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A podcast series featuring speeches and lectures from some of the most notable thinkers and speakers of our time. Each episode presents fresh ideas and perspectives on a variety of topics, drawn from public talks and presentations. The show aims to bring thought-provoking content to listeners interested in intellectual discourse.
Episodes
Diana Chan McNally: Bringing community work to Toronto's City Council
This week, we welcome and spotlight community worker, homelessness advocate, and candidate for Toronto City Council, Diana Chan McNally. We discuss Chan McNally's run to become City Councillor for Toronto's Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, top-of-mind issues for the Ward and the city, provincial encroachment on municipal government and her vision of bringing community work to municipal politics. Chan
Labour Fair 2026 Keynote: New modes of organizing for a working peoples' city
Today's episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series features the keynote discussion from the 34th annual Labour Fair at Toronto's George Brown College. Founding representative of the Toronto Airport Workers' Council Sean Smith and member of the Parkdale Housing Justice Network (PHJN) Matt Whitfield, discuss the crises of labour precarity and housing insecurity, how these are the outcomes of s
From ecosystems to economics: How Canada's conserved and protected areas contribute billions to the economy
In episode six we welcome national director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Sandra Schwartz and CPAWS economic analyst, Jason Wong, lead author of the CPAWS white paper, Widely Enjoyed but Inadequately Valued: Understanding the Economic, Environmental and Health Benefits of Canada's Protected and Conserved Areas. We discuss the first of its kind report that offers a new way of val
Labour Fair 2026: The radical labour of care
This latest episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series features "The Radical Labour of Care" panel discussion with: Indigenous midwife, leader, and educator, Claire Dion Fletcher; crisis outreach worker, case manager, and advocate in Toronto's Downtown East, Lorraine Lam; and program director of the Latinx Womyn's Program at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape, Gr
Mining, militarism and organizing against the march to war
In the latest episode of the Courage My Friends series, we welcome organizer with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Kara Anderson and welcome back Canada organizer for World Beyond War and coordinator of the Arms Embargo Now Campaign, Rachel Small. We discuss Canada's radical turn toward militarism and its ramping up of defence spending, the many and deep connections between militarism and m
Pension divestment: From funding crises to a radical pension politics
In our third episode of the season, Tom Fraser, a union researcher and author of Invested in Crisis: Public Sector Pensions Against the Future, and Becca Steckle, a research and policy analyst with Just Peace Advocates, join us to discuss how Canada's public sector pensions are funding crises from housing to genocide, the restructuring of Canadian retirement security into capital funding for milit
Oxfam Inequality Report 2026: Resisting the rule of the rich and protecting freedom from billionaire power
In our second episode of the season, executive director of Oxfam Canada, Lauren Ravon returns for our annual focus on the Oxfam Inequality Report and this year we are also joined by senior director of Strategy and Innovation at Family Service Toronto and national director of Campaign 2000, Leila Sarangi. We discuss Oxfam's latest report on global inequality, Resisting the Rule of the Rich: Protec
Venezuela, Canada and the "Donroe Doctrine"
In the season 10 premiere of the Courage My Friends podcast series, we are pleased to welcome back journalist, author and director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad and professor of International Relations at St. Thomas University, Shaun Narine. We discuss the recent US military attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia
December 10th Human Rights Day panel discussion: The ongoing struggle for rights in Canada
Our final episode of this Courage My Friends season features a December 10th Human Rights Day Panel Discussion, the first of a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Community Worker Program at Toronto's George Brown College. Community workers and human rights advocates, Brianna Olson Pitawanakwat, Samira Mohyeddin, Diana Gallego, Desmond Cole and Diana Chan McNally discuss the m
The AI hype-machine: Canada's ill-advised 'national sprint' on artificial intelligence
In episode six of the Courage My Friends' season nine, we welcome impact strategist with Animikii, Indigenous Technology, Jeff Doctor, technology and human rights lawyer with Tekhnos Law and senior fellow with The Citizen Lab, Cynthia Khoo, senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. We discuss Canada's accelerated approach to artificial intellige
You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: Author Saeed Teebi on Palestine, writing and imagination
In episode five, we are pleased to welcome award-winning author Saeed Teebi who speaks to us about his powerful new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times. In our annual focus on the power of storytelling, we discuss what it means to be a Palestinian writer in these times, the challenges of writing against dehumanizing narratives, complicity in th
Bills C-2 and C-12: How Canada's border security acts endanger refugee rights
