Tag Archives: history

Radio: Preserving trans histories

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Scott

Aaron Devor is the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic), in the territories of the Lkwungen-speaking peoples on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Scott Neigh interviews him about the Transgender Archives at UVic, the largest archive … Continue reading →

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Radio: Preserving and popularizing the history of working-class Toronto

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Scott

Craig Heron, Holly Kirkconnell, and David Kidd are active with the Toronto Workers’ History Project (TWHP), an initiative devoted to preserving and promoting the history of working people in Toronto. Scott Neigh interviews them about the enthusiasm they have found … Continue reading →

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REBROADCAST: The past and present of medical colonialism in Canada

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Scott

The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that was originally broadcast in the first week of March 2021. Samir Shaheen-Hussain is a pediatric emergency physician who practices in Montreal and an assistant professor 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 — Literature, art, and the remembrance of state violence

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Scott

Shahrzad Mojab is an activist and an academic at the University of Toronto. She was recently involved in the publication of a book called Lives Lost: In Search of a New Tomorrow, a translation of a powerful poem by Iranian poet Saeed … Continue reading →

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Radio — Grassroots history and archiving in British Columbia

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Scott

Laura Cuthbert is an organizer who has a keen interest in history. She is a central part of Populous Map, a grassroots project that aims to preserve and share marginalized histories from communities large and small across British Columbia, in … Continue reading →

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Radio — Histories of anti-Blackness in Canada and today’s social movements

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Scott

Robyn Maynard is a Black feminist writer and long-time anti-authoritarian organizer who has been active in movements around racial profiling, police violence, migrant justice, sex worker rights, and harm reduction, mostly in Montreal. Since the publication of her book Policing … Continue reading →

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