The Mosaic

This week, CHUO attends a rally at Parliament Hill to call for government action in searching for the remains of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Manitoba. We also cover CityFolk's final performance of 2023 by Hozier, and look into the Ottawa International Animation Festival. 

This episode covers OC Transpo's new and upcoming initiatives and the deficit they're facing off against. We hear from a local activist on her debut memoir as she breaks from the hateful views of her German father as a Nazi sympathizer. For ovarian cancer awareness month, we reach out to one of Ovarian Cancer Canada's top fundraisers to discuss her journey being five-years cancer free.

CHUO Contributors produce research segments about the beloved and iconic pieces of Ottawa's history. 

We speak with the founder of the Solidarity Alliance of People Who Use Drugs about their advocacy and we hear from the co-founder of the Autistic and Neurodivergent Liberation Front of Ottawa to hear more about the impacts of ABA.

This week we cover a protest in Ottawa against the rise of Hindu supremacy in India and Canada. We also hear from ADAAWE, Ottawa's Indigenous business hub, about their Indigenous summer market this weekend.

Today we hear from Ottawa Centre MPP on Meta's moves to block Canadian news sites from their platforms. We talk about cyclists protesting against Mayor Sutcliffe's calls to close the Queen Elizabeth Driveway's active use program and lookahead at some events planned for Capital pride. We hear from Ban the Bomb campaign organizer Rory Lewis on his views on Oppenheimer and the current state of nuclear weapons. Then, we look towards a benefit concert by the Anishnabe Moose Committee being held at Club SAW. 

We look back at the origins of Prisoners' Justice Day and the significance of the annual peaceful protest. We also speak with Farhat Rehman, co-founder of Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS), a support group for those with loved ones in the incarceration system. 

A campaign against deep-sea mining, Fundraising on Propagations for Abolition, a disability justice poetry showcase, the conclusion of Ottawa Chamberfest and more.

This first show covers the province's shift towards healthcare privatization and the resistance to it in Ottawa. We covered a panel to stop privatization and interviewed the host, Ottawa Civic Hospital whistleblower and activist David Julian Wightman. In this show we also took a look into the role Barbie has played in society as a controversial figure. This comes after the Barbie movies' release last Friday. And finally, we hear about an exhibit celebrating 40 years of hip-hop history in the Ottawa Gatineau area.