In episode four, we welcome co-executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, Karen Cocq, advocacy and media relations coordinator at The Refugee Centre in Montreal, Alina Murad and President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Aisling Bondy. We discuss the Carney Government's new border security acts, Bill C-2 and its questionable make-over with the recently tabled Bil
Crisis or scandal? The deliberate dismantling of Ontario's public college system
In our third episode we welcome support staff president for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 418 at St.Lawrence College. Amanda Shaw, second vice president of OPSEU Local 415 at Algonquin College, Martin Lee and from George Brown College, member of OPSEU's part-time and sessional divisional executive, Ben McCarthy. We discuss the mass layoffs and program and campus closures across
On September 20: Draw the line for people, for peace, for planet
In this episode we welcome, climate justice and Indigenous rights organizer from Stellat'en First Nation and senior advisor at the David Suzuki Foundation, Janelle Lapointe; member services and movement building manager with Climate Action Network Canada, Lauren Latour and Canada organizer for World Beyond War, Rachel Small. We discuss the Draw the Line National Day of Action taking place across C
Lawless: The complete decriminalization of abortion… only in Canada
In our season nine premiere, we welcome Martha Paynter, nurse, scholar and author of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization. We discuss Canada's complete decriminalization of abortion (the only country to do so), the fascinating and often fraught history that brought us to this point, abortion as a public good, the influence of the anti-choice lobby here and the overturning of Roe vs.
Palestine and the weaponizing of hunger and the climate crisis
In episode nine of the Courage My Friends series, we welcome visiting professor and dean of the faculty of agriculture and veterinary medicine at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban. We discuss the weaponization of already fragile food systems in Gaza, the acceleration of the climate crisis through conflict and Palestinian resilience under occupation. Reflecting on the nexus of food
Labour Fair 2025: Labour now: Union responses to the polycrisis
In episode eight, we return to the George Brown College Labour Fair and a discussion with Ontario Federation of Labour president Laura Walton and chief steward and second vice president of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 556 Jeff Brown. We discuss the multiple issues facing the labour movement, union priorities and, in this age of polycrisis, what exactly we are working for. Speaking to the upcoming federal ele
Labour Fair 2025: Building a workers' first emergency response to the tariff crisis
In episode seven, we are pleased to feature executive director of the Workers' Action Centre, Deena Ladd. In her keynote address for the 33rd annual Labour Fair at Toronto's George Brown College, No One Left Behind: Building a Workers' First Emergency Response to the Tariff Crisis that Unites Us, Ladd discusses the current trade war, the dangers facing workers and a solidarity-driven plan that put
Labour Fair 2025: The critical need for labour education
In episode six, we feature the opening discussion of the 33rd annual Labour Fair at Toronto's George Brown College. Under this year's theme, What Are We Working For? JP Hornick, president of OPSEU/SEFPO, (Ontario Public Service Employees Union), speaks on the critical need for labour education, labour organizing amid the changing nature of work and the crisis facing Ontario colleges. Reflecting o
Rebranded fascism, higher education and the burden of conscience
In episode five, we are pleased to welcome back Henry Giroux, scholar, cultural critic and author, most recently of The Burden of Conscience: Educating Beyond the Veil of Silence. We discuss the rise of authoritarianism in the US and around the world as an updated fascism, its attack on democracy and higher education and the urgent need for solidarity, critical pedagogy and resistance in the face
George Brown College's 25th annual Mental Health Conference: Decolonizing learning and creating conditions for student well-being
In episode 4, we focus on the upcoming 25th annual Mental Health Conference at George Brown College in Toronto and this year's theme, Thriving Together in the Classroom: Creating the Conditions for Student Well-Being. Author, storyteller, Indigenous academic and conference keynote speaker Carolyn Roberts; dean of the Centre for Preparatory and Liberal Studies, Susan Toews; and director of Student
Oxfam Inequality Report 2025: Billionaire colonialism in Canada
In part two of our focus on Oxfam's latest report: Takers Not Makers: The Unjust Poverty and Unearned Wealth of Colonialism, we welcome associate professor and faculty chair of the Indigenous Relations Initiative at McGill University, Dr. Veldon Coburn. Reflecting on his 2022 book (co-edited with David Thomas) Capitalism and Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad, we speak of the grow
Oxfam Inequality Report 2025: The takers not makers of billionaire colonialism
In part one of this discussion, executive director of Oxfam Canada Lauren Ravon returns to discuss Oxfam's latest report: Takers Not Makers: The Unjust Poverty and Unearned Wealth of Colonialism. Ravon and Resh Budhu explore the extreme wealth and power of the billionaire class, this era of "billionaire colonialism" and what it will take to decolonize economies in Canada and throughout the world.
