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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
#CanadaCommit: Canadian Law Students & Professors Call for Climate Action
Climate science is abundantly clear: we have a very small window of time left to radically reduce our emissions. The United Nations...
Dec 3, 2019
Gender “X”: Manitoba to Add Third Gender Option to Official Documents
Manitoba to Add Non-Binary Gender OptionThe Manitoba Human Rights Commission tribunal recently ruled that it is a violation of the...
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 24, 2019
Asylum Claims 101: How They Work, Challenges Involved, and a New Pilot Program
Canada’s refugee system The refugee system in Canada was developed based on international agreements and Canadian law. There are...
Mar 1, 2019
Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court of Canada's Nevsun Case
BackgroundNevsun Resources Ltd. is a base metals mining company that, until recently, was headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia....
Feb 21, 2019
50 Years of Festivities: A Milestone for the Festival du Voyageur
The History of Festival du VoyageurThe first Festival du Voyageur was held in 1970 after a small group of citizens from St. Boniface...
Feb 15, 2019
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