Welcome with Karim Kanji

Welcome with Karim Kanji

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Welcome with Karim Kanji episodes

  • Award-winning author Tanya Talaga
    Tanya Talaga is an award wining Anishinaabe author and former investigative reporter for the Toronto Star. Her 2017 book Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City, won the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction and the 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Her latest book, All Our Relations served as the focus for her recent Massey Lectures across Canada.
    52 min
  • Kelsi Mayne | Welcome To The Music
    Who is Kelsi Mayne? With nearly 1M streams on Spotify alone, a debut album on the way, and the viral response to a recent glimpse of her upcoming music video "As I Go" (1.2M streams in just 24 hours), the former sprint-hurdler (once ranked 3rd in Canada) is now arguably the fastest-rising independent country artist in Canada.
    50 min
  • Laurie Dillon-Schalk | Conquer COVID-19
    Laurie Dillon-Schalk owns a family maple syrup farm, an agency and is a co-founder and a volunteer with the Conquer COVID-19 team. According to their website, Conquer COVID-19 is comprised of physicians, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other volunteers who are working together to ensure front line workers responsible for the health and well-being of Canadians have access to masks, gloves, and other supplies that are essential in treating patients and minimizing the spread of the virus.
    38 min
  • Micah Barnes | Welcome To The Music
    Born in Vienna and raised in Canada, Micah Barnes cut his teeth in the cabarets and jazz clubs of Toronto while still a teenager before joining A Capella Vocal group The Nylons in 1989. Recording & Touring with the guys brought Micah into the global music scene and a busy concert, TV and Media schedule throughout Europe, Asia and North America, introducing Micah’s rich soulful baritone voice to music fans around the world.
    Post Nylons has seen Micah launch a busy solo career touring the U.S.A. with his #1 international club hit “Welcome To My Head” and a return to a jazz-oriented style of his earlier years resulting in a series of critically acclaimed recordings including his most recent chart topping “New York Stories” (eOne Music).
    52 min
  • Dr. Ruby Alvi | Conquer COVID-19
    Dr. Ruby Alvi is a family doctor in Mississauga and a volunteer with the Conquer COVID-19 team. According to their website, Conquer COVID-19 is comprised of physicians, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other volunteers who are working together to ensure front line workers responsible for the health and well-being of Canadians have access to masks, gloves, and other supplies that are essential in treating patients and minimizing the spread of the virus.
    29 min
  • Conquer COVID-19
    Sulemaan Ahmed is a volunteer and co-founder of the grassroots incubator, Conquer COVID-19. According to their website, Conquer COVID-19 is comprised of physicians, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other volunteers who are working together to ensure front line workers responsible for the health and well-being of Canadians have access to masks, gloves, and other supplies that are essential in treating patients and minimizing the spread of the virus.
    29 min
  • Filmmaker Francis Luta
    Francis Luta is a Canadian documentary and fiction filmmaker. His most recent films include the upcoming documentary feature "Alone Across The Arctic" about Canadian explorer Adam Shoalts' expedition across the Arctic. "Vivid" (2017) a short horror film produced by Canon Canada.
    37 min
  • Perdita Felicien
    Perdita Felicien is a 10x Canadian Champion, a 2x World Champion and a 2x Olympian. Please visit http://mykingandbay.com to learn more about #SOYBFaceMaskChallenge. Let's fight COVID19 together!
    1 hr 8 min

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Welcome is a series of in depth conversations with interesting people doing interesting things.