Tag Archives: disability

Radio: The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Scott

Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo, which is an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the impact of poverty on their lives … Continue reading →

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Transcript: Anti-ableism and disability justice education

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Scott

The following is a rough transcript of the episode of Talking Radical Radio for the week of August 15 to 19, 2022. Scott Neigh 0:08 My name is Scott Neigh, and this is Talking Radical Radio Theme music Dev R … Continue reading →

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Radio: Anti-ableism and disability justice education

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Scott

Kate Welsh and Dev Ramsawakh are co-creators of the CRIP Collective, a small group of Toronto-based disabled educators and artists who do anti-ableism, anti-oppression, and disability justice-related workshops, and various other kinds of community building with disabled people, using an … 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 — A new wave of anti-ableist and anti-eugenics organizing in Canada

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Scott

Catherine Frazee and Quin Lawrence are activists and organizers who have been involved in many issues, but they are particularly focused on disability issues. They were part of the upswell of opposition to Bill C-7, which expanded the eligibility for … Continue reading →

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Radio — Disability justice, pandemic mutual aid, and fighting to defund the police

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Scott

Sarah Jama is a young organizer in Hamilton, Ontario who has been involved in a wide range of different kinds of grassroots work – prominently including struggles against anti-Black racism, working for disability justice, and a whole range of other things. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — Taking action to improve disability benefits in Ontario

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Scott

Kyle Vose works for a social service agency in Toronto and is the agency co-chair of the ODSP Action Coalition. In earlier years, he was also an ODSP (or Ontario Disability Support Program) recipient and served as the recipient co-chair of … Continue reading →

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