Adam Stirling: The Podcast

ICBC has announced a new fairness officer will focus on ensuring the corporation's decisions, actions and practices are transparent and fair. Adam spoke with Rick McCandless, a policy analyst, ICBC watchdog, and former senior public servant, about what this new position will actually do.

Researchers from Simon Fraser University, Brandon University and the University of Windsor are collaborating with Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to search for unmarked graves at the Brandon Indian Residential School in Manitoba. Adam spoke with Eldon Yellowhorn, professor of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, about the work they’re doing in Manitoba.

In this hour, ICBC has announced a new fairness officer will focus on ensuring the corporation's decisions, actions and practices are transparent and fair. Adam spoke with Rick McCandless, a policy analyst, ICBC watchdog, and former senior public servant, about what this new position will actually do. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

Jens Wieting, Senior Forest and Climate Campaigner at Sierra Club BC, joined Adam to discuss the logging of old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island and the origins of the Fairy Creek blockade.

In this hour, Jens Wieting, Senior Forest and Climate Campaigner at Sierra Club BC, joined Adam to discuss the logging of old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island and the origins of the Fairy Creek blockade. Later, researchers from Simon Fraser University, Brandon University and the University of Windsor are collaborating with Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to search for unmarked graves at the Brandon Indian Residential School in Manitoba. Adam spoke with Eldon Yellowhorn , professor of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, about the work they’re doing in Manitoba.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed the Fairy Creek protest and local First Nations reaching an agreement to defer old-growth logging in parts of southwestern Vancouver Island for two years.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed how federal politics in Ontario shapes much of how Canadaian politics is done. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified-dot-CA, for their weekly roundtable conversation. They discussed the city of Victoria voting to ban camping in Beacon Hill Park for a two year period.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Dr. Linc Kesler, former director of the University of British Columbia's First Nations House of Learning, for a conversation about the discovery of the 215 graves at the former Kamloops Residential School and why Canada needs to search all other former residential schools for unmarked graves. Adam also took calls from listeners.

Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed how federal politics in Ontario shapes much of how Canadian politics is done.