to the centre of the Canadian arts system, and to support work by artists of …
Just finished the second of two interviews for the week. Yesterday, I spoke with France and Chris of Primary Colours / Couleurs primaires about their work to challenge racism and colonialism in Canada’s arts system. Today, it was to Tamara of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Brent of Peace Brigades International – Canada on the campaign against …
Gillian Müller has a long history of working as a crew member, particularly an assistant director, in Canada’s TV and film industry, and she currently works as a screenwriter. Tony Tran is an actor and writer, and he aspires to one day be showrunner. Scott Neigh interviews them about their involvement in BIPOC TV & Film, a grassroots organization of Black, …
A rare two-interview day today! This morning, I spoke with Brent from Farmers For Climate Solutions – Fermiers pour la transition climatique. We talked about Canadian farmers getting together to push governments to adopt pro-climate agricultural policies. Then this afternoon I talked to Gillian and Tony of BIPOC TV & Film about their education, networking, and advocacy work …