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For peat's sake: Peat and resource development in provincial parks

rpn intern leif — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:36:30 +0000

RPN Intern Leif Larsen spent a day hiking around a peat bog with Eric Reder from the Manitoba Chapter of the Wilderness Committee. Larsen was interested in seeing the land that had been leased to a peat mining company.

In this documentary Larsen and Reder talk about the value of peat, and why the Wilderness Committee are so opposed to any kind of resource development in provincial parks.

Safety for cyclists

meagan perry — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:12:40 +0000

Jenna Morrison was one of two cyclists killed in Toronto. Tonight, NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is holding a public meeting to talk about a bill that would make guard rails on trucks mandatory in order to protect cyclists. Tomas Urbina is a documentarian who has been covering the issue and he sent us this documentary on cyclist safety, and we thought we'd present it here.

Ghosts Migrate

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:22:00 +0000

Ghosts Migrate explores two distinct yet interconnected storylines that centre on a single family. Through two narrators, this piece captures the circumstances around the birth of a woman named Hadiya in Canada, her parents' deportation in teh 80s, and her grandmother's journey from Somalia to Kenya.

Listen to the land 1

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:20:48 +0000

From August to December 2006, broadcaster Michael Riordon recorded over 40 hours of interviews and on-location sound impressions at eleven organic farms, as vegetables and herbs were harvested, and animals tended. Together the eight programs provide a dynamic vision of organic farming, a small co-operative in action, and rural survival.

Public Health or Private Wealth - Part 1

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:20:31 +0000

Public Health or Private Wealth: a glimpse at the privatisation of healthcare in Quebec

(Bilingual-French and English)

Produced by Carolyn Morris

Music by Marni and Melissa (http://www.myspace.com/marniandmelissa)

Part 1 (24:37)

Carolyn visits a new private medical centre in Montreal and investigates a new Bill that pushes the privatisation of health... we hear from a community organiser, a doctor in the private sector and an emergency physician fighting to save the public system.

Public Health or Private Wealth - Part 2

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:20:31 +0000

Public Health or Private Wealth

a glimpse at the privatisation of healthcare in Quebec

(Bilingual-French and English)

Produced by Carolyn Morris

Music by Marni and Melissa http://www.myspace.com/marniandmelissa

Part 2 (29:31)

The healthcare system in shambles with the private system taking up more and more space...patients share their experiences in the mess and an elder tells us about times before public healthcare. Then, a representative of private insurance companies talks about their new role in healthcare and a health economist raises some concerns about private healthcare.

Where Credit is Due

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:55 +0000

Where Credit is Due was produced by CUSO writer/producer Sean Kelly, with financial support by the Canadian International Development Agency.

For more information about microcredit, visit the following sites:

The Grameen Bank http://www.grameen-info.org/

The Microcredit Summit http://www.microcreditsummit.org/

Microcredit on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit

Time to Deliver: Dispatches from AIDS 2006

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:53 +0000

Dispatches from the XVI International AIDS Conference was produced by the CKUT 90.3 FM Community News Collective. It was written and narrated by Janice Dale with technical production by Shiraz Janjua.

Go to AIDS 2006 for more information about the XVI International AIDS Conference.

The Shouting Mountain

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:43 +0000

The Shouting Mountain by CKUT Radio's Seth Porcello

Tyendinaga: People of the Land. Part 4 of 4.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:27 +0000

Four programs explore how the Tyendinaga Mohawk people relate to the land, past, present and future:

First Words: the meaning of the land (July 13)

Past Tense: the burdens of history (July 20)

Present Defence: current struggles (July 27)

The Way Ahead: future challenges (Aug 3)

From February to May 2006, students at Ohahase interviewed Tyendinaga elders, then collaborated on editing and producing People of the land. The students: Ashley Nicholas, Bea Maracle, Chad Post, Cody Maracle, Courtney Brant, Jeremy Brant, Josh Maracle, Mindy Thomas, and Shirley Maracle.

Tyendinaga: People of the Land. Part 2 of 4.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:27 +0000

Four programs explore how the Tyendinaga Mohawk people relate to the land, past, present and future:

First Words: the meaning of the land (July 13)

Past Tense: the burdens of history (July 20)

Present Defence: current struggles (July 27)

The Way Ahead: future challenges (Aug 3)

Tyendinaga: People of the Land. Part 3 of 4.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:27 +0000

Four programs explore how the Tyendinaga Mohawk people relate to the land, past, present and future:

First Words: the meaning of the land (July 13)

Past Tense: the burdens of history (July 20)

Present Defence: current struggles (July 27)

The Way Ahead: future challenges (Aug 3)

Tyendinaga: People of the Land. Part 1 of 4.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:26 +0000

Four programs explore how the Tyendinaga Mohawk people relate to the land, past, present and future:

First Words: the meaning of the land (July 13)

Past Tense: the burdens of history (July 20)

Present Defence: current struggles (July 27)

The Way Ahead: future challenges (Aug 3)

Breaching Atlantica

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:24 +0000

Read Stu Neatby's recent article about Atlantica on rabble.ca

Breaching Atlantica: Natural Trade Corridor or Deep Integration in East" Produced by Stuart Neatby, 18 min.

Between June 8th and 10th, hundreds of citizens representing grassroots and labour organizations held three days of protests and workshops in Saint John, NB against a new proposed free-trade corridor, euphemistically titled "Atlantica"; Meanwhile, within a conference entittled "Reaching Atlantica: Business Without Borders" held at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, some of Atlantic Canada's wealthiest residents were mapping out what they believe will be an economic model for the region's future.

Kenya - A Mine Contraversy

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:12 +0000

Tiomin Resources, a Toronto-based mining company, concluded a deal with the Kenyan government in July 2004 for a 21 year lease to mine for titanium in Kwale district, Kenya. The mine is estimated to displace around 5000 Digo and Kamba people who currently reside in the area marked for the project.

The Ghosts of Hate Radio

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:55 +0000

The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 was a humanitarian tragedy for many reasons, including the choice of most Western countries to ignore warning signs of impending crisis and the genocide as it was occurring.

Human Rights Watch has an extensive history and analysis of the genocide.

The United Nations has online resources relating to the Tenth Anniversary Reflection of the Genocide.

Some of the RTLM hate propagandists were tried at the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.

There's a Glacier in Our Sink

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:46 +0000

Tara Narwani grew up in Toronto, and currently lives in Edmonton. She is a PhD student studying plant genetics at the University of Alberta. Paul Steenhuisen is an award-winning electroacousic composer whose works are performed internationally. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, serves on the executive of the Canadian League of Composers, and is an Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Alberta. http://members.shaw.ca/steenhuisen/

A Piece of Paradise

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:32 +0000

Sean Kelly is a writer and CUSO communications officer living in Prospect, Nova Scotia.
You can learn more about CUSO and read articles by other CUSO workers worldwise at
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