#11-24 Reviving Indigenous Law in Canada (nice for indigenous history month, or any time)
Maxine Matilpi is an indigenous woman from British Columbia, Canada, who is also a lawyer and the Program Lead for
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WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service
“Raising Women’s Voices through Radio Worldwide” since 1986
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#06-24 Words for Water … Poet Rita Wong on the essential element
Canadian poet and activist Rita Wong reads from her essays and poems that contrast traditional indigenous knowledge of and respect
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#01-24 New Witches … Canadians re-creating the craft
Two Canadians – one from a Scottish background and one from a Romanian background – discuss their historic links to
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#44-23 Accented English … unfairly stigmatized
Why people whose first language is not English have different accents; how reactions to that affect immigrants’ lives. Speakers:Rosina Lippi-Green PhD
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#34-23 16 Days Is Not Enough … Canadians vs. violence against women
The international 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence began November 25 and ends on December 10. Canada also marks December 6
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#33-23 Cancer Math: The deep research of biometrist Rosalie Bertell
Rosalie Bertell, PhD (1929-2012), was a biometrist – a mathematician who analyzed risks to health from radiation and pollution. In
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#26-23 The Nordic Model vs. the Sex Trade … in Canada, Sweden, and the world
In September 2023, a Superior Court judge in Ontario ruled that Canada’s 2014 law outlawing the purchase of sex did
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#39-22 Period Pride … Menstruation Celebration and Accommodation in India and Around the World
Various nations have passed new laws to accommodate menstruation, but Odisha (formerly Orissa) state in India has an annual celebration of
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#36-22 Male Victims of Family Violence … Digging for the roots of abuse
In this interview, Prof. Lysova explains the similarities and differences between women’s and men’s experiences with and perpetration of family
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#29-22 Outside In – a political memoir: Canadian MP made hard issues mainstream
From 1980 until 2015, Libby Davies represented the political interests of her neighbours, on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, including homeless and
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