Category Archives: Episode

Radio: Supporting homeless encampments in Halifax

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Scott

Vicky Levack is a human rights advocate based in Halifax whose work focuses on disability and on gender, with a particular interest in housing issues. These days, she is active with the PADS Community Network, a new grassroots formation in … Continue reading →

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Radio: Fossil fuel workers pushing for a shift to renewables

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Scott

Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led … Continue reading →

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Radio: Challenging anti-Asian racism during the pandemic

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Scott

Serena Mah is a media relations consultant and a former television journalist who lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Scott Neigh talks with her about anti-Asian racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Act2EndRacism coalition. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading →

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Radio: Prison abolition and how we respond to the worst forms of gendered violence

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Scott

Ardath Whynacht is an activist, writer, and scholar who lives in Mi’kmaq territory and teaches sociology at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. She is also the author of Insurgent Love: Abolition and Domestic Homicide (Fernwood Publishing, Nov 2021) which … Continue reading →

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Radio: Fighting Doug Ford’s pro-developer agenda as a form of climate activism

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Scott

Don McLean, Sue Carson, and Nancy Hurst are members of Hamilton 350, a group that engages in climate activism in the city of Hamilton on the west end of Lake Ontario, in loose affiliation with the North America-wide 350.org. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio: Autistic people organizing under the banner of disability justice

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Scott

Vivan Ly, Iris Parker, and Allie are organizing collective members of Autistic United Canada, a grassroots organization of autistic youth and adults with thousands of members across the country. Scott Neigh interviews them about autism and about the organization’s advocacy, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending a threatened coastal ecosystem

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Scott

Christopher Trider is a landscape architect in Nova Scotia and a former provincial civil servant with experiencing in planning provincial parks. He is also a member of a grassroots group called Save Owls Head Provincial Park, which is doing its … Continue reading →

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