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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 Just a couple of years ago it seemed like everybody was promoting biofuels as a clean, green alternative to fossil fuels. But today, they’re being blamed for everything from deforestation in the tropics to pushing up global food prices. On this show we heard global and local perspectives on biofuels. First, Carol spoke to . . . → Read More: May 1, 2008: Biofuels With the international media now focused on Zimbabwe and its elections, we don’t hear much about Kenya anymore. But only a few months ago, disputed election outcomes triggered a major crisis in Kenya from which the country is now trying to emerge. Carol Hunsberger asked David John Bwakali, a Nairobi journalist, for his thoughts . . . → Read More: April 3, 2008: Waves Of Change Two very different main segments today! John Wall digs up political information on US the changing US policy towards Iran with Dr. Simon Dalby. Second, Paul Martin looks at how to get Ottawa residents of all ages to start digging up the ground and planting for the coming spring and summer. Put this with . . . → Read More: March 20, 2008: Digging A Little Deeper Cruelty to animals has been in the news recently with attention focused on the upsetting practices being followed at a meat packing plant in California. On this show John Wall brings us a follow-up to his recent features on animal geographies and human-animal relationships in the form of an interview about Canada’s outdated animal . . . → Read More: February 21, 2008: Animal Welfare Going up! This show featured the debut of a new recurring segment called “In the Elevator.” The format is simple: get a grad student or professor to explain their pet research project in two minutes or less – about the amount of time you’d have for a chat while riding in (or waiting for) . . . → Read More: January 31, 2008: Accommodation It’s been another eventful week in Kenya as the country’s political crisis continues. Carol spoke with Dr. Joshua Ramisch from the University of Ottawa about how recent events fit into broader patterns within Kenya’s political history. They discussed how the rhetoric of “tribal clashes” and “national unity” can be linked to political interests, and . . . → Read More: January 10, 2008: The Politics Of ‘Othering’ Paul Martin kicked off this show with a feature about organic waste diversion in a grade 3/4 classroom. Hear students from St. Elizabeth’s School in Ottawa describe what they learned about composting and how they felt when they saw a bin full of worms! Carol read a first-person account of the situation in Kenya . . . → Read More: January 3, 2008: Transcending Conflict |
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