Category Archives: Radio

Radio — A campaign to bring long-term care into the public health care system

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Scott

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 … Continue reading →

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Radio — BIPOC youth stories about the climate crisis

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Scott

Areej Riaz is one of the key organizers behind Our Climate, Our Stories, a new book that collects essays, stories, and poems related to the climate crisis written by Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth from across Canada. Faith Edem and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Standing up against mass firings in BC’s hotel industry

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Scott

Stephanie Fung is the communications organizer for UNITE HERE Local 40, which represents workers in the hospitality industry in British Columbia. Rajani Tadaka is a hotel worker in Vancouver and a member of Local 40. In the wake of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Challenging Canada’s predatory role in Latin America

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Scott

Matias de Dovitiis is a long-time activist and one of the co-founders of the Canadian Latin America Alliance. Scott Neigh interviews him about Canada’s orientation towards Latin America and about the work of the alliance to, according to their website, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting environmental racism in small-town Nova Scotia

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Scott

Vanessa Hartley is 21 years old and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED). And she is a resident of Shelburne, a town of about 1200 people on the … Continue reading →

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Radio — The campaign to free an Ottawa academic detained in Turkey

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Scott

Cihan Erdal is a scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa. In September 2020, while on a visit to Turkey, he was arrested and jailed. His husband, Ömer Ongun, was immediately plunged into a whirlwind of activities organizing the Free Cihan … Continue reading →

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Radio — The many forms of solidarity with the Palestinian people

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Scott

Russell Lavis lives in Toronto and is an ultramarathon runner who uses his abilities to act in solidarity with the Palestinian people, most recently by raising money for the Help Gaza Breathe campaign. Michael Bueckart is based in Montreal and … Continue reading →

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