Do we need a new progressive alternative in Canada?
In our season eight premiere, we welcome independent journalist and public historian Taylor C. Noakes, author, political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ricardo Tranjan and welcome back writer, social justice activist and former organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, John Clarke. The group reflects on the current state of progressive p
BRICS, de-dollarization and Canada in a multipolar world
In our final episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series, season seven, we are joined by author, professor and director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Radhika Desai, and author, professor and Chair of International Relations and Political Science at St. Thomas University, Dr. Shaun Narine. We discuss the shifting balance of power in global politi
Who's Hungry? More than ever before
In episode six of the latest season of the Courage My Friends podcast series, co-executive director of Food Secure Canada, Marissa Alexander and executive director of North York Harvest Food Bank, Ryan Noble discuss the alarming outcomes of Toronto's Who's Hungry report, the growing food and poverty crisis in Toronto and across Canada and urgent actions that need to be taken by policy-makers and c
The Honourable Murray Sinclair: 2018 keynote address on Indigenous Ways of Knowing
In 2018, the Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College in Toronto welcomed then Senator and former head of the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada, the Honourable Murray Sinclair as its keynote speaker. Through his poignant address about the impacts of Canada's colonial history and the residential school system on the lives of Indigenous Peoples and the meaning of reconciliation, we experienc
Palestinian storytelling as resilience, recuperation and resistance
In episode four, Palestinian storyteller Sarah Abu-Sharar joins us for our third annual Mouth Open Story Jump Out episode. Through Palestinian folktales and stories of her father, she reflects on the meaning and power of stories within Palestinian resilience, recuperation and resistance. Reflection on her journey into storytelling, Abu-Sharar says: "When I started storytelling, it had to be for Pa
EdTech, AI and platform capitalism in the classroom
In episode three, researcher Dr. Rahul Kumar and political economist Dr. Tanner Mirrlees discuss the rise of education technology and artificial intelligence across colleges and universities, how they impact and disrupt teaching and learning, and how public post secondary education has become an incredibly lucrative business for privately owned EdTech corporations. Reflecting on the impacts of Ed
Truth and reconciliation: How is Canada doing?
Episode two welcomes research director of the Yellowhead Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, Eva Jewell and director of education, outreach and public programming at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Kaila Johnston. As we enter National Truth and Reconciliation Week, we discuss Canada's progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action and the meani
Climate and the city: Are we ready?
In our season seven premiere, we welcome the managing director of the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy and former mayor of Toronto, David MIller. We discuss the crucial role of cities in "fixing" the climate crisis, what we can learn in building sustainable and equitable urban communities and explore the question of just how prepared Canadian cities are to meet the challenges of this
Scholasticide and solidarity: The mind and memory of Gaza
For our fourth episode, Scholasticide and solidarity: The mind and memory of Gaza, we welcome University of Toronto professor, researcher and host of the Liberation Pedagogy Podcast, Dr. Chandni Desai and Mount Royal University professor, author and policy analyst with Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, Dr. Muhannad Ayyash. Discussing the months-long Israeli military onslaught waged on Pa
Inequality Inc: Corporate power vs. workers' rights
The season's third episode takes us back to George Brown College's 32nd annual Labour Fair in Toronto, 'Corporate Power vs. Labour Power: It's Our Work!!' Professor Benjamin McCarthy facilitates a discussion featuring Lauren Ravon, executive director of Oxfam Canada and Jared Ong, organizer and case worker with the Workers' Action Centre. Together, they discuss how this new age of corporate-drive
JP Hornick on Corporate power vs. labour power: It's our work
The season's second episode focuses on George Brown College's 32nd annual Labour Fair in Toronto and the opening keynote discussion with president of OPSEU/SEFPO JP Hornick on this year's theme 'Corporate Power vs. Labour Power: It's Our Work!!' Opening a week of labour focused events, and speaking to George Brown College students and faculty, our conversation focuses on labour power and union or
Climate, conflict and the meaning of peace
We launch our sixth season with Tamara Lorincz, environmental and feminist peace activist and Linda Thyer, founding member of Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast and a discussion on the interconnected impacts of war and occupation on both people and planet, the costs of Canadian militarism and our involvement in NATO and the possibilities for global cooperation, peace, and climate justice in
Inequality Inc: Corporate power vs. public action
For our sixth episode, Lauren Ravon, executive director of Oxfam Canada and Michéle Biss, national director of the National Right to Housing Network, discuss Oxfam's latest report, Inequality, Inc.on the growing power of corporate monopolies, the unprecedented rise in global inequality and the urgent need for public action. Speaking to Oxfam's latest report on global inequality, Ravon says: "This
Menopause and work in Canada: Menopause is natural, suffering is not
Crushing fatigue, hot flashes (or should we say hot flushes), burning, itching, mood swings, heart palpitations, brain fog, anxiety, loss of self. What's happening to me? Who can I talk to? How do I work? Sound familiar? After a bit of an extended pause, we begin the new year with the Menopause Foundation of Canada's latest report: Menopause and Work in Canada. Foundation co-founders Janet Ko and
Gaza: Humanitarian agencies call for a ceasefire now
In our fourth episode Dalia Al-Awqati, head of humanitarian affairs for Save the Children Canada and Lauren Ravon, executive director of Oxfam Canada discuss the humanitarian crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip. How do we understand the devastating toll of death, displacement and destruction upon the largely civilian Palestinian population, almost half of them children? What of the impossible c
Mouth open story jump out: Storytelling for change
It's Halloween again and for the Courage My Friends podcast series, this means it's a time for stories. Returning with our annual 'mouth open, story jump out' episode, storytellers Kesha Christie of Talkin' Tales, Njoki Mbũrũ recent recipient of the Community Foundations of Canada Transformational Storytelling Fellowship and Rani Sanderson, storytelling workshop facilitator with StoryCentre Canada
At the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival
Our second episode quite literally puts the lens on climate as we spotlight the 24th annual Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival (PIF), running from October 12th-22nd at Toronto's Paradise Theatre. PIF executive director Katherine Bruce speaks with us about the continued and growing importance of Canada's largest and longest running environmental film festival and this year's
BRICS: Summits, coups and a changing world order
In the launch of our fifth season, we are pleased to welcome back author, public intellectual and director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad. Taking us through the recent economic summits of BRICS and the G20, as well as the cascade coups in West Africa, Prashad delves into the rapid and stunning changes taking place in the world today, where they came from and what t
Labour Fair 2023: Food Justice, labour rights and social gastronomy
For our season finale of Courage My Friends, we return to this year's George Brown College Labour Fair, The other P3s: pandemic, privatization, precarity,,, and planet!! In the panel on 'Food Industries: Feeding Ourselves on a Precarious Planet', moderator Lori Stahlbrand is joined by guests: Joshna Maharaj, a chef, social gastronomy activist, educator and host of the Hot Plate podcast; Chris Ram
Iron & Earth: From the oil patch to the renewable economy
