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Radio Regent News & Views (7-31-2020)

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.

Radio Regent News & Views (7/24/2020)

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.

Radio Regent News & Views (07-10-2020)

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.

Radio Regent News & Views (2020-07-03)

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.