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- QMUNITY - What's it mean to be queer in 2019?Heather Wong-Mitchell and I talk about key issues, QMUNITY's many programs, outreach through BC, funding, aging and a few other interesting and quirky things.45 min
- PACE Society - By, for and with sex workers since 1994Kit Rothschild and Olive Bing are with the PACE Society located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. They talk about its origins and issues and about an amazing group of dedicated, compassionate people committed to providing Sex Worker-led and driven programs and services for Sex Workers.1 hr 1 min
- Linda Solomon Wood - The National ObserverLinda Solomon Wood is a journalist, entrepreneur, and the publisher of the National Observer. In our conversation, Linda talks about her vision to build a local and national news platform, what’s wrong with journalism, diversity in media, local and global citizenship and more. She also talks about "dark nights of the soul" and how to get through them.42 min
- TomWanklin and the City of VancouverTrying to understand Vancouver's Downtown East Side is complex. Which is why professionals come from all over the world to try and understand. Tom Wanklin is a senior planner with the City of Vancouver and he explains many of the issues.57 min
- Karen Mahon - Humans dislike living with uncertainty!Karen Mahon is a strategist, organizer, facilitator, fundraiser, and teacher with more than 25 years in making social change. Early in her career, she led Greenpeace's campaign to protect the old growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, now a UN Biosphere Reserve. Karen has been a student and teacher focused on the intersection of the inner spiritual and emotional realms with the outer ecological and social crises. Our conversation visits the edges of death, politics, climate and what it means to be human. We also spend a little time talking about climate hope, Karen’s latest project and retreat at Hollyhock in September.58 min
- Mission Possible in the Downtown East SideOf the estimated $360 million per year to operate 260 social services and housing sites in the greater downtown east side, three-quarters of the spending is funded by governments, and the rest by private donors. For those like Mission Possible that can't rely on funding alone they have created a social enterprise to help support their work with community development, and street-level care. Mathew Smedly and Jasmine Allen join us in a lively conversation.54 min
- Devon Page - "Our leaders are wrong, lying, or willfully blind!”Eco-Justice lawyers have represented community groups, not for profits, First Nations, and individual Canadians on the frontlines of the fight for environmental justice since 1999. This conversation with the Executive Director explores our "gold rush laws" and Canada's environmental track record.54 min
- Roy Scranton - We're Doomed, Now What?Roy Scranton is the author of War Porm, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, and We're Doomed, Now What? His journalism, essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews have been published in Rolling Stone, the New York Times and many other publications. He is also one of the editors of Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. He holds a Ph.D. and teaches creative writing in the Department of English at Notre Dame. This is one of the most sobering interviews I've ever had!43 min
- Angela Marie MacDougall, Battered Women's Support ServicesWomen in Canada live at greater risk than men of domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment, and sex trafficking. Because it costs women their lives: approximately every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. Thankfully there are gentle warriors like Angela Marie MacDougall to help.46 min
- Naomi Oreskes - The Pope, Social Justice, Climate Change & HopeNaomi Oreskes talks about writing the introduction to the Encyclical, climate change, propaganda, and hope!39 min
About The Conversation Lab
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The Conversation Lab is a monthly radio program at CFRO FM in Vancouver. It airs on the last Saturday every month at 9am and its available on community and campus radio stations across Canada as well…
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My focus is on giving community groups, non-profit organizations, and changemakers a voice to talk about those things that are most important to them. Learning how to build bridges into different communities seems critical as we explore the uneven development of colonialism and global capitalism in our community.
I'm a veteran broadcaster and Ph.D. Candidate, at UBC's Social Justice Institute. My dissertation is about the cause and effect of polarization and how the words we use open up or shut down our conversations. I'm learning about the science, psychology, cultural, and emotional components of conversation and what they have in common to gain insight and improve on existing knowledge of how we engage with each other whether about climate, race, gender, culture, politics, or social justice issues to contribute to positive social change.
CFRO FM (Co-op Radio) is located in Vancouver's downtown eastside on the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations where we are grateful to be able to do this work.
My focus is on giving community groups, non-profit organizations, and changemakers a voice to talk about those things that are most important to them. Learning how to build bridges into different communities seems critical as we explore the uneven development of colonialism and global capitalism in our community.
I'm a veteran broadcaster and Ph.D. Candidate, at UBC's Social Justice Institute. My dissertation is about the cause and effect of polarization and how the words we use open up or shut down our conversations. I'm learning about the science, psychology, cultural, and emotional components of conversation and what they have in common to gain insight and improve on existing knowledge of how we engage with each other whether about climate, race, gender, culture, politics, or social justice issues to contribute to positive social change.
CFRO FM (Co-op Radio) is located in Vancouver's downtown eastside on the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations where we are grateful to be able to do this work.
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