Regent Park Focus

In this episode, we hear a report from Talha Hashmani and Masih K on the World Health Organization in relation to Covid-19; David Wall speaks to Mr D, a former migrant worker, about conditions for workers in New Brunswick; Loretta Bailey talks to author and activist Samra Zafar about escaping domestic abuse; and Gaelle Kosi talks to Theresa Betou, co-owner of Dundas Beauty, a hair salon in the Regent Park area, about the effects Covid-19 has had on local businesses. As always, our headlines are compiled and read by Cassandra Earl.

In this episode, David Wall talks to Jade Guthrie, Justice for Migrant Workers activist and Food Share staff member about access to healthy food for Canadians and migrant workers specifically; new News and Views journalist Minerva Navasca reports on the effects COVID19 is having on students in Ontario; and Talha Hasmani and Masih K discuss the ramifications of impending rule relaxations in Ontario around COVID19. As always, our headlines are compiled and read by Cassandra Earl.

In this episode we feature a report by Naama Weingarten on the recent corporate boycott of Facebook; we hear from Kikélola Roach, a lawyer and the Unifor National Chair of Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University about Canada’s failings in the realm of human rights, as well as the numerous and impressive specific contributions of black human rights workers in Canada ; and we present a second extended segment from a discussion between writer/academic/activists Lhana James, Naomi Klein and Rinaldo Walcott about big tech in the context of Covid-19, global warming and race-based inequality. As always, our headlines are prepared and read by Cassandra Earle.

In this episode we feature a report by Naama Weingarten on the recent corporate boycott of Facebook; we hear from Kikélola Roach, a lawyer and the Unifor National Chair of Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University about Canada’s failings in the realm of human rights, as well as the numerous and impressive specific contributions of black human rights workers in Canada ; and we present a second extended segment from a discussion between writer/academic/activists Lhana James, Naomi Klein and Rinaldo Walcott about big tech in the context of Covid-19, global warming and race-based inequality. As always, our headlines are prepared and read by Cassandra Earle.