Category Archives: Episode

Radio: Fighting for collective bargaining rights for tenants

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Scott

James Barbeiro is a chef who lives in Sinixt territory in Nelson, British Columbia. Jen works in the social service sector and lives in Secwepmc territory, in Kamloops, BC. Both are tenants and tenant organizers. Scott Neigh interviews them about … Continue reading →

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Radio: A veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle talks about anti-racism today

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Scott

Steve September was born into the struggle against South African apartheid, and today he is the chair of the Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC) Vancouver, a grassroots group working to end all forms of racial inequality through education, legislation, and social events. … Continue reading →

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Radio: A grassroots re-imagining of gender-affirming care

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Scott

Riley Nileson-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 … Continue reading →

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Radio: Confronting the overdose crisis, demanding a safe supply

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Scott

Jordan Westfall is co-founder and president of the Canadian Association for Safe Supply (CASS), an organization that aims to reduce the immense harms of the overdose crisis by pushing for an increase in people’s access to a drug supply that … Continue reading →

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Radio: Against poverty in Calgary

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Scott

Lisa Hari and Rosemary Brown are active in We’re Together Ending Poverty (WTEP), a grassroots anti-poverty group in Calgary. Scott Neigh interviews them about what poverty looks like in their city, about the group’s evolution over the years, and about … Continue reading →

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Radio: Preserving and popularizing the history of working-class Toronto

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Scott

Craig Heron, Holly Kirkconnell, and David Kidd are active with the Toronto Workers’ History Project (TWHP), an initiative devoted to preserving and promoting the history of working people in Toronto. Scott Neigh interviews them about the enthusiasm they have found … Continue reading →

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Radio: Pushing Ontario to fix its massive school repair backlog

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Scott

Krista Wylie is a mother of one current and one former student in public schools in Toronto, and she is a co-founder of the Fix Our Schools campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the $16.8 billion repair backlog in Ontario … Continue reading →

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