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Liz Marshall and Maude Barlow at the screening of Water On The Table at the Mayfair. A couple of weeks ago, The Mayfair put on a special screening of Water on the Table, a film about the worldwide fight for recognizing water as an essential human right, and not a commodity to be bought . . . → Read More: July 1, 2010: Maude Barlow Q&A at the Mayfair Today we had a show featuring two interviews with Simon Dalby, professor of Geography at Carleton University. First, Robyn Penney spoke with him about how present warfare methods are strongly rooted in a new attention to geopolitics. This attention has sparked great interest among scholars and governments, and research is showing critical connections from . . . → Read More: April 1, 2010: Simon Dalby: Wars and Geopolitics  Simon Dalby: New Wars, Old Wars, and Contemporary Geopolitics [9:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis week Robyn Penney spoke with Carleton political science professor Jonathan Molloy about how proroguing is likely to affect us and what concerned citizens can do to be heard and respected. They discussed the dynamics of citizen interest in Canadian politics, and how social networking tools and other forms of media can impact the . . . → Read More: January 21, 2010: Proroguing & Apartheid On today’s show we looked into the geography of voting. Many of us take “one person, one vote” for granted, but Stewart Fast explained how our votes can make more, or less, of a difference based on where we cast them. He spoke with Andy Blair and Yannick Carrière of Fair Vote Canada. Then, . . . → Read More: November 19, 2009: Voter Representation and Environmental Justice Carol Hunsberger interviews Naser al-Ardah from Ramallah to discuss the recent Israeli invasion and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We also revisited Paul Martin’s feature on recycling electronic waste. And we’ve got the Environmental News by Digory McGinn with a focus on the federal budget. January 20 marked the inauguration of Barack Obama, and his closely watched address included plans for change in foreign and domestic policy. This week SPF followed up on two dimensions of his speech. In an interview with Dr. Simon Dalby of Carleton’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies we parsed the speech for messages . . . → Read More: January 22, 2009: Obama Inauguration, Foreign Policy and Energy On this show Paul Martin interviewed Jen Hunter, the Green Party candidate for Ottawa Centre. They discussed the party’s platform on a range of election issues including tax shifts and green collar jobs. Then, John Wall prepared a report on an exciting and daunting part of what it means to be a grad student: . . . → Read More: September 18, 2008 – Putting it Out There Election fever has come to Canada and Professor Jonathan Malloy of Carleton University’s Department of Political Science joined us to examine some of the issues facing Canada’s political parties and voters in the early days of Election 2008. In the second half of the show Carol Hunsberger shared some results of her recent research . . . → Read More: September 11, 2008 – Election 2008 & Tana River Delta On this show we heard a report en français from Matt Street. He spoke with several people in Chicoutimi, Québec – or is that Saguenay? – about a controversial decision to change the official name of the area to Saguenay following a municipal amalgamation. He even managed to get his photo on the front . . . → Read More: June 26, 2008: “Inflexible” Two features on this show highlighted efforts that are being made to overcome tough obstacles. First, John Wall spoke with Deb Gleeson from the International Fund for Animal Welfare about threats to wright whales in Canadian waters and what’s being done to protect them. Then, John interviewed a representative of the Canada Haiti Action . . . → Read More: May 29, 2008: Against The Odds |
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