In our sixth episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, series 4; Ana Guerra Marin, communities director and just transition lead, and lead Indigenous researcher, Dara Wawaite-Chabot discuss the mission of worker-founded Iron & Earth to create pathways for workers from traditional (carbon-based) energy jobs to jobs within renewable energy sectors and how green transition meets climate justice when
Labour Fair 2023: Gig workers and precarity in the 21st century
In our fifth episode of this season of Courage My Friends, we revisit the George Brown College Labour Fair. This year, the theme of the fair is: The other P3s: pandemic, privatization, precarity,,, and planet!! In this episode, we share the panel discussion on 'Gig Workers and Precarity in the 21st Century.' Moderator Jon Weier is joined by panelists Simran Dhunna and Jobanjeet Kaur of the Nauja
Asking for a friend: Living organ donations, a gift beyond words
Our latest episode of Courage My Friends takes its inspiration from friend and guest William Woolrich as he begins his search for a living kidney donor. He and Candice Coghlan, education and outreach coordinator for the University Health Network Ajmera Transplant Centre and host of the Living Transplant podcast, discuss the search for and ultimate gift of living organ donations. Speaking to how no
Good jobs, clean economy: Pushing for a Just Transition
In our third episode, Jaime Kirkpatrick, senior program manager of Blue Green Canada, discusses the need for a Just Transition, what it should look like for labour, and how Canada is doing in its move toward a clean energy economy. Speaking to joint climate and labour demands and the idea of a Just Transition, Kirkpatrick says: "Blue Green and a number of allies have been advocating ...the idea o
Senator Hassan Yussuff on 'The other P3s: pandemic, privatization, precarity … and planet!!'
The second episode of this season, features a recording of the keynote address delivered by past president of the Canadian Labour Congress, Senator Hassan Yussuff at George Brown College's 31st annual Labour Fair. Anchoring a week of labour focused discussions and speaking to George Brown College students and faculty, the Senator focuses on this year's theme, 'The other P3s: pandemic, privatizatio
Labour education: film, fair and organizing
In the first episode of our fourth series, we welcome CLiFF (Canadian Labour International Film Festival board members, Lorene Oikawa and Derek Blackadder and George Brown College faculty and organizer with the Labour Fair, Kathryn Payne. We discuss the importance of bringing labour education to post-secondary and wider communities through the 31st annual Labour Fair at Toronto's George Brown Coll
Telling Black Histories: Writing, Recuperation and Resistance | Part II
In this two part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Telling Black histories: writing, recuperation and resistance, we are very pleased to welcome the 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto and the 7th Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliott Clarke. As we continue our conversation, Clarke reflects on past and current struggles against White western power, the meaning of decolonization an
Telling Black Histories: Writing Recuperation and Resistance | Part I
In this 2-part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Telling Black histories: writing, recuperation and resistance, we are very pleased to welcome the 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto and the 7th Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliott Clarke. In Part I of our conversation, Clarke takes us on a journey through Black and Africadian history in Canada, his life and work and discusses t
Capitalism and the mental health crisis
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Capitalism and the mental health crisis, social worker, researcher and writer, Madeleine Ritts, researcher on mental health of Black communities, Michelle Sraha-Yeboah, and researcher and educator in labor issues, Jon Weier, discuss the current mental health crisis as an inevitable outcome of capitalism and whether good mental health is a benefit
COP15 and 30x30 Pt. II: Indigenous led conservation and saving the Greenbelt
In the second part of this two-part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast COP15 and 30x30: Indigenous-Led Conservation and Saving the Greenbelt, manager at Springwater Provincial Park and former Chief of the Beausoleil First Nation, Jeff Monague, discusses principles of Indigenous-led conservation, the dangers facing First Nations communities from Greenbelt development and the need to shift ou
COP15, and 30x30 Pt.I: Turning the Tide on Biodiversity Loss and Mass Extinction
In this two-part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence and Sandra Schwartz, national executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) discuss the crisis of biodiversity loss and mass extinction, Canada's commitments under the Kunming-Montreal agreement coming out of the global COP15 gathering on biodiversity, and cha
Who's hungry… and why? Food banks, food insecurity and ending hunger for good
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Neil Hetherington, CEO of The Daily Bread Food Bank and Maria Rio, director of development and communication for The Stop Community Food Centre discuss the current state of food insecurity in Canada's largest city, how we got here and what we need to end decades of hunger. Of the growing reliance on Toronto's food bank system, Hetherington says: "
