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Weekly Events Roundup - June 26-July 2
JUN 27: CHRR Stand Up for Human Rights Abolish the Indian Act Webinar Series *FREE JUN 28: Manitoba Filipino Street Festival Balik Kalye...
Jun 25, 2023
Weekly Events Roundup - June 19-25
JUN 20: Excel Empowerment Centre Inc, City of Winnipeg, and the Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations World Refugee Day...
Jun 18, 2023
Weekly Events Roundup - June 11-17
It’s a busy one, Winnipeg! Coming up in Human Rights events this week: JUN 11: Bike Week Winnipeg Bike for the Future: a ride to demand...
Jun 11, 2023
Ellen Bees: Don't.
Simple and to the point. It was the statement put out by the University of Brandon when Brandon School Division trustees heard from a...
Jun 8, 2023
Weekly Events Roundup - June 5-11
It's Bike Week! Plus more going on in Winnipeg Human Rights: JUN 5: Bike to Work Day Group Ride *FREE JUN 7: Green Action Centre Clean...
Jun 4, 2023
Celebrating 50 years of Identity, Advocacy and Community
We recorded this episode live at last Friday’s opening of "If These Walls Could Talk: 50 Years of 2SLGBTQ+ Activism in Winnipeg," a new...
Jun 1, 2023
Weekly Events Roundup - May 29 - June 4, 2023
Lots of Pride events coming up this week, and that's not all... MAY 29: "Summer Camp: A Queerious Art Exhibition” at The Edge Gallery MAY...
May 28, 2023
Melissa Stone: Taking action to Make Homes for the Unsheltered Humans.
On today’s podcast we’re joined by Melissa Stone, coordinator for Astum Api Niikinaak, Winnipeg’s community of 22 tiny homes located...
Apr 26, 2023
Diwa Marcelino: Community Organizer with Migrante Manitoba
Millions of people are forced to leave their home country to find work, but once they arrive in a new place many face a much higher risk...
Apr 13, 2023
Rebecca Chartrand: Language Lessons start at Home, Listen and Learn from your Elders
Tomorrow is National Indigenous Languages Day - and on today’s podcast we’re talking to Rebecca Chartrand, President & CEO of Indigenous...
Mar 29, 2023
Devon Clunis believes the City of Winnipeg is THE example of how to do community well.
Devon Clunis, former Winnipeg Police Service chief—and the first Black Canadian ever appointed as a police chief in Canada—joins us to...
Mar 15, 2023
We asked the mayoral candidates your human rights questions
Earlier this month our team reached out on our social channels to find out what human rights questions you'd want to ask Winnipeg's next...
Oct 11, 2022
Why Being Blind is just like having Brown Hair
If you are reading this blog on the screen of your laptop, place a finger on the bottom of the “F” and “J” keys. Notice anything...
Jan 28, 2022
HIV is a chronic condition, not a life sentence
Alexandra Beasse is the volunteer President of the Nine Circles Community Health Centre. She has been volunteering at Nine Circles for 3...
Dec 21, 2021
COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate — But Oppressive Systems Do.
Statistics show that Indigenous peoples are more vulnerable to COVID-19, and it largely has to
do with the oppressive systems this commun...
Apr 9, 2021
Canada can't afford to put the climate crisis on the back burner
The pandemic is not an excuse to ignore climate obligations The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered our ways of living over the...
Mar 3, 2021
5 Takeaways from the 2020 Manitoba Budget
Providing better services; Protecting our environment; Making our communities stronger and safer; Making life more affordable; and...
Apr 9, 2020
Rent! (2020): How COVID-19 Impacts Tenants
Sign this petition calling for the Manitoba government to take immediate action to protect tenants. Contact your landlord about possible...
Mar 29, 2020
All eyes on the Wet'suwet'en: Indigenous community calls for UN intervention
The UN Sides with the Wet’suwet’enWhile TransCanada still has BC court’s backing - and, by extension, the RCMP at its disposal - for the...
Jan 18, 2020
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