Episodes

March 4, 2021

Miriam Kohn: Soup Sisters

Soup Sisters Winnipeg is an organization run by 3 local entrepreneurial women, Miriam, Harriet and Sandy, who make soup, or as Soup Sisters refers to it a "Hug in a Bowl" to support Willow Place. Willow Place supports Manito…
Feb. 25, 2021

John Myers: Medical Assistance in Dying and Bill C-7

John A. Myers is a recipient of the prestigious Law Society's Richard J. Scott Award. Having appeared before all levels of the Judicial Courts including the Supreme Court of Canada, John shares his views on Medical Assistanc…
Feb. 18, 2021

Audrey Gordon: History Making MLA

The Honourable Audrey Gordon has made history not once, but twice in Manitoba. In 2019, she was one of the trios of new MLAs who have become the first Black candidates elected to the Manitoba Legislature. And in 2021, she ma…
Feb. 11, 2021

Markus Chambers: On Racism, Giving Back to the Community, and Black History Manitoba

On October 24, 2018 Councillor Markus Chambers becomes the first black man to be elected to Winnipeg City Hall. In his current capacity as Deputy Mayor and Chairperson of the Winnipeg Police Board, Councillor Chambers shares…
Feb. 7, 2021

Nadia Thompson: Delving into Black History Month

February is known as Black History Month. It is also known as the shortest month of the year.  Why is one of this country's most racially marginalized peoples given the shortest of the 12 months to celebrate? In today's epis…
Feb. 1, 2021

Christie McLeod: Advocating for Climate Change

Stuart talks with an emerging human rights activist who is the Founder of the Human Rights Hub Winnipeg. Christie McLeod is currently an articling student at Miller Thompson, a policy advisor at Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation…
Feb. 1, 2021

Introducing Humans, On Rights

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