From contract negotiation to political protest: reflecting on Ontario's education workers' fight for jobs, rights and dignity
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast we welcome Laura Walton, president of CUPE's Ontario Schools Boards Council of Unions. Just days after CUPE education workers voted to ratify a new four-year contract that includes a hard fought for $1 flat-rate hourly wage increase and two days repayment for a fraught political protest, we reflect on the momentous and contentious labor action tak
Home is where the earth is: The climate crisis meets the housing crisis
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Emmay Mah, executive director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) discusses the many intersections between the climate crisis and the housing crisis and the potential fallout from Ontario's proposed housing Bill 23: More Homes Built Faster. According to Mah: "We need to acknowledge that we are experiencing a deep, acute housing crisis. And
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times – Part two
In part two of this special two-part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast 'Mouth Open, Story Jump Out: The Power and Purpose of Storytelling in These Times,' we continue our conversation with storyteller, actor, playwright and filmmaker, Rhoma Spencer; storyteller and teacher, Lynn Torrie; and storyteller, teacher and founder of Queers in Your Ears, Rico Rodriguez. Speaking to the origins of
Mouth open, story jump out: The power and purpose of storytelling in these times
In the fourth, two-part, episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, series III, we are joined by six Canadian storytellers In this special, and very storied, two-part episode of the Courage My Friends podcast Mouth Open, Story Jump Out: The Power and Purpose of Storytelling in These Times, we are very pleased to welcome six Canadian storytellers. In part one, we begin our conversation with First S
Home is where the community is: Homelessness, housing insecurity and housing as a human right
In the third episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Series III, Dania Majid, director of the Tenant Duty Council Program at the Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO); John Ecker, director of Research and Evaluation at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; and Haydar Shouly, senior manager of Shelters and Shelter Programs with Dixon Hall discuss the current crisis of housing insecurity
Migrant workers and 'the pandemic paradox': The unseen hands that truly keep us afloat
In the second episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Series III, Jhoey Dulaca (caregiver and organizer with the Migrant Workers' Alliance for Change), Ethel Tungohan (Canada Research Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism) and Chris Ramsaroop (activist and organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers) discuss temporary foreign workers in Canada, the multiple and barriers they
Privatization of public health: Protecting universal healthcare for the common good
In the launch of our third season, JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO and Dr. Naheed Dosani, Palliative Care Physician and Health Justice Activist, discuss the current crisis facing public healthcare in Ontario and the alarming turn toward the privatization of our healthcare systems by those prioritizing profit over patients. In speaking to the ways in which the healthcare crisis is both the res
Climate anxiety and climate justice organizing: Fearing the future, finding hope and fighting for our planet – Part 2
In the final episode of our summer series, climate justice organizer and activist Aliya Hirji and National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, Mari Dolcetti-Koros, discuss the global climate crisis, its impacts on our younger populations and the ways in which youth are organizing and taking leadership in securing a truly just and sustainable world for us all. In speaking to the nee
Climate anxiety and climate justice organizing: Fearing the future, finding hope and fighting for our planet – Part 1
For the first segment of this special two-part episode, climate justice activist and originator of Land Back, Bryanna Brown discusses the critical need for Indigenous rights and ways of knowing and youth leadership to combat a climate crisis rooted in systems of colonial oppression and capitalist greed. Making the connection between climate and colonialism, Bryanna Brown says: "One quote that I
COVID, inequality and the billionaire space-race
In the sixth episode, Linda McQuaig and Ian Thomson discuss the rising fortunes of the billionaire class amid shrinking incomes and opportunities for the vast majority before and during the pandemic. In speaking about the impacts of billionaires on our democratic systems, McQuaig says, "this accumulation of wealth in the hands of billionaires... It's not just that it's tremendously unfair, which o
Covid, capitalism, climate: The standard of double-standards between the global north and the global south
In the fifth episode, historian, researcher, celebrated writer and executive director of Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad discusses the standard of double standards that have long plagued the relationship between the power-holding centres of the Global North and the world's majority of the Global South. Vijay Prashad describes the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Re
Mental health in the workplace: Are we working well?
