Tag Archives: history-from-below

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: British Columbia’s general strike that almost was

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Scott

David Spaner is a long-time writer based in Vancouver and the author of Solidarity: Canada’s Unknown Revolution of 1983 (Ronsdale Press, 2021). Scott Neigh interviews him about the book and about the uprising against a right-wing government in British Columbia … 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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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 — Histories of struggle by workers in Alberta

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Scott

Alvin Finkel is a history professor at Athabasca University and the author of thirteen books, most recently Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy (Red Globe Press, 2019). He is also the president of the Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI), … 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 — Archives as activism: The case of residential schools

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Skylee-Storm Hogan and Krista McCracken. Both work in the archives that are part of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, and they talk about both that work and the … Continue reading →

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