Emily Dwyer is the policy director at the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA), and Aidan Gilchirst-Blackwood is its network coordinator. The CNCA is a broad network of Canadian civil society organizations that are working to ensure that Canadian companies respect human rights and the environment when working abroad. Scott Neigh interviews them about the …
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!
Joan Kuyek has been involved for decades in struggles related to mining, including serving as the first national co-ordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999 to 2008. Scott Neigh interviews her about her lifetime of activism and organizing, and about her new book, Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry. Mining is …
Despite the difficult and unsettling state of the world at the moment, I’ve managed to do two interviews this week. On Monday, I talked with Joan Kuyek. She is a long-time activist and organizer, and much of her work has been connected to struggles related to the mining sector. She spoke with me about her …
Scott Beaver is the president of the St. Mary’s River Association. Chris Hunter is a past president of that organization and he is currently the program director for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island with the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Scott Neigh interviews them about the NOPE Campaign – it stands for No Open Pit Excavation …
Just finished an interview with Scott and Kris of NOPE, a campaign working to stop a proposal for a massive new gold mine in Nova Scotia. It’ll be on Talking Radical Radio in the new year!