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Police body-worn cameras unlikely to increase trust, accountability (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-07-13 · 17m

'24-25 highlights: VPD and RCMP want to ramp up the use of body-worn cameras. Chris Schneider, author of "Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of Digital Media" says body-worn cameras are unlikely to increase public trust and police accountability. <from Jan 2025> tiny.cc/rkap001

Conscripted to Care: Women on the Frontlines of the Covid-19 Response (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-07-08 · 24m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights:
We speak with Dr. Julia Smith about her new book, “Conscripted to Care” that documents the experiences of women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. <from Oct 2024>
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An evening with the authors of a book on Jewish anti-Zionist organizing (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-07-04 · 1h 1m

Season Highlights: Rabbi Alissa Wise + Rebecca Vilkomerson in B.C. - Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist organizing @rvilkomerson.bsky.social @alissashira.bsky.social @avilewis.bsky.social @ijvcanada.bsky.social @mivasair.bsky.social from Jan tiny.cc/wfuo001

Season Highlights: James Chamberlain on Expelling Transphobia. A new handbook of strategies to address transphobic attacks in the B.C. school system. Via Lawyers Against Transphobia <from Sept 2024> tiny.cc/4cio001
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Involuntary treatment not the answer to BC's toxic drug crisis (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-06-25 · 13m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights:
Anti-prison and anti-policing activist Meenakshi Mannoe joins us with her take on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs. <from Oct 2024>

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New independent review body for CBSA welcome, but falls short (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-06-20 · 17m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: Tim McSorley of the @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social joins us to talk about the long-overdue review body for the CBSA, and the Mounties and its strengths and weaknesses. <from Nov 2024>
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New report calls on government to suspend licences of five Canadian charities (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-06-15 · 22m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: We speak with Miles Howe, author of the report Under the Guise of Charity, calling for the Canadian government to immediately suspend the licenses of five Canadian charities. <from Nov 2024>
@ijvcanada.bsky.social @cjpme.org
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Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-06-10 · 20m

2024/25 Season Highlights on the pod: Environmental reporter Sarah Cox sets out to examine the state of species at risk in Canada in her book, Signs of Life. She talks about her observations. <from Sept '24> @sarahkcox.bsky.social @globalhome.bsky.social
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New documentary asks how we can teach our boys to become better men (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-06-05 · 18m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: We speak with Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Simms about his new documentary Sons, exploring how we can teach our boys to become better men. <from Jan 2025> @katjadebock.bsky.social
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First Nation in Quebec wins court battle over mining in its territory (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-05-31 · 14m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: Lawyer Joshua Ginsberg on a legal victory for the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation. The court recognized that the Quebec government has failed for decades in its duty to consult them when mining claims were made on its territory.<from Nov 2024> tiny.cc/om0m001

Gaza Family Reunification Program failing to bring relatives to Canada (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-05-26 · 22m

Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: We speak with lawyer Randall Cohn who represents families trying to bring relatives into Canada under the Gaza Family Reunification Program. <from Nov 2024>
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Non-disclosure agreements used to silence victims of harassment, abuse (encore) Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-05-21 · 19m

POD DROP 2024/25 Season Highlights: Julie Macfarlane of Can’t Buy My Silence on how NDAs are used to silence victims of harassment, discrimination and other abuses, and the need for legislation protecting victims in B.C. <from Dec 2024>
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The future of Black hiring at Canadian universities Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-05-17 · 17m

On the pod! ICYMI Cornel Grey raises the alarm on whether Canadian universities will follow through to hire and support Black academics in the current political climate.
@capableheart.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.com
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On a new 👁‍🗨 @redeyeradio.bsky.social 👁‍🗨 Pace Society's Jennie Pearson explains why closures and service reductions at organizations serving sex workers and other marginalized women are happening and what’s needed to support women in the Downtown Eastside.

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Economic development in face of tariffs needs local focus Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-05-14 · 16m

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Canada needs a new approach to economic development focused on local communities, says Heather Hachigian of @royalroads.ca in @ca.theconversation.com

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Now on the podcast: tiny.cc/ifjj001 We speak with UBC grad student and PACE volunteer Jennie Pearson about the precarious situation for peer-driven sex worker organizations in the Downtown Eastside. @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social @bccla.bsky.social

Peer-driven sex worker organizations face uncertain future in Vancouver Podcast Episode · Redeye · 05/11/2025 · 15m

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And ICYMI, watch for it on our podcast next week.

Saturday | 11:20 PT Cornel Grey raises the alarm on whether Canadian universities will follow through to hire and support Black academics in the current political climate.
@capableheart.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.com

Saturday | 10:55 PT From December, Nathan Hawkins of Vision Zero Vancouver on their campaign to ban right turn on red and create a safer city for pedestrians and cyclists. @visionzeroyvr.bsky.social @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @pjnewwest.bsky.social

Saturday | 10:30 PT We speak with UBC grad student and PACE volunteer Jennie Pearson about the precarious situation for peer-driven sex worker organizations in the Downtown Eastside. @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social @bccla.bsky.social

Saturday | 10:05 PT Canada needs a new approach to economic development focused on local communities, says Heather Hachigian of @royalroads.ca in @ca.theconversation.com

Examining the dimensions of the recent rise in patriotism in Canada.

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NEW PODCAST Drop: tiny.cc/s35j001 Musicologist Rosheeka Parahoo talks with us about how we need to equitably fund and support a much wider range of music to protect Canadian identity. @westernu.bsky.social
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Crowded mall at Eaton's Center in Toronto, with a large Canadian flag in background seen through a large window.

Listen now on our PODCAST! tiny.cc/uqzi001 Professor Alpha Abebe of McMaster University on who and what is being obscured in the current version of Canadian patriotism. @theconversation.com
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Big congratulations!!!

This is a great listen. Watch for the film streaming live on THE NFB site upcoming. @katjadebock.bsky.social

Saturday | 10:50 PT Musicologist Rosheeka Parahoo talks with us about how we need to equitably fund and support a much wider range of music to protect Canadian identity.