Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Students mobilizing for the decriminalization of drugs

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Scott

Mary Kelly is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia and she is a national board member of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP). Alex Bestos works at a health research centre focused on substance use, and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Mapping and opposing the power of fossil fuel industries in Canada

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Scott

William Carroll, James Rowe, and Emily Lowan are all at the University of Victoria (UVic) in British Columbia. Carroll is a professor of sociology and Rowe is an associate professor of environmental studies, and they are both involved in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — The past and present of medical colonialism in Canada

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Scott

Samir Shaheen-Hussain is a pediatric emergency physician who practices in Montreal and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. He also played a central role in the #aHand2Hold campaign, which won a victory against one aspect … Continue reading →

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Radio – The struggle for Black lives in northern Ontario

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Scott

Ra’anaa Brown and Shana Calixte are residents of Sudbury, Ontario. Brown is the co-president of Black Lives Matter – Sudbury, and Calixte is the group’s Director of Community Relations. Scott Neigh interviews them about what the struggle for Black lives … Continue reading →

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Radio — Demanding a COVID strategy that would suppress the virus

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Scott

Daniel Sarah Karasik and Darrah Teitel are participants in a range of movements in Toronto, and they are speaking today as members of the Suppress the Virus Now Coalition, an Ontario-based coalition of community groups, labour organizations, and individuals. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — A community’s fight to stop a high-level radioactive waste storage facility

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Scott

Michelle Stein and Bill Noll are members of Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste, a group of concerned residents of South Bruce, Ontario, who have come together in opposition to the proposal to put a high-level radioactive waste storage … Continue reading →

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Radio — Centring BIPOC youth in questions of sexual health and rights

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Scott

Sarah Edo works with a publication called Nuance. pihêsiw is part of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN). In the context of this year’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Week (SRH Week), Scott Neigh interviews them about what it means … Continue reading →

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