Riley Nielson-Baker and Felix Vandergrift are part of Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia, a grassroots, community-based policy process to address issues of gender-affirming care and access to health care for trans, intersex, and gender-diverse people in Nova Scotia. Scott Neigh interviews them about the process, the policy, and the work they have been doing to …
Thanks to Joe Curnow for the interview just now about the University of Manitoba Faculty Association strike late last year, what it managed to accomplish despite tough circumstances, and what other public sector unions can learn from it. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks!
Laurel Thompson is a retired teacher based in Montreal and an environmental activist with a particular interest in sustainable transportation. She is also a member of the group Trainsparence. Scott Neigh interviews her about the REM, a major new addition to Montreal’s transit system, and the group’s opposition to it. The transit system in Montreal …
Brandon Doucet is a dentist in Nova Scotia and a founding member of the Coalition for Dentalcare, an organization that brings together dentists, hygienists, dental students, other health care professionals, and members of the public to advocate for universal dental care in Canada. Scott Neigh interviews him about how dental care currently works in this …
Thank-you to Laurel of the group Trainsparence for talking with me just now about the unsuccessful struggle to oppose a public-private partnership building rail infrastructure in west Montreal and the current fight against the same in the east of the city. Listen in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to Brandon of the Coalition for Dentalcare for the interview just now! He is a dentist and he talks about the coalition’s fight to make dental care a part of the public health care system in Canada. Listen for the interview in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Kevin Skerrett and Nancy Parker are active in Make Revera Public, a campaign pushing the federal government to transform Revera, which is a major provider of long-term care in Canada, from a for-profit corporation into a public sector entity and a fully integrated element of our public health care system. This campaign is happening in …
Medeana Moussa is an entrepreneur and mother of four who lives in Calgary, and she is the executive director of Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta. Wing Li holds a PhD in neuroscience, has two children, and is the communications director for the group. SOS Alberta is a grassroots, nonpartisan network focused on standing up for the …
Thanks to Medeana and Wing of Support Our Students Alberta for the interview just now about their work in support of students and public education in Alberta! Listen for it in the next few weeks on Talking Radical Radio.
Susan Campbell and Angie Lynch are both social workers who work for community legal clinics in Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about Just Recovery Ontario, a campaign pushing for a recovery from the pandemic that would fix the many injustices and shortfalls in our social safety net that COVID-19 has made so evident. By this point, most of us …