In the fourth episode, we discuss the upcoming report from the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation on Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace with project leads Jon Weier and Tom Parkin. In speaking to the necessity of this report, Jon Weier says "..this is really a systemic issue. Mental health impacts or mental distress is something that affects many, many workers. We specifically are looking
Conflict, climate and refugees: Borderless crises in a bordered world and the politics of asylum
In the third episode, we speak with Loly Rico of the FCJ Refugee Centre and Rachel Bryce, from the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers about the multiple issues facing those fleeing poverty, destabilization, the borderless crises of conflict and climate change and the responsibility of Canada to provide asylum. "Refugee is defined as someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their count
Ecological grief: Mourning the past, fearing the future and finding hope
In the second episode, we speak with Ashlee Cunsolo, a leading voice on climate change and ecological grief, about the growing issue of ecological grief, how it is being experienced and the power that can come from mourning. "For so many people all over the world and particularly Indigenous Peoples all over the world, this connection to the environment, this grieving over the loss of more than hum
Education, critical pedagogy and the future of learning in a post-pandemic world
The Tommy Douglas Institute and rabble.ca, with the support of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation, proudly present the Courage My Friends podcast. In the first episode of this year's Courage My Friends podcast series, we welcome author, public intellectual and celebrated scholar of the Critical Pedagogy Movement, Henry Giroux. Does education have a moral and political purpose? What do we mean by cri
Canada's place in the world -- Green party leadership debate
On September 10, rabble.ca and the Canadian Foreign Policy Policy Institute hosted a debate with Green party leadership hopefuls. Listen to it here.
The growing threat of privatization
The COVID crisis is showing us more consequences of putting profits before people. Hear a panel discussion from the Canadian Labour Congress about the problem and some possible solutions.
Canada's interference in Venezuela
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza speaks to Canadians at a webinar by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute on August 20, 2020.
'She-cessions and she-coveries' -- women and the pandemic
An audio replay of a webinar from the Canadian Labour Congress exploring the effects of the COVID pandemic on women, and what a feminist recovery could look like.
Unions fighting anti-Black racism
The Canadian Labour Congress held a webinar on June 10 to talk about what the union movement is doing to fight anti-Black racism and what they need to do in the future. An encore presentation.
Unpacking anti-Asian racism through an intersectional lens
A panel discussion hosted by Feminists Deliver on May 28 during Asian Heritage Month, exploring Asian identity in Canada.
Migrant farmworkers: organizing and resisting before, during and beyond COVID-19
An international panel talks about the pandemic and farm workers from a global perspective. A replay of a webinar held on July 3, 2020.
Resistance and resurgence -- confronting anti-Black racism in Canada
A replay of a webinar by Feminists Deliver on June 8, 2020, featuring a panel of Black women activists talking about a wide range of subjects relating to anti-Black racism in Canada.
Economist Jim Stanford talks about the future of work -- during COVID-19 times and beyond
Jim Stanford's talk at the rabble members' council meeting was so good, we wanted you all to hear it. He talks about the problems with work even before the pandemic, and looks to the future.
We need to talk about justice reform in Canada
In case you missed it -- a replay of rabble's June 18 webinar from our "Off the Hill" series focusing on the federal role in justice reform.
Challenging Sinophobia, anti-Black racism and global capitalism during COVID-19
Two friends and colleagues explore East Asian and Black racism during COVID-19 and what mutual solidarity and care between the two communities could look like at this moment, and in future.
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