Category Archives: Radio

Radio: Climate disaster stories as a catalyst for change

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Scott

Sean Holman is the Wayne Crookes professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism at the University of Victoria, in Lekwungen territory on Vancouver Island. Scott Neigh interviews him about the shifts in journalism’s social role in our current political moment, about … Continue reading →

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Radio: Advancing a vision of ecological farming and farmers’ rights

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Scott

Beatriz Oliver and Aabir Dey work for SeedChange, an organization based in Canada that supports farmers here and around the world in working for a more just, sustainable, and environmentally sound future. Scott Neigh interviews them about the food system … Continue reading →

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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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