The Political ThisThat Podcast

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Welcome back to the Political ThisThat Podcast; it has been a while since you have last heard us and we are happy to be back with new episodes for you to listen to! Happy Black History Month! This month is a time to celebrate and acknowledge Black people, Black culture, and Black history! On this episode, we are joined by Tatianna Burnett. She is the podcast host and media assistant to HeyBlackGirl, a Black women led organization that is focused on uplifting Black women across Canada. We talk about her work with HeyBlackGirl, the importance and value of sisterhood, the history and culture surrounded Black women and their hair and diversity of Black people in Canada. 

Don't forget to subscribe and rate this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and follow us @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

HeyBlackGirl media:

Their website: https://www.hey-black-girl.com/

Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyblackgirlca/

Tatianna's media:

Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__taati/

Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/__taati

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! Happy final day of Black History Month. To end of our Black History Month series, we are joined by Fariba Al-Hassan and Nikayda Harris, third year students studying Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. Fariba and Nikayda are the co-presidents of BSPA Carleton: the Black Students in Public Affairs club on Carleton's campus. They joined us to discuss why they created BSPA, their experiences as Black students in PAPM, the importance of representation for Black students in the public affairs sphere, and their hopes for the future of both BSPA and public affairs. 

Don't forget to subscribe and rate this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and follow us @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

BSPA's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bspacarleton/

Fariba's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westafricant/

Nikayda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niki_h20/

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! For the third episode of our Black History Month series, we are joined by MLA Uzoma Asagwara. Uzoma is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Manitoba for Union Station. They made history in 2019 for being the first Black, queer MLA in Mantioba's history. They joined us to talk about their journey getting into politics, some of the challenges they deal with in the Manitoba legislature, and the importance of representation for all voices especially Black people in Canadian politics both federally and provincially. 

Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter. 

Uzoma's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uzomachioma/

Uzoma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/UAsagwara

Uzoma's website: https://www.mbndp.ca/uzomaasagwara

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Happy Black History Month! We hope you enjoyed part one of Black Love where we talked about familial love, self love as a Black person, and what love looks like! We switch gears for this episode which is part two of two of Black Love with Tinu and Pascal. Part two focuses on romantic love; we discuss struggle love in the Black community, the relationship between black men and black women, where this ideal of love comes from in the Black community, and how we should visualize black love moving forward. 

Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

Tinu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinuveli/

Tinu's episode on Being a Child of Immigrants: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/Episode-3--Being-A-Child-of-Immigrant-Parents-with-Tinu-Akinwande-emv6se

Pascal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p.adesina/

Pascal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PascalAdesina

Pascal's Episode on Black Men and Mental Health: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/BHM-2021---Part-2-of-Discussions-of-Mental-Health-in-Black-Men-with-Pascal-Adesina-epvbki

Link to All About Love by bell hooks: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/all-about-love-new-visions/9780060959470-item.html?ikwid=all+about+love&ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=4c82966488ee6c95a6e648825fcd36c1

Link to Is Marriage for White People: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/is-marriage-for-white-people/9780452297531-item.html?ikwid=is+marriage+for+white+people&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=f35da5febed092521ccf63310a867ae9

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Happy Black History Month and Happy belated Valentine's Day! This episode is part 1 of 2 of our Black Love episodes! We are joined by Tinu Akinwande and Pascal Adesina who are not strangers to the podcast and are recent university graduates. Tinu earned her Bachelors in Political Science with a concentration in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis with a double major in African Studies from Carleton University and Pascal earned his Bachelors in Justice, Political Philosophy and Law and a minor in Linguistics from McMaster University. In this episode, we discuss black love relating to familial, platonic, and self love. We have a raw conversation on how our upbringing affected our perception of love, our own self love journeys as young Black people, and what love truly is. 

Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

Tinu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinuveli/

Tinu's episode on Being a Child of Immigrants: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/Episode-3--Being-A-Child-of-Immigrant-Parents-with-Tinu-Akinwande-emv6se

Pascal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p.adesina/

Pascal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PascalAdesina

Pascal's episode on Black Men and Mental Health: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/BHM-2021---Part-2-of-Discussions-of-Mental-Health-in-Black-Men-with-Pascal-Adesina-epvbki

Link to All About Love by bell hooks: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/all-about-love-new-visions/9780060959470-item.html?ikwid=all+about+love&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=b6eafdcc4776dde43534308fbfac6f8c

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! Happy Black History Month! This month's episodes will be focusing on the incredible work of Black people in the community. For the first episode of Black History Month, we are joined by Angelo Grant, the founder and editor in chief of Pitch Magazine. Pitch Magazine is a print magazine that focuses on highlighting black expression and creativity. Alongside being editor in chief of Pitch Magazine, Angelo is a first year medical student at University of Toronto and graduate from McMaster's Health Sciences program. He sat down with us to discuss why he created Pitch Magazine, the importance of Black expression and dignified representation of Black people, and the health disparities in the medical field for Black people. 

Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

Pitch Magazine's Website: https://www.pitchmag.ca/

Pitch Magazine's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pitchmag/

Pitch Magazine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pitchblackmag

Angelo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelo.zip/

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx. We are finishing off our series on youth community activism by sitting down with Christine Le. Christine is the co-founder of ARCC: Asian Resilience Collective Canada, an organization that aims to promote civic engagement in the Asian Canadian community. We discussed the creation of ARCC, her political upbringing, her involvment on University of Toronto Scarborough's campus and the importance of representation in the Asian community. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter. 

ARCC's website: https://www.asianresiliencecollectivecanada.org/

ARCC's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/asianresiliencecc/

Op-Ed featuring Christine on the importance of hearing Asian women's voices: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/05/31/as-asian-women-our-voice-needs-to-be-heard-why-canada-needs-to-make-space-for-us-at-decision-making-tables.html?fbclid=IwAR0wl80W1B15y1hbtaAM21tks4Jqozag9-DfSM1jWVG6jJVjHcXX51vJe9w

Article featuring Christine on fighting against anti-Asian racism: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/19/features/some-daughters-vote-want-fight-anti-asian-racism

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode makes mention of sexual violence and sexual assault. 

Happy New Year ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! For the first episode of the new year, we are continuing our serious on youth community activism. This week's guest is Tiana Thomas, a fourth year student at Carleton University who is working on Carleton's campus to raise awareness to sexual violence and sexual assault specifically proposing a sexual violence prevention program and collaborating to create Expressions of Empowerment which is an art exhibit in honour of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We dive in more in her work and how she started, how toxic masculinity plays a role into sexual violence, and the importance of aiming to be sustainable in your everyday life.  

Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter. 

Tiana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tianarosethomas_/

Link to article featuring the proposal for the sexual violence violence program on Carleton's Campus: https://charlatan.ca/2021/10/students-call-carleton-out-for-lack-of-sexual-violence-prevention/

Link to CUSA Womxn's Centre for Expression of Empowerment Exhibit: https://www.instagram.com/cusawomxnscentre/

Sexual Assault Resources

Ottawa Distress Centre: https://www.instagram.com/distresscentreottawa/ Phone Number: 613-238-3311

Carleton's Sexual Assault Support Centre: https://www.instagram.com/cusasc/ Phone Number: 613-520-5622

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! On the final episode of 2021, I got to sit down with Founder of Elevated Canada and Co-Founder of BlacksInPower Taijah Cox-Armstrong. Elevated Canada is a non-profit that aims to end homelessness and BlacksInPower is a space to empower black people while educating people about the Black community. We discussed what motivated her to start Elevated Canada, the work she did in summer 2020 in the height of Black Lives Matter, the problematic practice of streaming in high schools in Ontario, and how she is using her voice to champion change in her community. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give this podcast a follow  @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter!

Taijah's Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itstaij/

Elevated Canada's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatedcanadainc/

BlacksInPower's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blacksinnpower/

Taijah's Article About Homelessness: https://womenyoushouldknow.net/packaging-care-homelessness-ottawa-covid-19/

Article about Ending Streaming In Secondary Schools: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-schools-streaming-academic-applied-1.6245612

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx. This week, I am joined by Keenan Reynolds, a former OHL hockey player and Co-Founder of The Front 9 Project. The Front 9 Project is a 6 week program that gives underprivileged youth in Ottawa the chance to learn how to play golf. We discussed his life growing up playing hockey from minor leagues to the OHL, the current hockey culture and the lack of diversity in hockey, the vision behind the Front 9 Project, and how to become involved in your local community.  Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter.

The Front 9 Project's Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-front-nine-project/about/

Keenan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kreynolds19_/

The Hockey Diversity Alliance Page: https://hockeydiversityalliance.org/

Election Ontario's Website regarding the upcoming Ontario Provincial Election: https://www.elections.on.ca/en.html