Tag Archives: Ontario

Radio — Employment, health, and COVID-19

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Scott

Robyn Beckett is a public health professional and part of the Decent Work and Health Network, a group of health care workers, public health workers, and community members advocating for better employment standards in Ontario using a health lens. Scott … 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 — Defending campus radio in Ontario

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Scott

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison is the general manager of CJRU 1280 AM, also called The Scope, a relatively new campus radio station affiliated with Ryerson University in Toronto. Barry Rooke is the executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio … Continue reading →

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Radio — High school student walkout in Ontario

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Scott

Indygo Arscott is a grade eleven student attending an arts-focused high school in Toronto. They are gender nonbinary. They are Ojibwe, of the Marten Clan. And they are one of the instigators of the We The Students Do Not Consent … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting homelessness in Ontario’s past and in its Doug Ford future

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Scott

Cathy Crowe has been a street nurse in Toronto for more than three decades. She has not only delivered community-based primary health care to homeless and poor people over that time, but has also been involved in a wide range … Continue reading →

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Radio — Building community resilience in the face of climate change

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Scott

Sheila Murray, Beatrice Ekoko, Lidia Ferreira, and Michelle Sullivan all work in some capacity with an initiative called the Lighthouse Project, a pilot that aims to develop new approaches for building resilience in a number of Ontario communities in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending minimum wage victories from big business backlash

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Scott

Pam Frache is the Ontario coordinator of the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign. They won major victories around minimum wage increases and reforms to labour law in 2017. And this year, with a provincial election looming, they are facing … Continue reading →

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