Tag Archives: education

Radio — Fighting to get police out of Winnipeg schools

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Scott

Cam Scott, Daniel Friesen, and Irene Bindi are community organizers and members of Police-Free Schools Winnipeg. Scott Neigh speaks with them about the struggle to get police out of Winnipeg schools. In general, middle-class white people tend to experience police as a source … Continue reading →

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Radio — A grassroots freedom school for African Nova Scotian youth

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Scott

Rachel Zellars is an African-American academic, lawyer, and community organizer who has lived in Canada for more than a decade and a half, and in Halifax for the last couple of years. Wendie Wilson is an African Nova Scotian teacher, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Standing up for students and public education in Alberta

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Scott

Medeana Moussa is an entrepreneur and mother of four who lives in Calgary, and she is the executive director of Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta. Wing Li holds a PhD in neuroscience, has two children, and is the communications director for … Continue reading →

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Radio — Opposing Islamophobia in all of its intersections

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Scott

Sidrah Ahmad-Chan and N.A. are members of Rivers of Hope, an organization based in Toronto whose “mission is to dismantle Islamophobia, racism, and all related forms of oppression” in order “to create a safer and more equitable world for us all.” Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio — Women-led adult education for radical social change

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Scott

Adriana Salazar and Miigam’agan are members of the national steering committee of Righting Relations, a pan-Canadian, women-led network of adult educators working for radical social change. Scott Neigh interviews them about their respective grassroots work in their own communities and about the role … Continue reading →

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Radio — Parents fighting the cuts to public education in Ontario

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Scott

Rachel Huot is a mom of three kids and a parent organizer in the west end of Toronto. She is part of a group called West End Parents for Public Education, which has been central to the emergence of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — A big win against discriminatory school dress codes

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Scott

Kate Curtis is a high school teacher in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and one of the co-founders of an organization called the End Dress Codes Collective. Scott Neigh interviews her about the problems with school dress codes, and … Continue reading →

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