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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 This week on the show, Henry Hawkins spoke with Fran Klodawsky, a professor of Geography at Carleton, about her research on homelessness in Ottawa. She spoke to some of the many myths of homelessness; why people become homeless, why it is not so easy to get out of, substance abuse and mental illnesses, and . . . → Read More: March 25, 2010: Homelessness In Ottawa Today on the show Carol Hunsberger spoke with Ilaria Giglioli about water vulnerability. Ilaria recently finished a Master’s degree in Geography at the University of Toronto, where she studied the different political approaches and priorities that have influenced water management in the West Bank. Carol had a chance to catch up with her while . . . → Read More: March 11, 2010: Water in the West Bank & Green Buildings This morning on the show Henry talked with Derek Smith, a Geography Professor here at Carleton University about his research in Newfoundland and the Honduras. His current research project looks at a small fishing community in the Change Islands, and focuses on topographic names of places, their spatial distribution, and the identity and cultural . . . → Read More: January 28, 2010 – Derek Smith & The Peace Dove Campaign  Judy Lincoln: Ten Thousand Villages' Peace Dove Campaign [13:01m]: 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 Canada has abolished capital punishment – so why should Canadians get involved with international efforts to end it? Matt Street spoke with Aubrey Harris, the Canadian coordinator of Amnesty International’s campaign to end the death penalty. Then Greg Macdougall joined us in the studio to talk about Organizing for Justice, a three-day conference on . . . → Read More: November 20, 2008 – Organizing for Justice From energy reclamation to Swedish recycling solutions, Paul Martin gave Matt the down and dirty on innovative waste management policies and practices as they were discussed at the recent Air and Waste Management Association conference. To learn about how we can divert more waste from landfill sites, visit the Waste Diversion Ontario website. October . . . → Read More: October 18, 2007: Waste Management & Make Poverty History |
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