To start the new year, host Anu Radha Verma reflects on the last year of hosting #PeelMatters, with clips from interviews with Unifor (about PSWs), Chantelle Krupka (about police violence), MP Matthew Green (about Lincoln Alexander Day, and being an activist politician), MPP Sara Singh (about Harvey and Gurvir's Law), and Kola Iluyomade (about anti-Black racism in Peel District School Board). What a year it's been!

Interested in being a writer? Got a #story to tell? Join Jaya Mootoo tonight on PeelMatters as she finds out how Glenn Carley and Mark Creedon when from social workers to authors and the stories they had to tell. Find out how their historical stories reflect many issues of today. #CaughtBetweenTwoDevils #GoodEnoughFromHere

On #PeelMatters, Jaya learns how to get started and what supports are available for new businesses from Dwania Peele of Canadian Small Business Women and Ryan Knight of Afro Caribbean Business Network.

A beloved book. Hope when a film adaptation is announced. But then, issues of representation, dangerous connections with regime leaders, and tokenistic consultation. The community portrayed speaks out. Fighting to have their voices heard, and asking for responsibility in filmmaking, the Queer Tamil Collective have been raising concerns about Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy. Collective members Angel, Dunstan and Vijay join host Anu Radha Verma on #PeelMatters

#PeelMatters: Gender-based Violence.  What is it? Is COVID making it worse?  What can we do about it?

Do you know what Gender-Based Violence is? Do you REALLY know what it is?  It is so much more than hitting and yelling.  

Isolation, financial abuse, intimidation, blaming are also part of the Cycle of Violence. Why is there an increase in cases since COVID began? How can we get support?  What are we doing about it in Peel Region?

Jaya Mootoo discusses Gender-Based Violence with Women's Advocate Tanisha Bryan and Film Producer and Magazine Editor Shelley Jarrett.

Did you know that the single largest protest in human history just took place in India? Over 250 million people participated in a 24-hour general strike in solidarity with Indian farmers who oppose deregulation and are concerned about large agriculture corporations taking over their livelihoods. #PeelMatters host Pranav Bakaraju invited Gurpreet Bhatti (Law student and co-founder of Girls Rise), Harjas Grewal (Founder of United Womxn) and Fred Hahn (President of CUPE Ontario) for a discussion where Gurpreet described her efforts to provide medicine to the protestors on the ground, Fred spoke about the importance of this event in the global labor movement and Harjas explained how South Asian Diaspora in Canada can offer support. Check out the podcast here as a starting point to learn more about the issues!

Michelle Bilek interviews Daniel Amsler from the Mississauga Community Legal Services and NDP MPP Suze Morrison (Housing Critic). We discuss the over 7000 tenants who are currently being evicted by the Landlord Tenant Board due to rental arrears.

A Motion was passed this week unanimously in parliament to reinstate the eviction moratorium until the pandemic ends and provide direct rental supports for tenants in arrears.

So far, the Ford Provincial government hasn't acted to save people from being evicted, instead the eviction hearings have increased.

How can a podcast facilitate us imagining and building new futures? Seeking to be a portal for inspiration and insight, Possibilibies Podcast offers deep conversations with artists & activists who have been doing the incredible work of change-making. Created/hosted by Umang and produced by Kumari the podcast has had on some of the most brilliant queer and trans creators from Canada and the US. Host Anu Radha Verma speaks with Umang and kumari on the process, the pandemic and the challenges of sustainability.

Join Jaya Mootoo and learn how to support yourself and others while grieving during the Holidays, with expert tips from Nicky Seliman and Alex Horsky from Heart House Hospice.

Are you worried about how you've been eating during the #COVID19 pandemic? Community Dietician Debbie Clark Grant joined Pranav Bakaraju on #PeelMatters and shared tips to help improve our nutrition and wellbeing.

They talk about how to eat mindfully, what types of food boosts our immunity and how parents can make more nutritious meals for children. Check it out: