Category Archives: Audio Sample

Between an arrest scare in 1961 for his involvement in “Ban the Bomb” anti-nuclear organizing, and his entry into his own private law practice and more explicit forms of politics in 1968, Charles Roach primarily focused on organizing Caribbean cultural … Continue reading →

In 1975, a project funded by several churches and governed by a board comprised of women from the Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian, United, and Catholic Churches was founded with a mission of bringing feminist concerns to Canadian churches. It was called … Continue reading →

In this seven-minute audio clip, Shree Mulay talks about a strand of organizing among South Asian people in North America in the 1970s, particularly through the founding and work of the Indian People’s Association of North America. It initially formed … Continue reading →

Long-time, Halifax-based community, anti-racist, and labour activist Lynn Jones was the first woman of colour to serve as a Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress. In this five-minute audio clip, Jones talks about the courage it took, in her … Continue reading →

The Harper government, in line with their neoliberal and colonial fundamentalism, is continuing the latest efforts by the Canadian state to destroy the last remaining indigenous land-base in northern Turtle Island by making moves twoards the privatization of reserve lands. … Continue reading →

In this four-minute audio clip, the late Quebecoise feminist and trade unionist Madeleine Parent talks about the conference of women that was convened by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1970 to discuss the recommendations of the … Continue reading →

This three and a half minute audio clip features Kathy Mallett talking about a specific moment in the struggle by indigenous people, mostly women, in the early 1980s against the attacks on Native families by the Winnipeg Children’s Aid Society. … Continue reading →