Elections

GroundWire Sept 25

GroundWire Production — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:39:05 +0000

Activism in Vancouver by-elections & new overhauls to Manitoba's health care system

This episode of Groundwire is hosted in Powell River on the traditional land of the Tla'Amin Nation and produced by CKUT radio broadcasting from Montreal on unceded Mohawk territory.

Headlines

Sixties Scoop class action procedures before the courts | Gunargie O’Sullivan, Co-op Radio

The Ongoing Egyptian Revolution: The challenges and hopes for Egypt, the Palestinian struggle, and the Global Spring.

Lillian Boctor — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:14:35 +0000

A Discussion with Egyptian journalist and activist Deena Gamil in Montreal on March 10, 2012 at Café l'Artère, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week

As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Egyptian journalist and activist Deena Gamil spoke in several Canadian cities, including Ottawa, Toronto, Peterborough and Montreal.

The Second Egyptian Revolution

Lillian Boctor — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:22:04 +0000

Thousands return to Tahrir Square as Central Security Forces and military police continue violent attacks: Interviews with Egyptian activists Sherif Joseph Rizk and Yehia El Gammal

The second wave of the Revolution has come back to Tahrir Square. After the massive demonstration on Friday, 18 November 2011, calling for an end to military rule, about 200 people, mainly family members of martyrs who died in the January 25 uprisings and people who were previously injured, staged a sit-in at Tahrir Square.

Elections in Kanehsatà:ke: Real Change?

Martin Lukacs — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:04:13 +0000

I’ve never voted in band council elections—ever. I can’t. My conscience won’t let me participate in or support a racist system that’s deliberately designed to deny me of my political, social, religious and spiritual rights. This same system hems me in with regulations that continue to treat me as a “ward of the state”.

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Boycotter les élections, combattre le système bourgeois!

J Stevens — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:31:25 +0000

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GroundWire Podcast: Tar Sands - Midwifery - Equity

GroundWire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:42 +0000

October 23 - November 9

Welcome to the latest edition of GroundWire: October 26 - November 9.

HEADLINES:

Jane Kirby of CKDU speaks with pro-choice advocate Sarah Woolf about the recent shutdown of the event "Echoes of the Holocaust" at McGill, which compares abortion to genocide.

Drug addictions can have a significant effect on children. Jay Peachy of CJSF spoke with one artist in Vancouver who decided to take a bold view on the topic.

Activists for accessibility and disability awareness say many dentists are wary of treating the disabled. For Handilink and for GroundWire, Cameron Wells speaks with Ali Sigal, who wants to change that.

STATION REPORT:

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison of CHRY descends on Kingston, Ontario, to document the Ontario Regional Conference of the NCRA.

FEATURES:

80 years after women gained the right to run for office, Canada is still far away from gender equity in government. Erica Butler of CKDU looks at one initative across the country that is fighting this inequality.

The VanRad Collective presents voices in opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands including Mike Mercredi of Fort Chipewyan and Mike Hudema of GreenPeace, in a special feature for GroundWire.

Gretchen King and Saja Marouf of CKUT collect interviews while attending the 10th anniversary celebration of the legalization of midwifery in Quebec.

This episode was anchored by Melissa Albiani and Matt Rawle, and produced by Melissa Albiani, with editorial support and coordination by David Parker, Jacky Tuinstra Harrison and Courtney Kirkby.

Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.