CITIZENShift - Social Issues Podcasts

MAJOR NEWS: Civil society to be muzzled at conference; Minister Jim Prentice is in town and doesn't want to chat; Archbishop Desmond Tutu has the last laugh

100,000 take to the streets of Copenhagen to push for climate justice and action on climate change; Vandana Shiva speaks; Rosa Kouri updates on today's negotiations

Toronto Mayor David Miller accepts one of Canada's two fossils of the day; Suzuki Foundation gives us a rundown on next two weeks; US and Canadian youth work together in anti-tar sands demonstration

Both negotiation tracks suspended! Call to action across Canada for this weekend

Youth Tar Sands Protest; Danish Text; Kill the Kyoto Protocol?; Janice Throat Singing

News: Youth stage bed-in, Climate action in Ottawa, Canada nets Fossil award; Feature: Naomi Klein speaks at Klimaforum.

We've got news from meeting with the Canadian Government Delegation, Graham Saul from Climate Action Network's analysis of what to aim for at the negotiations, and an update from the opening sessions.

CYD Copenhagen 1: Young people from around the world at the Conference of Youth (COY), Aiden Abraham and Dean Medieros talk COY, and Caroline Lee gives us the low-down on what's happening at the COP.

How can honestly looking at food system not only reduce poverty and pollution, but make us rethink modern economics? Music by Mr. Something Something.

Part 2 of Blandine Juchs' look at the political crackdown on activists and dissidents in Colombia

David Maidman explores growing criticism of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games.

Nelly Bassily explores the growing plight of the world's climate refugees.

Dan Kellar interviewers organisers and participants on the impact of the Tamil demonstrations in Canada.

Amy Miller recounts some of the abuses that Canada is currently committing in the name of ‘national security.’

Stefan Christoff interviews author/activist Yves Engler speaking on the recently published Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy.

An audio exploration into the recent and distant history of Point St-Charles, a working-class neighborhood in Montreal's south-west. Autonomy in the Point looks at the Autonomous Social Centre project, a recent activist initiative to squat an abandoned building and to turn it into a community centre.

Dana Salter interviews academics and community organisers about how they can bridge the divides between their fields.

Blandine Juchs explores the plight of political prisoners in Colombia. Part of 1 of 2.

Ethan Rabidoux explores what some see as a growing trend of anti-abortion groups being censored on Canadian campuses. Where does free speech begin and end on this difficult issue?

Special 5-part video podcast: The Strangest Dream podcast: community discussions on peace and nuclear disarmament

Special 5-part video podcast: The Strangest Dream podcast: community discussions on peace and nuclear disarmament

Special 5-part video podcast: The Strangest Dream podcast: community discussions on peace and nuclear disarmament

Special 5-part video podcast: The Strangest Dream podcast: community discussions on peace and nuclear disarmament

Special 5-part video podcast: The Strangest Dream podcast: community discussions on peace and nuclear disarmament

Fiona O'Connor explores what it means to live with adult Asperger's syndrome

Canadian youth take on violence towards women

This is the first in a two-part series. Lili Eskinazi and Roberto Nieto spent a month in Mexico recently, exploring the links between agricultural workers there and the food we eat every day here in Canada.

For 20 years, thousands have gathered outside the School of the Americas to protest what goes on behind its walls - and what its students do once they graduate. Jon Marck reports in 'A School of Assassins.'

This is the first in a two-part series. Lili Eskinazi and Roberto Nieto spent a month in Mexico recently, exploring the links between agricultural workers there and the food we eat every day here in Canada.

A look beyond the numbers of the financial crisis at the human impact in an industrial Canadian town.

How indigenous Colombian activists harness communication technology to protect and strengthen their communities.

Amidst Canada's whirlwind of infrastructure development, Adam Bemma brings us a cautionary tale from Montreal of construction without consultation, and the growing frustration of residents in the city's southwest.

Maggie Hughes investigates growing concerns over the impact of the tar sands beyond Alberta's borders.

How colonial history and modern interference pushes an Algonquin community to blockade a major highway in order to defend its rights.

Dana Salter explores the hows and whys of cyberbullying, and what people are doing about it.

Denise Hastings and Michelle Drew sat down with filmmaker Astra Taylor to explore growing up unschooled, and debunking some of the myths of homeschooling along the way.

Teacher, historian and author Howard Zinn speaks to not only what the election of Barack Obama, as America's first Black president, means for the country, but also the major work still needed to improve equality and justice in the United States.

For Media Democracy Day 2008, Anna Leventhal reflects on how we view independent media of the past, and build upon it for the future.

Maggie Hughes looks at the impact of funding cuts on grandparents raising their own grandchildren.

Part I of a three-part podcast, The Story of Lata, looking at how nga Taumako, the people of a remote part of Solomon Islands, strive to sustain their ancestral practices in canoe-building and navigating at sea, among other traditions.

A 22-minute audio documentary on the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, and topics featured at the event - from current struggles on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory to building movements in solidarity with prisoners.