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GroundWire | January 30

GroundWire Production — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:59:34 +0000

Canoe of Reconciliation, Premier Christy Clark, Algonquins of Barriere Lake

This episode of GroundWire was hosted on the traditional territory of the Tla&rsqu

GroundWire | Jan 16

GroundWire Production — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:42:29 +0000

In memory of Authur Manuel and sexual violence against Asian communities

This episode of GW was produced on traditional territory of the Sto:Lo nation in Abbotsford, British Columbia at CIVL 101.7FM.

Headlines:

-Justice for women in the Province of BC | Common Law Radio, CFRO, Vancouver’s Coop Radio;

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Kelly Pflug-Back on These Burning Streets, Women, and Prisons

CKUT News — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:21:26 +0000

Kelly Pflug-Back is a published poet and author as well as a well-known activist for her work in anti-poverty and harm reduction organizing. Kelly recently spent seven months in prison at the Vanier Correctional Centre for Women for her alleged participation in the riots during the G20 protests in Toronto in 2010.

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:00:56 +0000

Presentation by Irkar Beljaars, a Mohawk radioactivist and writer

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:41:49 +0000

Presentation by Melanie Morrison from Kahnawake

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:34:07 +0000

Presentation by Lucy Anacleto from YWCA Montreal

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:02:21 +0000

Presentation by Gladys Radek, a Gitxsan/Wet’suwet’en First Nations woman from Morcetown

On Februray 14th 2013 over 700 people gathered at St. Laurent Metro to spend their Valentine's day at the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The first ever memorial march took place in 1991 after a Coast Salish woman was murdered in Vancouver.

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:38:42 +0000

Presentation by Mirha-Soleil Ross, the Anti-Violence Project Coordinator at ASTTEQ

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:16:19 +0000

Presentation by Ellen Gabriel of Kanien’kehá:ka Mohawk Territory

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

CKUT News — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:17:43 +0000

Presentation by Anik Sioui, member of the Huron-Wendat nation and musician in the Anishnabe Abitibiwinni band from Pikogan

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Tuesday CKUT OTH and NSN: Interview with Michelle Audette

CKUT News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:06:21 +0000

Michele Audette is the president of Quebec Native women. Michele speaks about the role Quebec Native Women has played in advocating for the rights of Native women in Canada and challenging sexism and racism.

This report originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour and Native Solidarity News on Tuesday, Febuary, 14th, 2012, 17-19h.

Guatemala stove project-----

CKUT News — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:09 +0000

improving cooking methods in the Guatemalan Highlands

The Guatemalan Stove Project is a small charity based in Perth, Ontario. By raising small sums of money (around $250.), Canadians are able to work with local people in the Highlands in Guatemala to improve their cooking methods.

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AGIR ART DES FEMMES EN PRISON

Tim McSorley — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:21:48 +0000

Titre secondaire:

An exhibition of artworks created in women's detention facilities

Je Mai 26

ville:

Montreal

Lieu:

Eastern Bloc

Adresse:

7240 Clark Street, Montreal

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

marais@cooptel.qc.ca

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AGIR ART DES FEMMES EN PRISON
For the first time in Canada
An exhibition of artworks created in women's detention facilities

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GroundWire Podcast | Abdelkhadr Belaouni -- Student Poverty

GroundWire — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:28:29 +0000

November 9 - 20

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THE HEADLINES:

In Montreal, migrant justice advocates are celebrating a significant victory this week in the case of Abdelkader Belaouni. Aaron Lakoff | CKUT

From Vancouver, perspectives on the disruption of the Victoria torch relay and where the resistance movement is headed. VanRad Collective

In Toronto, students have had enough of living below the poverty line. The Student Day of Action on November 5th saw crowds demanding lower tuition fees, as recession job losses target youth, part-time and racialized workers. Omme Salma Rahemtullah | CHRY

THE FEATURES:

A recent Queen's University report indicates medical students want more training to help them treat people with intellectual disabilities. Indeed, 93 per cent feel training in intellectual disabilities should be improved. VoicePrint spoke with Dr. Philip Burge, author of the report.

November 20, 2009 marks 20 years since the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ontario youth in and from foster care got together to talk about the Convention's goals around education and if those goals are a reality in Ontario. Jacky Harrison | CHRY, with files from the Network Community Group and the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.

A new report, A Flawed Compass, suggests the Correctional Service of Canada is trampling on the constitutional rights of prisoners. Authors Michael Jackson and Graham Stewart, as well as former inmates and activists, warn Canada is headed down the road to more rights abuses. Dee Le Comte | CKUT

This episode was anchored by Melissa Beckford and Ian Gormly, and produced by Alissa Tutay and Jacky Tuinstra Harrison. Music by Steel. Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.